This was the Paphos that Paul, Barnabas, and John Mark visited, and it was here that proconsul Sergius Paulus ​ — “an intelligent man ” — ​“ earnestly sought to hear the word of God ” in spite of the fierce opposition of the sorcerer Elymas.
तीर्थयात्रेकरू या सणांसाठी, आशिया मायनर, इजिप्त, ग्रीस इतकेच नव्हे तर पर्शियाहूनही पफेसला यायचे.