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Place · City

Antioch (Syria)

Also known as Antioch

Named in 14 verses across 2 books, first in Acts 6:5.

Where

Coordinates

36.2007° N, 36.1653° EOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

Identification

Not assessed

The dataset gives no precision for this point.

Matched to an entry in an ancient-world gazetteer, and the match was checked by the dataset’s editors. Gazetteer entry

Some biblical sites are known for certain; others are identified from old names and descriptions and are still discussed.

People

Born, died or recorded here, or in an event set here, first; then people named in the same verses, which does not mean they were here.

Paulrecorded as here, 7 events3 shared verses
Barnabasrecorded as here, 5 events4 shared verses
John Markrecorded as here, 3 events
Silasrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Luciusrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Manaenrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Simeonrecorded as here, 1 event1 shared verse
Aquilarecorded as here, 1 event
Priscillarecorded as here, 1 event
Agabusrecorded as here, 1 event
Holy Spirit1 event1 shared verse
Jesus Christ2 shared verses
Stephen2 shared verses
God1 shared verse
Simon Peter1 shared verse
Herod Antipas1 shared verse
Phillip the Evangelist1 shared verse
Judas Barsabas1 shared verse
Timon1 shared verse
Nicolas1 shared verse

In the Bible

The first 10 of 14 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 6:5
This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, as well as Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.
Acts 11:19
Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
Acts 11:20
But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
Acts 11:22
When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
Acts 11:26
and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.
Acts 11:27
In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
Acts 13:1
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
Acts 14:26
From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.
Acts 15:22
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,
Acts 15:23
and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

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Events here

Events the dataset sets at Antioch (Syria). Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.

c. AD 40
Disciples first called ChristiansActs 11:19–30
no date
First missionary journey beginsActs 12:24–13:3
c. AD 45
First Missionary JourneyActs 12:24–14:28
no date
Return to Antioch in SyriaActs 14:21–28
c. AD 47
Paul and Barnabas part waysActs 15:35–39
no date
Second Missionary Journey beginsActs 15:40–41
no date
Return from Second Missionary JourneyActs 18:18–23

Dictionary

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), as attached to this record by Theographic. Its geography and “modern” descriptions date from the 1890s. Easton wrote in 1897, and some of his views are now debated.

Read Easton’s entry

In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some 300 miles north of Jerusalem. It was the metropolis of Syria, and afterwards became the capital of the Roman province in Asia. It ranked third, after Rome and Alexandria, in point of importance, of the cities of the Roman empire. It was called the “first city of the East.” Christianity was early introduced into it (Acts 11:19, 21, 24), and the name “Christian” was first applied here to its professors (Acts 11:26). It is intimately connected with the early history of the gospel (Acts 6:5; 11:19, 27, 28, 30; 12:25; 15:22-35; Gal. 2:11, 12). It was the great central point whence missionaries to the Gentiles were sent forth. It was the birth-place of the famous Christian father Chrysostom, who died A.D. 407. It bears the modern name of Antakia, and is now a miserable, decaying Turkish town. Like Philippi, it was raised to the rank of a Roman colony. Such colonies were ruled by “praetors” (R.V. marg., Acts 16:20, 21).