Places of the Bible

Antioch (Syria)

City

Antioch excavations. View across hot baths 1934 · American Colony Photo Department / Matson Photo Service · Library of Congress, no known restrictions on publication

What happened here

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.

Disciples first called Christians · 40 AD
First Missionary Journey · 45 AD
First missionary journey begins · 45 AD
Return to Antioch in Syria · 46 AD
Paul and Barnabas part ways · 47 AD
Second Missionary Journey begins · 47 AD
Return from Second Missionary Journey · 50 AD

Where the name appears

Events told in passages that name Antioch (Syria), and how many of their verses do. That is not the same as saying they happened here: a place can be named as a landmark, as somewhere being travelled to, or as the subject of a prophecy.

A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length. The fainter the mark, the fewer verses name the place.

Seven chosen to serve · 30 AD · 1 verse
Jerusalem Council · 46 AD · 3 verses
Second Missionary Journey · 46 AD · 5 verses

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

In Syria, on the river Orontes, about 16 miles from the Mediterranean, and some 300 miles north of Jerusalem. It was the metropolis of Syria, and afterwards became the capital of the Roman province in Asia. It ranked third, after Rome and Alexandria, in point of importance, of the cities of the Roman empire. It was called the “first city of the East.” Christianity was early introduced into it (Acts 11:19, 21, 24), and the name “Christian” was first applied here to its professors (Acts 11:26). It is intimately connected with the early history of the gospel (Acts 6:5; 11:19, 27, 28, 30; 12:25; 15:22-35; Gal. 2:11, 12). It was the great central point whence missionaries to the Gentiles were sent forth. It was the birth-place of the famous Christian father Chrysostom, who died A.D. 407. It bears the modern name of Antakia, and is now a miserable, decaying Turkish town. Like Philippi, it was raised to the rank of a Roman colony. Such colonies were ruled by “praetors” (R.V. marg., Acts 16:20, 21).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 14 verses

Acts: 6:5, 11:19, 11:20, 11:22, 11:26, 11:27, 13:1, 14:26, 15:22, 15:23, 15:30, 15:35, 18:22
Galatians: 2:11

The place, its people and its events come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.