Troas

Troas (named after the ancient city of Troy in its vicinity) was a port city on the north-western coast of Asia Minor (modern Turkey), located near the southern entrance to the Hellespont. It was a major transit point between Asia and Europe in the Roman period. Troas figures prominently in Paul's missionary journeys: in Acts 16:8–11, Paul receives his Macedonian vision there — the call to "come over into Macedonia and help us" — initiating the gospel's first advance into Europe. In 2 Corinthians 2:12, Paul mentions Troas as a place where an open door for preaching awaited him, though he could not rest there because he had not found Titus. Acts 20:6–12 records Paul's extended stay at Troas, where he preached until midnight and a young man named Eutychus fell from a window; Paul restored him to life. In 2 Timothy 4:13, Paul asks Timothy to bring his cloak and books left with Carpus at Troas.