Place · Region
Italy
Named in 4 verses across 2 books, first in Hebrews 13:24.
In the Bible
All 1 verse in Hebrews, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.
Hebrews
- Hebrews 13:24
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
Events here
Events the dataset sets at Italy. Dates follow its Ussher–Jones reckoning (one of several traditional counts), not established history.
- c. AD 56Journey to Rome begins
- c. AD 56Paul's Journey to Rome
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
Acts 18:2; 27:1, 6; Heb. 13:24), like most geographical names, was differently used at different periods of history. As the power of Rome advanced, nations were successively conquered and added to it till it came to designate the whole country to the south of the Alps. There was constant intercourse between Palestine and Italy in the time of the Romans.