# 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.

## Ancient names

- Antiocheia: Greek
- Antiochia: Latin

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i748f59.jpg (Volkan Hatem, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antioch_Saint_Pierre_Church_Front.JPG).

## Passages

- **Acts 6:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/6/5
- **Acts 11:19-26** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/19
- **Acts 11:19-20** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/19
- **Acts 11:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/22
- **Acts 11:26-27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/26
- **Acts 11:29** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/29
- **Acts 13:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/1
- **Acts 13:1-3** (event) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/13/1
- **Acts 14:26-27** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/14/26
- **Acts 15:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/1
- **Acts 15:22-23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/22
- **Acts 15:30-35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/30
- **Acts 15:30** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/30
- **Acts 15:35** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/15/35
- **Acts 18:22-23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/18/22
- **Galatians 2:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/galatians/2/11

## What happened here

- **The disciples are called Christians** (AD 44, approximate date)
  The name is not chosen by the followers: it is what the city starts calling them. A nickname from outside that stuck.
- **The first missionary journey sets out** (AD 46-48, approximate date)
  The church in Antioch sends out Barnabas and Saul. The gathered community decides, not one apostle alone.

## Coordinates

36.2267, 36.1717

## Straight-line distances

- **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 the reference maps

- **Paul's journeys**: 1st journey (Acts 13:1-3 · 14:26-28); 2nd journey (Acts 15:36-40 · 18:22); 3rd journey (Acts 18:23). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/viagens-de-paulo

## This document

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