Derbe

Derbe (Duhr´bee)

A city in the region of Lycaonia in central Asia Minor where Paul and Barnabas won believers at the end of their first journey through the Roman province of Galatia (Acts 14:20-21). Paul returned here during his second journey (Acts 16:1). Paul’s companion Gaius was from Derbe (Acts 20:4).

Acts 14:20-21

20But when the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the city. The next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.The Return to Antioch in Syria
21After ... View more

Acts 16:1

Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
1Paul went on also to Derbe and to Lystra, where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; ... View more

Acts 20:4

4He was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, by Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, by Gaius from Derbe, and by Timothy, as well as by Tyc ... View more

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