The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . Rhodes (rose).St. Paul touched at Rhodes on his re-turn voyage to Syria from the third mis-sionary journey (Acts xxi. 1). FromRhodes he sailed eastward to was one of the most famousGreek cities, on an island of the Mediter-ranean, south-west from Asia for the great Brazen Colossus,one of the seven wonders of the world, Coin of Clazomene. Clazoraene, like Ephesus, was sit-uated in the province of Ionia, onthe Ionian peninsula. All this neigh-borhood was probably familiar toPaul during his long s
The Bible hand-book: an introduction to the study of Sacred Scripture . Rhodes (rose).St. Paul touched at Rhodes on his re-turn voyage to Syria from the third mis-sionary journey (Acts xxi. 1). FromRhodes he sailed eastward to was one of the most famousGreek cities, on an island of the Mediter-ranean, south-west from Asia for the great Brazen Colossus,one of the seven wonders of the world, Coin of Clazomene. Clazoraene, like Ephesus, was sit-uated in the province of Ionia, onthe Ionian peninsula. All this neigh-borhood was probably familiar toPaul during his long stay at Ephe-sus. The inhabitants of Clazomenewere devoted to the worship ofApollo, and their beautiful Greekcoins bear on the obverse his effigy,and on the reverse, a swan, the birddeemed sacred to Apollo. which spanned its harbor. (See Table,page 600.) The coin bore the name rose-flower, with the name of the island onone side, while on the other appeared the head of Apollo radiating like the Greek Imperial Bronze Coin (medallion ) of Laodicea in Phrygia;Commodus; with name of Asiarch. Obv.: AYTKAIMAYP . ANTfiNelNOCCe. Bust of Emperor to right. Rev.: elUAIAIlirPHTOCACIAP AAOAIKefiN NeOKOPON. Figure in triumphal quadriga of lions, to left. Laodicea was a city famous in Pauls time for its luxury and had been built by one of the Seleucid kings, and named after his Rev. iii. 17, we may infer it was a city of great wealth and is probable that the Gospel was introduced by the direct agency of Paul, forby Col. iv. 13, 15, we find the place had close connections with neighboring cities,such as Ephesus, Sardis, Philadelphia, etc. The Asiarch was an officer appointedannually by the cities of the Roman province of Asia, of which Ephesus was thecapital. The Asiarchse had charge of the popular games and religious theatricals(Acts xix. 31), the office being conferred as one of honor on wealthy English derivative, Laodicean, remain
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