A city in Lycaonia in Asia Minor, northwest of Derbe; Paul met Timothy there.
About Lystra
A city located in the Lycaonia region within the Roman province of Galatia.
The main stories about Lystra in the Bible come from the book of Acts, with one mention in 2 Timothy 3:11. During Paul's first missionary journey, he and Barnabas came to Lystra after facing opposition in the nearby city of Iconium. They went on to visit Derbe and the areas around these cities (Acts 14:6).
Key References
All Scripture References (6)
Acts (5)
they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked.
They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him.
2 Timothy (1)
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.