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Cilicia

Cilicia (Biblical Place • Tarsus • 36.918°N, 34.892°E): region. Referenced in Acts 6:9 , Acts 15:23 , Acts 15:41 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 . It is closely linked with Galatians (New Testament • 6 Chapters): Galatians (New Testament, 6 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel . Key places: Galatia , Jerusalem , Arabia , Damascus , Syria , Cilicia . Opens with: "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)..."

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Cilicia (region. Referenced in Acts 6:9 , Acts 15:23 , Acts 15:41 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .) Tophel (Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:1 .) Zenan (Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:37 (identified with Shaphir ).) Gerar (Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 20:2 , Gen 26:1 , Gen 26:6 , Gen 26:20 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 15:41 : "And he went through Syria and Cilicia , confirming the churches."; Galatians 1:21 : "Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia ;"; Acts 27:5 : "And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia , we came to Myra , a city of Lycia .". Related canonical books and chapters: Galatians (New Testament • 6 Chapters), The Fourth Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 18 Chapters), Judith (Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters).

Connected Topics & Entities Book/Chapter Verse Person Place Lexicon Theology Commentary

Topics, People & Places (36)

Cilicia
99% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Tarsus • 36.918°N, 34.892°E

region. Referenced in Acts 6:9 , Acts 15:23 , Acts 15:41 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .

Galatians
99% New Testament
New Testament • 6 Chapters

Galatians (New Testament, 6 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel . Key places: Galatia , Jerusalem , Arabia , Damascus , Syria , Cilicia . Opens with: "Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)..."

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 18 Chapters

The Fourth Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 18 chapters). Key figures: Eleazar , Joseph , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Simeon , Levi . Key places: Asia , Syria , Phoenicia , Cilicia , Jerusalem , Egypt . Opens with: "As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would ..."

Judith
99% Apocrypha
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 16 Chapters

Judith ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 16 chapters). Key figures: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad ), Moab , Ammon , Asshur , Lud , Ishmael . Key places: Nineveh , Ecbatana , Euphrates , Tigris , Persia , Cilicia . Opens with: "IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad, who ..."

Acts 6
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 6 (15 verses)

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews , because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not rea... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , Antioch 1 , Jerusalem , Cilicia , Asia , Nazareth .

Acts 22
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Acts • Chapter 22 (30 verses)

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus , a city in Cilicia , yet brought up in this city a... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Tarsus , Cilicia , Damascus , Jerusalem , Nazareth .

The Fourth Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (26 verses)

For a certain man named Simon , who was in opposition to Onias, who once held the high priesthood for life, and was an honorable and good man, after that by slandering him in every way, he could not injure him with the people, went away as an exile, with the intention of betraying... Mentions: Simon , Syria , Phoenicia , Cilicia , Jerusalem , Egypt .

Map of Paul's Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
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Cilicia , Galatia , Troas (Macedonian Call), Philippi , Thessalonica , Berea , Athens , and Corinth .

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Acts 23
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Acts • Chapter 23 (35 verses)

And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wal... Mentions: Jerusalem , Rome , Caesarea , Antipatris , Cilicia .

Judith 2
99% Chapter
Judith • Chapter 2 (28 verses)

And in the eighteenth year, the two and twentieth day of the first month, there was talk in the house of Nebuchadnezzar king of the Assyrians, that he should be avenged on all the land, even as he spoke. And he called together all his servants, and all his great men, and communic... Mentions: Asshur , Lud , Ishmael , Japheth , Midian , Nineveh , Cilicia , Euphrates .

Acts 15
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Acts • Chapter 15 (41 verses)

And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses , ye cannot be saved. When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certa... Mentions: Moses , Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Simon , David , Jerusalem , Phoenicia , Samaria , Antioch 1 , Syria .

Acts 27
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 27 (44 verses)

And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy , they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. And entering into a ship of Adramyttium , we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one Aristarchus, a Macedon... Mentions: Italy , Adramyttium , Asia , Thessalonica , Sidon .

Acts 21
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Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)

And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes , and from thence unto Patara : And finding a ship sailing over unto Phoenicia , we went aboard, and set forth. Now when we had dis... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Jacob/Israel , Rhodes , Patara , Phoenicia , Cyprus , Syria .

Galatians 1
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Galatians • Chapter 1 (24 verses)

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ , and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia : Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, James ( Jacob ), Galatia , Jerusalem , Arabia , Damascus , Syria .

The First Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 11 (74 verses)

And the king of Egypt gathered together great forces, as the sand which is by the sea shore, and many ships, and sought to make himself master of Alexander’s kingdom by deceit, and to add it to his own kingdom. And he went forth into Syria with words of peace, and they of the cit... Mentions: Jonathan , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Mattathias , Judas , Egypt , Syria , Ptolemais , Azotus , Joppa .

The Second Book of the Maccabees • Chapter 4 (50 verses)

But the aforesaid Simon , he who had given information of the money, and had betrayed his country, slandered Onias, saying that it was he who had incited Heliodorus, and made himself the author of these evils. And him that was the benefactor of the city, and the guardian of his ... Mentions: Simon , Ammonites , Jacob/Israel , Phoenicia , Jerusalem , Antioch 1 , Tyre , Egypt .

Judith 1
99% Chapter
Judith • Chapter 1 (16 verses)

IN the twelfth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned over the Assyrians in Nineveh , the great city; in the days of Arphaxad , who reigned over the Medes in Ecbatana , and built at Ecbatana and round about it walls of hewn stones three cubits broad and six cubits long, an... Mentions: Arpachshad (or Arphaxad), Moab , Ammon , Nineveh , Ecbatana, Euphrates , Tigris , Persia .

Tophel
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 30.937°N, 35.617°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Deut 1:1 .

Zenan
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Shaphir • 31.744°N, 34.694°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 15:37 (identified with Shaphir ).

Gerar
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.391°N, 34.561°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 20:2 , Gen 26:1 , Gen 26:6 , Gen 26:20 .

Nobah
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Kenath • 32.757°N, 36.616°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Num 32:42 , Judg 8:11 (identified with Kenath ).

Egypt
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • On • 30.108°N, 31.338°E

region. Referenced in Gen 12:10 , Gen 12:11 , Gen 12:14 , Gen 13:1 , Gen 13:10 .

Gomorrah
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.157°N, 35.474°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 13:10 , Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 , Gen 14:10 , Gen 14:11 .

Canaan
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Gath • 31.694°N, 34.844°E

region. Referenced in Gen 11:31 , Gen 12:5 , Gen 13:12 , Gen 16:3 , Gen 17:8 .

Eden
64% Place
Biblical Place • Ancient Near East

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 2:8 , Gen 2:10 , Gen 2:15 , Gen 3:23 , Gen 3:24 , Gen 4:16 .

Paddan-aram
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Haran • 36.864°N, 39.032°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 25:20 , Gen 28:2 , Gen 28:5 , Gen 28:6 , Gen 28:7 , Gen 31:18 (identified with Haran ).

Edom
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bozrah 1 • 30.735°N, 35.606°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 32:3 , Gen 36:16 , Gen 36:17 , Gen 36:21 , Gen 36:31 , Gen 36:32 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).

Beersheba
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.245°N, 34.841°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 21:14 , Gen 21:31 , Gen 21:32 , Gen 21:33 , Gen 22:19 , Gen 26:23 .

Shechem
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.214°N, 35.282°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 12:6 , Gen 33:18 , Gen 35:4 , Gen 37:12 , Gen 37:13 , Gen 37:14 .

Haran
60% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.864°N, 39.032°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 11:31 , Gen 11:32 , Gen 12:4 , Gen 12:5 , Gen 27:43 , Gen 28:10 .

Seir
60% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bozrah 1 • 30.735°N, 35.606°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 14:6 , Gen 32:3 , Gen 33:14 , Gen 33:16 , Gen 36:8 , Gen 36:9 (identified with Bozrah 1 ).

Sodom
60% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.197°N, 35.396°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:19 , Gen 13:10 , Gen 13:12 , Gen 13:13 , Gen 14:2 , Gen 14:8 .

Gilead
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.043°N, 35.724°E

region. Referenced in Gen 31:21 , Gen 31:23 , Gen 31:25 , Gen 37:25 , Num 32:1 .

Bethel 1
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.931°N, 35.221°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 12:8 , Gen 13:3 , Gen 28:19 , Gen 31:13 , Gen 35:1 , Gen 35:3 .

Goshen 1
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 30.729°N, 31.805°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 45:10 , Gen 46:28 , Gen 46:29 , Gen 46:34 , Gen 47:1 , Gen 47:4 .

Negeb
56% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 30.300°N, 34.200°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 12:9 , Gen 13:1 , Gen 13:3 , Gen 20:1 , Gen 24:62 , Num 13:17 .

Scripture Passages (8)

And he went through Syria and Cilicia , confirming the churches.

Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia ;

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

And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia ;

Acts 6:9 (KJV)
Acts 6 KJV

Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia , disputing with Stephen.

And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia :

But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus , a city in Cilicia , a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Acts 22:3 (KJV)
Acts 22 KJV

I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus , a city in Cilicia , yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.

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