{
  "id": "dict_003200",
  "term": "Lasea",
  "slug": "lasea",
  "letter": "L",
  "entry_type": "biblical_place_name",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "A city on the south coast of Crete mentioned in Acts 27:8, near Fair Havens, during Paul’s voyage to Rome.",
  "simple_one_line": "Lasea is a Cretan city named in Acts during Paul’s journey to Rome.",
  "tooltip_text": "A city on Crete mentioned in Acts 27:8 near Fair Havens.",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
  "related_entries": [
    "Acts",
    "Crete",
    "Fair Havens",
    "Paul",
    "Paul’s voyage to Rome"
  ],
  "see_also": [
    "Acts 27",
    "shipwreck of Paul",
    "Mediterranean Sea"
  ],
  "lede_intro": "Lasea is a biblical place-name on the island of Crete, mentioned in the voyage narrative of Acts.",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "Lasea was a city on Crete named in Acts 27:8 as Paul’s ship passed near Fair Havens on the way to Rome.",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [
    "A real geographical location, not a doctrine or theological concept. • Mentioned in Acts 27:8 in the account of Paul’s journey to Rome. • Its role is narrative and historical, helping locate the voyage on the Cretan coast."
  ],
  "description_academic_short": "Lasea is named in Acts 27:8 as a city near Fair Havens on Crete, where Paul’s ship came during the voyage to Rome. The term refers to a geographical location in the biblical narrative rather than to a doctrine or theological concept.",
  "description_academic_full": "Lasea was a city on the island of Crete, mentioned in Acts 27:8 in connection with Paul’s journey as a prisoner to Rome. Luke places it near Fair Havens as part of the travel narrative that leads into the shipwreck account. Because Lasea is a geographical location rather than a theological category, it belongs in a biblical place-name entry. Its significance is chiefly historical and narrative, helping situate the events of Acts in a real Mediterranean setting.",
  "background_biblical_context": "In Acts 27, Luke describes the ship carrying Paul toward Italy. Lasea is mentioned as the ship came near the Cretan harbor of Fair Havens, showing the difficulty and danger of the voyage before the later storm and shipwreck.",
  "background_historical_context": "Lasea belongs to the Greco-Roman world of the eastern Mediterranean. The reference reflects Luke’s careful attention to geography and travel detail in Acts, especially in the account of Paul’s final journey to Rome.",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "Lasea itself is not a Jewish term, but it appears in a narrative about Paul, a Jewish apostle, traveling under Roman custody. The setting highlights the wider ancient Mediterranean world in which the early church moved.",
  "key_texts_primary": [
    "Acts 27:8"
  ],
  "key_texts_secondary": [
    "Acts 27:7-13"
  ],
  "original_language_note": "The name is transliterated from Greek as a place-name in Acts 27:8.",
  "theological_significance": "Lasea has no direct doctrinal meaning, but it serves the theological purpose of grounding Luke’s account in real history and geography. It helps confirm that Acts presents itself as a concrete historical narrative.",
  "philosophical_explanation": "As a proper place-name, Lasea is significant not by abstract concept but by referential function: it identifies a real location in space and time within the biblical story.",
  "interpretive_cautions": "The exact archaeological identification of Lasea is not the main issue of the text. The biblical point is the narrative setting, not a theological argument about the city itself.",
  "major_views_note": "Most readers and commentators treat Lasea simply as a geographical reference in Acts 27:8. The main question is location, not meaning.",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "Do not read Lasea as a symbolic doctrine or as a basis for speculative allegory. It is a place-name that supports the historical setting of Acts.",
  "practical_significance": "Lasea reminds readers that the New Testament accounts are set in real places and ordinary travel conditions. It also highlights Luke’s detailed historical style.",
  "meta_description": "Lasea is a city on Crete mentioned in Acts 27:8 near Fair Havens during Paul’s voyage to Rome.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/lasea/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/lasea.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}