Places of the Bible

Asia

Region · region

What happened here

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

Mission to Phrygia, Galatia and Asia · 47 AD
Mission to Ephesus/1 Cor Written · 53 AD
Riot in Ephesus · 53 AD
Voyage to Miletus · 54 AD
Journey to Rome begins · 56 AD
Paul's Journey to Rome · 56 AD

Where the name appears

Events told in passages that name Asia, 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.

The Holy Spirit comes · 30 AD · 1 verse
Stephen is seized · 30 AD · 1 verse
Second Missionary Journey · 46 AD · 1 verse
Third Missionary Journey · 50 AD · 5 verses
Paul speaks to Ephesian Elders · 54 AD · 1 verse
Paul arrested in the Temple · 54 AD · 1 verse
Paul sent to Felix · 56 AD · 1 verse

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Is used to denote Proconsular Asia, a Roman province which embraced the western parts of Asia Minor, and of which Ephesus was the capital, in Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10, 22; 20:4, 16, 18, etc., and probably Asia Minor in Acts 19:26, 27; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2. Proconsular Asia contained the seven churches of the Apocalypse (Rev. 1:11). The “chiefs of Asia” (Acts 19:31) were certain wealthy citizens who were annually elected to preside over the games and religious festivals of the several cities to which they belonged. Some of these “Asiarchs” were Paul’s friends.

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

Named in 18 verses

Acts: 2:9, 6:9, 16:6, 19:10, 19:22, 19:26, 19:27, 20:16, 20:18, 21:27, 24:18, 27:2
Romans: 16:5
1 Corinthians: 16:19
2 Corinthians: 1:8
2 Timothy: 1:15
1 Peter: 1:1
Revelation: 1:4

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.