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The "Asia" in Acts 20:18 was the Roman province of Asia, which made up the western 1/4 of what is Turkey today and included the coastal regions of Troas, Mysia, Lydia, Caria, the interior region of Phrygia. and the provincial capital of Asia was Ephesus.
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a'-shi-a (Asia): A Roman province embracing the greater part of western Asia Minor, including the older countries of Mysia, Lydia, Caria, and a part of Phrygia, also several of the independent coast cities, the Troad, and apparently the islands of Lesbos, Samos, Patmos, Cos and others near the Asia Minor coast (Acts 16:6; Acts 19:10, 27). It is exceedingly difficult to determine the exact ...
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Acts 2:9, 6:9, 16:6, 19:10, 19:22, 19:26, 19:27, 19:31, 20:4, 20:16, 20:18, 21:27, 24:18, 27:2Rom 16:51Cor 16:192Cor 1:8Baker Book of Bible Charts, Maps, and Time Lines (2016)Barnes, Historical Atlas of the Bible (2010)Biblemapper.comDigital Atlas of Roman and Medieval CivilizationsThis page identifies the current consensus around the modern location of this biblical place. The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data...
New Testament Roman Provinces. Achaia - Bithynia - Cappadocia. Cilicia - Dalmatia - Galatia - Judea. Lycia - Macedonia - Syria. The province of Asia, created around 133 B.C., is mentioned directly in the King James Bible twenty-one times (Acts 2:9, 6:9, 16:6, 19:10, Acts 20:14 - 15, etc.). It contains the Roman regions of Caria (not mentioned ...
This map reveals the cities within Asia Minor in the ancient world during the first century A.D., the time of the New Testament. The map includes the principal cities of Asia. Matthew 28:18-20 - "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them ...
Dec 13, 2013 · Turkey is 302,535 square miles. Of that, only 9200 square miles is in eastern Europe. The rest, nearly 97% of the country, is in western Asia. So even taking your statement “New Testament Asia is a Roman province, occupying roughly the western quarter of Turkey” would mean that as much as 88% of that territory was indeed in Asia.
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Jun 20, 2024 · 1. Asia Minor: One of the most prominent references to Asia in the Bible is related to Asia Minor, which corresponds to modern-day Turkey. In the New Testament, we see the apostle Paul embarking on missionary journeys to Asia Minor, spreading the message of Christ to various cities in the region such as Ephesus, Colossae, and Philippi. 2.