Act 11:19 passed to Phenicia, Cyprus and A
Act 11:26 called Christians for the first time in A
Act 13:14 they, passing from Perge, came to A
Act 14:26 from there they sailed to A, from where
Act 15:22 choose .. males and send them to A with
Act 15:35 and Paul and Barnabas continued in A
Act 18:22 having arrived at .. descended to A
2Ti 3:11 like those that came upon me in A
Antioch (gr. Antiójeia, “the one who opposes”). In the NT there are 2 cities with this name: 1. Antioch of Pisidia. City that was actually located in Phrygia, but near the border with Pisidia, in Asia Minor. Secular historians often call it “Pisidian Antioch.” Pisidian Antioch was founded by Seleucus I Nicator (301-280 BC), who named it after his father Antiochus, and settled it with people from Magnesia on the Meander. After the defeat of the Seleucids by the Romans (190 BC), Antioch became a free city, but 150 years later it was given to Amyntas, king of Pisidia, Phrygia-towards-Pisidia, and Galatia. When the Galatian kingdom became a Roman province in 25 BC, Antioch was part of it. Some years later the city was made a colony by Augustus and given the additional name of Caesarea. It was linked by military roads with other Pisidian colony cities in order to control that area. Near the city there was a large temple – recently unearthed – of the Phrygian moon-goddess Mên, to whom healing powers were attributed. Numerous properties and slaves belonged to this temple. Paul and Barnabas preached 2 times and founded a Christian church in the city during their 1st missionary journey (Acts 13:14-50; 2 Tit 3:11; although they were expelled from the city, they returned to it on their way back to Syria ; Acts 14:21, 24). Arundel identified the old city (1883) as the mound next to the Turkish town of Yalvaç. The ruins were partially excavated, and some of the city’s former magnificence was recovered. Map XX, B-5. 24. The aqueduct of Antioch in Pisidia. 2. Antioch of Syria. City on the southern bank of the Orontes River, about 24 km from the Mediterranean Sea, near the Amanus Mountains and Mount Cassius. It was founded (c 300 BC) by Seleucus I Nicator, who named it Antioch in honor of his father, Antiochus. Part was colonized with Athenians and Macedonians, and part with natives of the region. Later, Seleucus II and Antiochus IV enlarged it and brought in new settlers, including many Jews. The city grew rapidly, and as a residence of the Seleucids it was an important center of Hellenistic culture and trade in the East. In 64 BC, after more than 2 centuries of being the capital of the Seleucid Empire, and a brief interlude under Armenian rule, Antioch passed to the Romans and Pompey annexed it to Syria, making it the capital of this new senatorial province and seat of the Roman legate. In this way, the city lost none of its importance. It was known as “The Queen of the East”, and was the 3rd metropolis of the empire, after Rome and Alexandria. In NT times it had an estimated population between 250,000 and 800,000 inhabitants. Map XX, B-6. Christianity came to Antioch thanks to members of the Jerusalem church who fled during the persecution that followed the stoning of Stephen. When news of his work reached the leaders in Jerusalem, Barnabas was dispatched to support the newcomers. Barnabas, seeing that he needed more help, took Paul from Tarsus, and they both worked there for a whole year; they seem to have established a strong Christian center on the spot. It was in this city where the followers of Jesus Christ received the name of “Christians” for the 1st time (Acts 11:19-26). Later, some prophets came as reinforcements to the church (v 27). The next important step in the history of this church was taken when the Christians at Antioch, sponsoring organized evangelical work in foreign lands, sent Paul and Barnabas on a missionary journey (13:1-3). Paul regarded Antioch as his seat, and began his 2nd and 3rd journeys in that city (15:35-41; 18:22, 23). However, the Christians in Antioch felt their dependence on the leaders of the Jerusalem Church and sought their advice (15:1, 2). They also accepted the responsibility of helping the mother church in Judea with a financial contribution during a time of need (11:27-30). 65 25. Antioch on the Orontes, with Mount Silpios in the background. In later years, Antioch was the scene of several Christian church councils. The city was destroyed by Chosroes, king of Persia, in 538 AD, and never recovered from this blow. After being conquered by the Arabs a century later, it quickly lost what little importance it had left. Now it belongs to Turkey, like a town called Antâkiyeh. An American-French expedition conducted some excavations during the 1930s. Bib.: G. Downey, A History of Antioch in Syria (Princeton, NJ, 1961); BM Metzger, BA 11 (1948):69-88.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
name of two cities. 1. Capital city of Syria, founded ca. 301 BC C., by Seléuco I Nicátor, who gave it the name in honor of his father Antiochus, on the banks of the Orontes River (the current A. is in the south of Turkey, a State of which it is a part, after the French domination 1920-1939) . Headquarters of the Seleucids, it became the most important cosmopolitan city in the East, with around 500,000 inhabitants. Rome conquered it in the year 64 a. C., made it the capital of the province of Syria, and it was the third city of the Empire after Rome and Alexandria. It was evangelized by Barnabas, Paul and Peter, and there the disciples were called “Christians” for the first time Acts 11, 26. Nicholas, a proselyte of A., was part of the Seven chosen to serve the Hellenistic Christians Acts 6, 1 , 7. A. It was a flourishing Church in the time of Paul: it helped the Christians of Judea when there was a famine in the time of the Roman Emperor Claudius Acts 11, 27-30; it was the seat of the Apostle, and he departed from it on evangelical missions Acts 13, 13; and she returned Acts 14, 26-28; 15, 35; 18, 22 ff. In A. the controversy arose over the observance of the Mosaic law, which gave rise to the Council of Jerusalem Acts 15, 1 ss; Ga 2, 1 ff. 2. City of Pisidia, in Asia Minor, founded by King Seleucus I Nicator himself. She was visited by Paul and preached in his synagogue where great controversy arose and the Apostle was stoned Acts 13, 13 ss.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
1. Antioch in Syria, the capital of Syria, established in 301 BC. JC by Seleucus Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire, which had been the Asian part of Alexander the Great’s vast empire. The most famous Antioch of the 16 that he founded in honor of his father Antiochus, was a great commercial center. The city was situated in a wide and fertile valley, protected by majestic snow-capped mountains, and was called Antioch the Beautiful and Golden. In the year 65 the Romans took the city and made it the capital of the Roman province of Syria. Seleucid kings and early Roman emperors extended and graced the city until it became the third largest city in the Roman Empire (after Rome and Alexandria) with a population, in the first century AD. of JC, of around 500,000 inhabitants. A cosmopolitan city since its foundation, its inhabitants included many Jews, who were given privileges similar to those of the Greeks.
Its citizens were a vigorous and aggressive race, renowned for their commercial aptitude, debauchery, and sarcastic wit.
One of the original deacons of the apostolic church was Nicholas, a proselyte from Antioch (Acts 6:5). The first church of the Gentiles, the mother of all others, was founded here. Many fugitive Christians, scattered after Stephen’s death, went to Antioch and inaugurated a new era by preaching not only to the Hellenistic Jews, but also to the Greeks (Acts 11:20). The Jerusalem church sent Barnabas to help them in the work; After working there for a while, Barnabas called Paul who was in Tarsus to assist him. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch (Acts 11:19-26), a sobriquet that probably came from the same town that was known for its inventing nicknames. The church in Antioch sent Paul and his companions on their three missionary journeys (Acts 13:1ff; Acts 15:36ff; Acts 18:23), and he gave them a report upon his return of the first two journeys (Acts 14:26ff.; Acts 18:22).
He brought before a council in Jerusalem the matter of circumcision of Gentile converts (Acts 15).
Antioch gave rise to a current of thought that was characterized by the lit interpretation. of the scriptures. Between 252 and 380 AD JC ten church councils were held there. The city was captured and destroyed in 538 by the Persians, rebuilt by the Roman emperor Justinian soon after, and in 635 taken by the Muslims, who, with the exception of a short time, have held it. The place, now called Antalya, with a population of around 42,000, is of no importance today.
2. Antioch of Pisidia, a town in southern Asia Minor founded by Seleucus Nicator. The capital of southern Galatia, and a Roman colony that the Romans turned into a powerful garrison. Paul and Barnabas preached in the synagogue there on their first missionary journey, but the Jews chased them out of town (Acts 13:14—Acts 14:19). On his return from the journey, Paul revisited Antioch to affirm his disciples and probably returned on his second (Acts 16:6) and third journeys (Acts 18:23) as well.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
City that was the capital of the Seleucid Empire, one of the four parts into which the empire of Alexander the Great was divided. A. is on the banks of the Orontes River in Syria, today Turkish territory. It was one of the sixteen Antiochies founded by Seleucus I Nicator in honor of his father Antiochus. It became one of the three great cities of the Roman Empire, with Rome being the first, then Alexandria, and then A. Since the second century BC there were many Jews there. Josephus praises the magnificence of his synagogue. Among the deacons chosen by the church in Jerusalem is a “Nicholas, a proselyte of A.†, that is, a Gentile who had converted to Judaism (Acts 6:5). After Stephen’s martyrdom many believers were scattered to “Phoenicia, Cyprus and A.†, being in this last city where the gospel was preached for the first time “to the Greeks” (Acts 11:19-20), many converted. Barnabas was sent to examine the matter and “when he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced” and then he brought Saul, and…