Places of the Bible

Pontus

Asia Minor · New Testament · 3 verses

A region along the southern shore of the Black Sea in northern Asia Minor. The name appears in Acts, 1 Peter in the King James text.

About Pontus

A region along the southern shore of the Black Sea in northern Asia Minor.

Its place in the story

Pontus was the home region of Aquila, the tentmaker who worked with Paul. People from Pontus were present at Pentecost, and Peter addressed believers there in his first letter.

Pontus 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)
“And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.”
Acts 18:2 (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 believers in Pontus, calling them to hope in the risen Christ.

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Where is Pontus in the Bible?

A region along the southern shore of the Black Sea in northern Asia Minor. The name appears in Acts, 1 Peter in the King James text.

What happened at Pontus?

Pontus was the home region of Aquila, the tentmaker who worked with Paul. People from Pontus were present at Pentecost, and Peter addressed believers there in his first letter.

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