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Cappadocia

Asia Minor · New Testament · 2 verses

A region in eastern Asia Minor. The name appears in Acts, 1 Peter in the King James text.

About Cappadocia

A region in eastern Asia Minor.

Its place in the story

People from Cappadocia were among those in Jerusalem at Pentecost who heard the apostles speak. Peter addressed believers in Cappadocia in his first letter.

Cappadocia in Scripture (KJV)

“Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,”

Acts 2:9 (KJV)

“Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,”

1 Peter 1:1 (KJV)

Where it leads

Peter wrote to the scattered believers in Cappadocia, encouraging them in their faith in Christ.

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