. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. o-day we stood on a part of the old, ruined pierat Pozzuoli, the Italian name for Puteoli. On the founda-tions of the old pier has been built a new structure, butthere is still part of the old to be seen rising above the wa-ter, on which Paul landed on his journey to Rome. Al-ready the Christian religion had spread along the shores ofthe Great Sea and reached the port of Puteoli. And whenPaul landed in the spring of A. D. 62 at this place, thebrethren met him and his company
. Wanderings in Bible lands: notes of travel in Italy, Greece, Asia-Minor, Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, Cush, and Palestine. o-day we stood on a part of the old, ruined pierat Pozzuoli, the Italian name for Puteoli. On the founda-tions of the old pier has been built a new structure, butthere is still part of the old to be seen rising above the wa-ter, on which Paul landed on his journey to Rome. Al-ready the Christian religion had spread along the shores ofthe Great Sea and reached the port of Puteoli. And whenPaul landed in the spring of A. D. 62 at this place, thebrethren met him and his company and prevailed uponthem to spend a week with them. WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 53 It had been a long, dangerous, and toilsome had sailed from Cesarea in the fall of A. D. at Sidon, they sailed by Cyprus to Myra of Lyc-ia. Here they changed ships, and, contrary to Paulscounsel, left port and were shipwrecked on the Island ofMalta (Melita). Here they spent the winter and now theyhad reached the last stage of their journey by ship. Afterhaving passed through the great perils of the deep by ship-. Puteoli, Pauls Landing-place in Italy. wreck, and their long winter sojourn with the barbarouspeople of the Island of Melita, how it must have rejoicedthe hearts of Paul and his company to be received andwarmly greeted by the brethren at Puteoli. No doubt theywere easily persuaded to tarry with them seven days,and Paul would comfort and confirm the brethren in theirfaith. , WANDERINGS IN BIBLE LANDS. 54 How soon that week must have passed away! Weshould like to linger here at Puteoli, but our space will notallow an extended description of Pauls landing-place inItaly, and so we go with him toward Rome. The journeyis a long and tedious one, over mountains and distance to be traveled on foot is one hundred and sev-enty miles. The little company of believers start out onthe great Consular road ( Via Consularis), and follow it toits junction with the Appian Ro
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