Bible Study on “mile”

Meaning of “mile”

  1. Mile — (from Lat. mille, "a thousand;" Matt. 5:41), a Roman measure of 1,000 paces of 5 feet each. Thus the Roman mile has 1618 yards, being 142 yards shorter than the English mile.

  2. Miletus — (Miletum, 2 Tim. 4:20), a seaport town and the ancient capital of Ionia, about 36 miles south of Ephesus. On his voyage from Greece to Syria, Paul touched at this port, and delivered that noble and pathetic address to the elders ("presbyters," ver. 28) of Ephesus recorded in Acts 20:15-35. The site of Miletus is now some 10 miles from the coast. (See EPHESIANS, EPISTLE TO »T0001224.)

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  1. Matthew Chapter 5 Verse 41 — And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.

  2. Acts Chapter 20 Verse 17 — And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church.

  3. Acts Chapter 20 Verse 15 — And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus.

  4. 2 Timothy Chapter 4 Verse 20 — Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick.

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