Atlas Biblica

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    Cappadocia

    Καππαδοκία

    Cappadocia was a region in Asia Minor where some early Christian believers lived.

    Where the story of Cappadocia happensWhere the gazetteer locates Cappadocia, framed to them: Cappadocia. Each dot is a coordinate from the gazetteer. The coastline is a modern one, simplified; no border, road or settlement of any period is drawn, and no line joins two points, because the rows state where and not in what order.Cappadocia
    Where the gazetteer locates Cappadocia
    verses
    2
    first named
    Acts 2:9
    last named
    1 Peter 1:1
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    38.67°N · 34.84°E
    region38.67°N · 34.84°E

    Cappadocia (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Cappadocia in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Cappadocia was an ancient region located in central Asia Minor, in modern-day Turkey. It is mentioned twice in the New Testament. In Act.2.9, Cappadocians were among the people present in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles. This suggests that there were Jewish inhabitants from Cappadocia who had come to Jerusalem for the feast.

    In 1Pe.1.1, the apostle Peter addresses his letter to the "pilgrims of the Dispersion," including those in Cappadocia, indicating the presence of Christian believers in the region. These believers were likely converts from the Jewish diaspora and Gentile proselytes.

    Cappadocia was known for its unique geological features, including underground cities and rock-cut churches, many of which were used by early Christians as hiding places during times of persecution. The region played a significant role in the early history of Christianity and was home to several important church fathers, such as Basil the Great and Gregory of Nazianzus.

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    Every entity the graph places in a stated relation with this one, grouped by the kind of link. Each relation is authored once and its inverse derived, so both ends always agree. Rows marked “registry” come from the identity spine rather than from a verse, and a row marked “which bearer is the source’s decision” is one where the name could have meant more than one person. The last group is not a relation at all — it counts the events two entities stand in together.

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    Where to read it

    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 2, across 2 books.

    1. Acts1 verse

      2:9

    2. 1 Peter1 verse

      1:1

    Onward

    Where this page goes

    Not the direct relations above — these are one hop further out, ranked so that a rare shared connection outweighs a common one. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.

    via Elect ExilesAsiaA Roman province in western Asia Minor.via Elect ExilesBithyniaA region in Asia Minorvia Elect ExilesElectElect is a concept gathering 6 labelled instances in the text.via Elect ExilesExileExile is a concept gathering 51 labelled instances in the text.via Elect ExilesGalatiaA region in Asia Minor, recipient of Paul's epistle.via Elect ExilesPontusA region in Asia Minor with Jewish inhabitants

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    What happened here

    Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.

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