Biblical places
Laodicea
A wealthy commercial city, home to one of the seven churches of Revelation rebuked for being 'neither cold nor hot' (Revelation 3). Extensive ruins have been excavated along the Lycus River.
Sources and location confidence
- Location confidence
- Very High
- Eskihisar, Denizli
- 37.8358, 29.1075
A site with active ongoing excavation, with no disagreement over its location.
Related Bible passages
These are selected indexed references, not an exhaustive list of every mention in the Bible.
Colossians 2:1
For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
1 Timothy 6:21
Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. «The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.»
Revelation 1:11
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
Colossians 4:13
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis.
Colossians 4:15
Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house.
Colossians 4:16
And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea.