Modern Biblical New Testament Names and Places

Acts 2: 9
Parthians [NE of Caspian Sea thru Iran to possibly area of Pashtun tribes in Pakistan]; Medes/Elamites (Iran/Persians); Mesopotamia (Iraq thru Iran); Pontus (Galatia region of Turkey; Cappadocia (Turkey); Judea (Palestine/Israel). Phrygia & Pamphylia (Galatia region in Turkey); Cyrene (Northern Africa-most probably Libya); Crete (island south of Greece); Egypt; Arabians (Saudi Arabia/Arabian Peninsula, including possibly, Jordan).

Acts 13: 4-6
Salamis (eastern coastal city of Cyprus [island lying west of Palestine and Syria]); Paphos (town on southwest side of Cyprus).

Acts 13: 13
Perga (city 8 miles from Mediterranean Sea) in Pamphylia (Province in southern Turkey).

Acts 13: 14
Pisidian Antioch (Province of Galatia [Turkey] within territory of the Taurus Mountain range-Antioch was the capital.

Acts 13: 15
Iconium/Lycaonia (part of the Roman province of Galatia [Turkey], and part of the modern Turkish provincial capital Konya.

Acts 14: 6
Lystra (city in south central Asia Minor); Derbe (city in the region of Lycaonia in the province of Galatia [Turkey]) of Lycaonia (Roman province of Galatia [Turkey]).

Acts 14: 24
Pisidia of Pamphylia (Province of Asia Minor in southern Turkey).

Acts 16: 1-2
Derbe, Lystra, and Iconium (Turkey).

Acts 16: 6
Phrygia (A sub-region of Galatia [Turkey], containing Antioch of Pisidia, Laodicea, and at times, Iconium).

Acts 16: 7-8
Mysia (Northwest region of Asia Minor , including Adramyttium, Assos, Pergamum, and Troas (Turkey); Bithynia (Turkey).

Acts 16: 9
Macedonia (divided between central and northern Greece, southeastern Albania, and the Yugoslav province of Macedonia-serves as a link between the Balkan Peninsula to the north, the Greek mainland, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south); Thessalonica (modern Thessaloniki and former capital of Macedonia in northern Greece); Amphipolis ([Yugoslavia]city near the Aegean Gulf between Thessalonica and Phillippi); Phillippi, Apollonia  (cities in Yugoslavia); Neapolis ([Yugoslavia] modern Kavala located 10 miles from Phillippi  in northeastern Macedonia); Berea (city near Thessalonica in northern Greece).

Acts 16: 11
Samothrace and Neapolis (Yugoslavia).

Acts 16: 12
Phillipi (Yugoslavia).

Acts 16: 14
Thyatira (Turkey)

Acts 17: 1
Amphipolis (Yugoslavia);  Apollonia (Yugoslavia);  Thessalonica (northern Greece) –all in Macedonia.

Acts 17: 10
Berea (northern Greece).

Acts 17: 5
Athens (east central Greece).

Acts 18: 1
Corinth ([Achaia] north of Macedonia & south of Greece).

Acts 18: 2
Pontus and Bithynia (Galatia region of Turkey).

Acts 18: 5
Macedonia (see Acts 16: 9).

Acts 18: 12
Achaia (north of Macedonia and south of Greece).

Acts 18: 18
Cenchrea (eastern port city of Corinth; see Acts 18: 1).

Acts 18: 23
Galatia [Turkey] and Phrygia (see Acts 16: 6).

Acts 19: 17, 28, 34-35
Ephesus (city located in Western Asia Minor [Turkey]).

Acts 20: 1
Macedonia (see Acts 16: 9).

Acts 20: 13-14
Assos, Mitylene (Turkey; see Acts 16: 7-8).

Acts 20: 15
Chios, Trogyllium (off the west coast of Asia Minor 1 mile from Samos, Miletus [Turkey]; Samothrace (Yugoslavia).

Acts 21: 1
Coos, Rhodes, Patara (Lycia), near Attalia in Turkey.

Romans 15: 9
Illyricum/Dalmatia & Pannonia (A district of the Roman Empire between the Danube River and the Adriatic Sea [Slovenia, Bosnia Herzogovenia, or  possibly Serbia].

Galatians 1: 1
Churches of Galatia [Turkey]- Galatia originally inhabited by Celts or Gauls, occupied the northern part of Asia Minor, bounded on the north by Pontus and Bithynia, on the east by Tavium and Pessinus on the west.. After Rome made Galatia a province of the empire it extended its border, adding Lycaonia, Isauria, and Pisidia [Antioch], with Ancyra serving as the seat of government.

Colossians 4: 13
Hierapolis, Laodicea, Phrygia (Turkey)

1 Peter 1: 1
Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia [all located in Turkey].

Revelation 1: 9
Isle of Patmos  (small island in the Aegean Sea about 37 miles southwest of Miletus [off the coast of Turkey] close to Coos.

Revelation 2: 1
Ephesus (Turkey).

Revelation 2: 8
Smryna (Turkey).

Revelation 2: 12
Pergamos (Turkey)

Revelation 2: 18
Thyatira (Turkey)

Revelation 3: 1
Sardis (Turkey)

Revelation 3: 7
Philadelphia (Turkey)

Revelation 3: 14
Laodicea (Turkey)

 

Robert Randle
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October 19, 2013
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