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Tarsus

Tarsus (Biblical Place • 36.918°N, 34.892°E): Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 9:11 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 11:25 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 . It is closely linked with 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 .

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Shem (Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah ): ( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 ) (mentioned in Genesis 5 , Genesis 6 , Genesis 7 ) Abram/Abraham (Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah ): ( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world. (mentioned in Genesis 11 , Genesis 14 , Genesis 17 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

Key geographical locations connected to this topic include Tarsus (Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 9:11 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 11:25 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .) Cilicia (region. Referenced in Acts 6:9 , Acts 15:23 , Acts 15:41 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .) Kue (from tyndale. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:28 , 2 Chr 1:16 .) Tarshish (Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 10:22 , 1 Kgs 22:48 , 2 Chr 9:21 , 2 Chr 20:36 , 2 Chr 20:37 , Ps 48:7 .)

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Acts 11:25 : "Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus , for to seek Saul :"; Acts 9:30 : "Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea , and sent him forth to Tarsus ."; Acts 9:11 : "And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight , and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul , of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 22 ( Acts • Chapter 22 (30 verses)), Acts 9 ( Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)), Acts 21 (Acts • Chapter 21 (40 verses)).

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

Topics, People & Places (36)

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

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 9:11 , Acts 9:30 , Acts 11:25 , Acts 21:39 , Acts 22:3 .

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 .

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

from tyndale. Referenced in 1 Kgs 10:28 , 2 Chr 1:16 .

Acts 22
99% Chapter
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 .

Acts 9
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)

And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea .

Acts 21
99% Chapter
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 .

Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical • 15 Chapters

The Second Book of the Maccabees ( Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical , 15 chapters). Key figures: Abram/Abraham , Isaac , Jacob/Israel , Judas , Jonathan , Moses . Key places: Jerusalem , Egypt , Persia , Cyrene , Asia , Phoenicia . Opens with: "THE brethren, the Jews that are in Jerusalem and they that are in the country of Judaea, send greeting to the brethren, the Jews that are th..."

Acts 11
99% Chapter
Acts • Chapter 11 (30 verses)

And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem , they that were of the circumcision contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Saul , Jerusalem , Joppa , Caesarea , Phoenicia , Cyprus .

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 .

Tarshish
80% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.953°N, -6.379°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 10:22 , 1 Kgs 22:48 , 2 Chr 9:21 , 2 Chr 20:36 , 2 Chr 20:37 , Ps 48:7 .

Telassar
75% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Susa • 32.189°N, 48.258°E

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Elam . Referenced in 2 Kgs 19:12 , Isa 37:12 .

Paphos
74% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 34.754°N, 32.400°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 13:6 , Acts 13:13 .

Troas
73% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 39.507°N, 26.081°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 16:8 , Acts 16:11 , Acts 20:5 , Acts 20:6 , 2 Cor 2:12 , 2 Tim 4:13 .

Tamar 1
72% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Tadmor • 34.554°N, 38.266°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Kgs 9:18 (identified with Tadmor ).

Sur
71% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Jerusalem • 31.777°N, 35.235°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 2 Kgs 11:6 (identified with Jerusalem ).

Syrtis
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 31.767°N, 18.506°E

water; from harper; now Sidra. Referenced in Acts 27:17 .

Tyre
69% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 33.276°N, 35.193°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 , 2 Sam 5:11 , 2 Sam 24:7 , 1 Kgs 5:1 , 1 Kgs 7:13 , 1 Kgs 7:14 .

Tabor 2
68% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Chesulloth • 32.683°N, 35.325°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Chr 6:77 (identified with Chesulloth ).

Hosah
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.179°N, 35.228°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Josh 19:29 .

Ellasar
67% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 37.057°N, 40.997°E

region; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urkesh. Referenced in Gen 14:1 , Gen 14:9 .

Antioch 1
66% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.202°N, 36.162°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 6:5 , Acts 11:19 , Acts 11:20 , Acts 11:22 , Acts 11:26 , Acts 11:27 .

Titus
66% New Testament
New Testament • 3 Chapters

Titus (New Testament, 3 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah . Key places: Crete , Nicopolis . Opens with: "Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is a..."

Pul
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Cyrene • 32.825°N, 21.858°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Isa 66:19 (identified with Cyrene ).

Sardis
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 38.477°N, 28.114°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Rev 1:11 , Rev 3:1 , Rev 3:4 .

Resen
65% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Nineveh • 36.359°N, 43.153°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Gen 10:12 (identified with Nineveh ).

Thessalonica
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 40.632°N, 22.932°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 17:1 , Acts 17:11 , Acts 17:13 , Acts 27:2 , Phil 4:16 , 2 Tim 4:10 .

Mysia
64% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Troas • 39.507°N, 26.081°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 16:7 , Acts 16:8 (identified with Troas ).

Sea of Tiberias
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Sea of Galilee • 32.807°N, 35.589°E

water. Referenced in John 6:1 , John 21:1 .

Susa
63% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 32.189°N, 48.258°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Ezra 4:9 , Neh 1:1 , Est 1:2 , Est 1:5 , Est 2:3 , Est 2:5 .

1 Thessalonians
62% New Testament
New Testament • 5 Chapters

1 Thessalonians (New Testament, 5 chapters). Key figures: Yeshua the Messiah . Key places: Macedonia , Achaia , Philippi , Athens . Opens with: "Paul, and Silvanus, and Timothy, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto..."

Habor
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 36.345°N, 40.789°E

river. Referenced in 2 Kgs 17:6 , 2 Kgs 18:11 , 1 Chr 5:26 .

Tishbe
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Hazor 1 • 33.017°N, 35.568°E

from http://www.britam.org/naphtali.html. Referenced in 1 Kgs 17:1 .

Ephesus
62% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • 37.953°N, 27.368°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in Acts 18:19 , Acts 18:21 , Acts 18:24 , Acts 19:1 , Acts 19:17 , Acts 19:26 .

Shem
62% Messianic Line
Generation 11 • Messianic Line • Child of Noah

( Genesis 5:32 , 1 Chronicles 1:4 , Luke 3:36 ) • ( Genesis 11:10-11 ) Shem was the oldest of Noah 's sons (Shem is older than Japheth - Genesis 10:21 , Ham is the youngest son- Genesis 9:22-24 )

Tabor 3
61% Mapped Place
Biblical Place • Bethel 1 • 31.931°N, 35.221°E

Ancient biblical location referenced in 1 Sam 10:3 (identified with Bethel 1 ).

Abram/Abraham
61% Messianic Line
Generation 20 • Messianic Line • Child of Terah

( Genesis 11:26 , 1 Chronicles 1:26-27 , Luke 3:34 , Genesis 25:7-10 ) G-d renamed Abram to Abraham ( Genesis 17:5 ). Abram was the first person called 'Hebrew' in the Bible ( Genesis 14:13 ). Abram was born 1948 years from the creation of the world.

Scripture Passages (24)

Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus , for to seek Saul :

Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea , and sent him forth to Tarsus .

And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight , and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul , of Tarsus : for, behold, he prayeth,

Acts 21:39 (KJV)
Acts 21 KJV

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.

Now while such was the state of things, it came to pass that they of Tarsus and Mallus made insurrection, because they were to be given as a present to Antiochis, the king’s concubine.

The burden of Tyre . Howl, ye ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Kittim it is revealed to them.

And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish : and they made the ships in Ezion–geber.

For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

These going before tarried for us at Troas .

The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas.

For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tarshish , bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.

And upon all the ships of Tarshish , and upon all pleasant pictures.

Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs.

And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus .

Howl, ye ships of Tarshish : for your strength is laid waste.

Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah , and came to the vineyards of Timnah : and, behold, a young lion roared against him.

But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and he found a ship going to Tarshish : so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.

And landing at Syracuse , we tarried there three days.

When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis : for I have determined there to winter.

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod , (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod , and took it;

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