Acts 14:25

Acts 14:25. And when they had preached the word in Perga. This was the second visit of the apostles to this place. On the first occasion they merely passed through it, now they formally preach the Gospel within its walls. The history of the ‘ Acts' says nothing of success, recounts no opposition. We conclude, therefore, that few converts were the result of the missionaries' labours. Apathy seems to have been the characteristic feature of the citizens; perhaps ‘they cared for none of these things. ‘

They went down into Attalia. This was a port on the Pamphylian Gulf, at no great distance from the important city of Perga. It was built and named after Attalus Philadelphus, king of Pergamos, who had built this city in a convenient position for commanding the trade of Syria or Egypt. Attalia was famous in the story of the Crusades, under the name of Sataleia, as the port whence King Louis of France, after his disastrous march through Anatolia, embarked with his knights and nobles for Antioch, leaving the plebeian crowd of infantry to perish at the foot of the Pamphylian hills, A.D. 1148.

It is now called Adalia, and is a harbour much frequented.