1. Acts 13:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What do we know about the city of Salamis?

Acts 13:5 (ESV)

5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.

The city of Salamis was a port city on the east coast of Cyprus located about 100 kilometres across the ocean to the west of Seleucia.1 It served as a trading centre for merchants from Cilicia, Syria, Phoenicia and Egypt who came to buy/sell olive oil, wool, wine and grain.2