Cilicia
Cilicia, a province in southeast Asia Minor, was the birthplace of Paul and an area where he ministered to the early churches.
The name Cilicia means “which rolls or overturns”
PlaceNew Testament2 books8 verses
Summary
A location first mentioned at Acts 6:9; only referred to as Cilicia (Κιλικία, Κιλικία).
Location
- Certainty
- Widely agreed (100% of scholarship)
- Coordinates
- 36.913° N, 34.892° E
Events
Dates are approximate
Glossary entries
Alternative names
- Κιλικία, ΚιλικίαCilicia
Mentions
- But resistance arose from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and men from the provinces of Cilicia and Asia. They disputed with Stephen,
- …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.
- And he traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
- But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
- “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
- The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
- And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.
- Later I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.