Places of the Bible

Pamphylia

Asia Minor · New Testament · 5 verses

A coastal region of southern Asia Minor along the Mediterranean. The name appears in Acts in the King James text.

About Pamphylia

A coastal region of southern Asia Minor along the Mediterranean.

Pamphylia was a region Paul passed through on his first missionary journey, and people from Pamphylia were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost.

“Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,”

“Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.”

“And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.”

“But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.”

“And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.”

Through Pamphylia Paul traveled proclaiming Christ across Asia Minor.

Scripture verbatim KJV. Place facts curated; any coordinates via Wikidata (CC0).