Asia Minor · New Testament · 8 verses
A region in the southeast of Asia Minor along the Mediterranean, whose chief city was Tarsus. The name appears in Acts, Galatians in the King James text.
About Cilicia
A region in the southeast of Asia Minor along the Mediterranean, whose chief city was Tarsus.
Its place in the story
Cilicia was Paul's home region, and he strengthened the churches there. Letters from the Jerusalem council were addressed to believers in Cilicia.
Cilicia in Scripture (KJV)
“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.”
“And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:”
“But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.”
“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”
A region in the southeast of Asia Minor along the Mediterranean, whose chief city was Tarsus. The name appears in Acts, Galatians in the King James text.
What happened at Cilicia?
Cilicia was Paul's home region, and he strengthened the churches there. Letters from the Jerusalem council were addressed to believers in Cilicia.