Asia Minor · New Testament · 20 verses
A Roman province in the west of Asia Minor, with Ephesus as its chief city. The name appears in Acts, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and 3 more in the King James text.
About Asia
A Roman province in the west of Asia Minor, with Ephesus as its chief city.
Its place in the story
The province of Asia was where Paul ministered so that all who lived there heard the word of the Lord. The seven churches of Revelation were located in Asia.
Asia in Scripture (KJV)
“Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,”
“Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.”
“Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands:”
“So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.”
A Roman province in the west of Asia Minor, with Ephesus as its chief city. The name appears in Acts, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians and 3 more in the King James text.
What happened at Asia?
The province of Asia was where Paul ministered so that all who lived there heard the word of the Lord. The seven churches of Revelation were located in Asia.