# Tarsus

Cilicia · today Tarsus

Paul’s hometown and a center of Stoic philosophy. Being a Roman citizen from Tarsus is what keeps him alive at several points in Acts.

## Ancient names

- Taršiš: Biblical Hebrew
- Ταρσός (Tarsos): Greek
- Tarsisi: Akkadian
- Tarša: Hittite

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648789).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i4615ad.jpg (Nedim Ardoğa, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleopatra%27s_Gate,_Tarsus,_Mersin_Province.jpg).

## Passages

- **Acts 9:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/11
- **Acts 9:30** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/9/30
- **Acts 11:25** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/11/25
- **Acts 21:39** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/21/39
- **Acts 22:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/22/3

## Coordinates

36.9130, 34.8921

## Straight-line distances

- **Antioch**: about 85 mi (140 km) in a straight line, 6 days on foot
- **Damascus**: about 250 mi (400 km) in a straight line, 18 days on foot
- **Caesarea**: about 300 mi (490 km) in a straight line
- **Jerusalem**: about 360 mi (570 km) in a straight line

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/tarsus
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- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).