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Place · Region

Pamphylia

Named in 5 verses, first in Acts 2:10.

Where

Coordinates

36.9907° N, 30.9864° E

One proposed location, not an established one.

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Identification

Uncertain

The exact spot is unknown; the point is placed by a related feature nearby.

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.

Dataset notes

per M. Wilson: not the joint province at this time period.

Left by the dataset’s contributors; not reviewed by us.

Includes

Attalia, Perga

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, 5 events2 shared verses
Barnabasrecorded as here, 3 events
John Markrecorded as here, 2 events1 shared verse
Aristarchusrecorded as here, 2 events
Juliusrecorded as here, 2 events
Luke2 events

In the Bible

All 5 verses, in Bible order. Text from the Berean Standard Bible; verse numbers follow the KJV.

Acts

Acts 2:10
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,
Acts 13:13
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
Acts 14:24
After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia.
Acts 15:38
But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.
Acts 27:5
And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

Events here

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

c. AD 45
First Missionary JourneyActs 12:24–14:28
no date
Mission to Antioch in PisidiaActs 13:13–52
no date
Return to Antioch in SyriaActs 14:21–28
c. AD 56
Journey to Rome beginsActs 27:1–12
c. AD 56
Paul's Journey to RomeActs 27:1–28:31

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

Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east. There were strangers from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (2:10).