Asia Minor
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From Antioch the first missionary journey sails for the coasts of Asia Minor.
Asia Minor, modern Turkey, held the provinces of Asia, Galatia, Bithynia, Cappadocia and the rest. Paul's first and second journeys planted its churches; Ephesus became its Christian capital; Revelation's seven letters went to its cities.
The peninsula of Paul's first journey, the seven churches of Revelation, and much of the New Testament's world.
- Asia (the Roman province), Galatia, Phrygia, Bithynia, Cappadocia
- Türkiye · Turkey
The peninsula's river valleys run west to the Aegean and its roads climb to an inland plateau; Paul's routes follow exactly those corridors.
- Acts 13:1-4 From Antioch the first missionary journey sails for the coasts of Asia Minor.
- Acts 16:6 Paul passes through Phrygia and Galatia
- 1 Peter 1:1 Peter writes to the exiles of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia
- Revelation 1:11 The seven churches of Asia
What we know
Certain
- The cities of Acts and Revelation in Asia Minor, including Ephesus and Antioch of Pisidia, are securely identified.