A great city in Syria on the Orontes River, one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire. The name appears in Acts, Galatians, 2 Timothy in the King James text.
About Antioch
A great city in Syria on the Orontes River, one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire.
Its place in the story
Antioch was where a large Gentile church grew and where believers were first called Christians. It became the sending base for Paul's missionary journeys, and Paul and Barnabas taught there for a year.
Antioch in Scripture (KJV)
“And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:”
“Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only.”
“Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch.”
“And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.”
“Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.”
A great city in Syria on the Orontes River, one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire. The name appears in Acts, Galatians, 2 Timothy in the King James text.
What happened at Antioch?
Antioch was where a large Gentile church grew and where believers were first called Christians. It became the sending base for Paul's missionary journeys, and Paul and Barnabas taught there for a year.