Perga
A place in the Bible
A city of Pamphylia, on the southern coast of what is today Turkey.
What happened here
- John Mark: Paul and his companions came by sea to Perga in Pamphylia. There John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem.
Today
Its ruins remain, with a theater and two churches, on the southern coast of Turkey.
Where it appears in the Bible
Acts 13:13
What the Bible says
Acts 13:13
Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), “Perge”