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    Phrygia

    Φρυγία

    Phrygia was a region in Asia Minor where Paul traveled and preached the gospel, and some of its inhabitants were present in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost.

    Where the story of Phrygia happensWhere the gazetteer locates Phrygia, framed to them: Phrygia. 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.Phrygia
    Where the gazetteer locates Phrygia
    verses
    4
    first named
    Acts 2:10
    last named
    Acts 18:23
    feature
    region
    coordinates
    39.00°N · 31.00°E
    region39.00°N · 31.00°E

    Phrygia (OpenBible)

    The gazetteer records one identification, and no competing one.

    Description

    Phrygia in the text

    In the words of STEPBible TIPNR:

    Phrygia was an ancient region located in the central part of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey). In the New Testament, Phrygia is mentioned in connection with the spread of the gospel and the missionary journeys of Paul. On the day of Pentecost, people from Phrygia were among those present in Jerusalem who heard the apostles speaking in their own languages (Act.2.10). During Paul's second missionary journey, he and his companions traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, where they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in the province of Asia (Act.16.6). On his third missionary journey, Paul passed through the region of Phrygia and Galatia again, strengthening the disciples (Act.18.23). In the closing of Paul's first letter to Timothy, he mentions that some have wandered from the faith, including Phygelus and Hermogenes, who were likely from Phrygia (2Tim. 1:15). The mention of Phrygia in these passages highlights the spread of Christianity beyond Judea and the importance of the region in the early church's growth.

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    and 5 more, ordered by how many events they share.

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    Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 4, across 2 books.

    1. Acts3 verses

      2:1016:618:23

    2. 1 Timothy1 verse

      6:21

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    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 Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersBithyniaA region in Asia Minorvia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersDerbeCity in Lycaonia visited by Paul on missionary journeys.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersGalatiaA region in Asia Minor, recipient of Paul's epistle.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersJesusThe Son of God and Savior of the world.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersJourneyJourney is a concept gathering 74 labelled instances in the text.via Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersMacedoniaA region in northern Greece; Paul preached therevia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersMysiaA region in northwest Asia Minor visited by Paulvia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersPaulApostle to the Gentiles, author of many NT epistlesvia Paul, Timothy, Us, and Paul And Silas’ journey of BrothersPaul And SilasPaul And Silas is a group attested across 16 verses, connecting 2 pageable entities.

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