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Antioch

Syria · today Antakya

The third-largest city in the empire and the first church with a Gentile majority. It is here that the disciples are first called Christians, and it is from here that the missionary journeys set out.

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • Antiocheia Greek
  • Antiochia Latin

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Syria SYRIA Phrygia PHRYGIA Phoenicia PHOENICIA Judea JUDEA Galatia GALATIA Cyrene Cyrene Cilicia CILICIA Caesarea Caesarea Attalia Attalia Tarsus Tarsus Jerusalem Jerusalem Cyprus CYPRUS Antioch Antioch 100 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 13 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH JERUSALEM · CYRENE · CYPRUS · JUDEA 1 AND 8 MORE, named in the same passages

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Building at Antioch on the Orontes.

Building at Antioch on the Orontes.

PHOTO: Volkan Hatem CC BY 2.5 Wikimedia Commons

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Tarsus ABOUT 85 MI (140 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 6 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Caesarea ABOUT 270 MI (430 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Attalia ABOUT 310 MI (490 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Cyrene ABOUT 850 MI (1,400 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 310 MI (500 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

16 PASSAGES · 2 BOOKS

Acts 15
Galatians 1

WHAT HAPPENED HERE

  1. The disciples are called Christians AD 44

    The name is not chosen by the followers: it is what the city starts calling them. A nickname from outside that stuck.

  2. The first missionary journey sets out AD 46-48

    The church in Antioch sends out Barnabas and Saul. The gathered community decides, not one apostle alone.

COORDINATES 36.2267, 36.1717

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