* I bear.
  Ro 10:2  2Co 8:3 
 * Laodicea.
   Laodicea and Hierapolis were both cities of Phrygia in Asia
   Minor, between which, and equidistant from each, was situated
   Colosse.  Laodicea was seated near the Lycus, about 63; miles
   east of Ephesus; and became one of the largest and richest
   towns in Phrygia, vying in power with the maritime cities.  It
   is now called Eski-hissar, the old castle; and besides the
   whole surface within the city's wall being strewed with
   pedestals and fragments, the ruins of an amphitheatre, a
   magnificent odeum, and other public buildings, attest its
   former splendour and magnificence.  But, when visited by Dr.
   Chandler, all was silence and solitude; and a fox, first
   discovered by his ears peeping over a brow, was the only
   inhabitant of Laodicea.  Hierapolis, now Pambouk-Kaiesi, was
   situated, according to the Itinerary, six miles N. of
   Laodicea; and its ruins are now about a mile and a half in
   circumference.
 
  15,16  2:1  Re 1:11  3:14-18