Island

Scripture mentions many islands by name: Arvad (Ezekiel 27:8 ,Ezekiel 27:8,27:11 ) is an island two miles offshore from northern Phoenicia. Clauda or Cauda (NRSV) is a small island off Crete (Acts 27:16 ). Chios (Acts 20:15 ) is an island off the coast of Ionia. Coos or Cos (Acts 21:1 NIV) is an island 50 miles northwest of Rhodes. Crete (the Old Testament Caphtor, Jeremiah 47:4; Amos 9:7 ) is an island 152 miles long located to the southeast of Greece (Titus 1:5 , Titus 1:12 ). Cyprus (home of the Old Testament Chittim, Jeremiah 2:10; Ezekiel 27:6 ) is an island 75 miles long located toward the eastern end of the Mediterranean (Acts 4:36; Acts 11:19-20 among others). Melita or Malta (NAS) is an island located 50 miles southwest of Sicily ( Acts 27:39-28:10 ). Patmos is an island off the coast of Ionia west of Samos (Revelation 1:9 ). Rhodes is an island southwest of Asia Minor (Acts 21:1 ). Samos is an island located off the Ionian coast twelve miles southwest of Ephesus (Acts 20:15 ). Sardinia is a western Mediterranean island south of Corsica. Tyre (Ezekiel 26:2 ) was a famous Phoenician island city.