Troas
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He tells us himself that when he came to Troas he had still no relief for his spirit—no news from Corinth.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Old theology has run off to ritualism, much lamenting, with no comfort except the discovery that the cloak Paul left at Troas was a chasuble.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene
The passages in Acts which contain the word "we" show that the writer of Acts accompanied St. Paul from Troas to Philippi in A.D.
From The Books of the New Testament by Pullan, Leighton
Behind the valley topmost Gargarus10 Stands up and takes the morning: but in front The gorges, opening wide apart, reveal Troas and Ilion's columned citadel, The crown of Troas.
From Poems on Travel by Various
But at Troas a vision appered unto him by night.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard
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