Cilicia
si-lish'-i-a (he Kilikia): An important province at the
Southeast angle of Asia Minor, corresponding nearly with the
modern Turkish vilayet of Adana; enfolded between the Taurus
mountains and the Mediterranean Sea, with the Amanus range
on the East and Pamphylia on the West; chief rivers, the
Pyramus, Sarus, Cydnus and Calycadnus. The characte...
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(A maritime province of Asia Minor)
-Jews live in
Ac 6:9
-The congregations of
Ac 15:23,41; Ga 1:21
-Sea of
Ac 27:5...
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( the land of Celix), a maritime province int he southeast of
Asia Minor, bordering on Pamphylia in the west, Lycaonia and
Cappadocia in the north, and Syria in the east. Ac 6:9 Cilicia
was from its geographical position the high road between Syria
and the west; it was also the native country of St. Paul,
hence it was visited by him, firstly, ...
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a maritime province in the south-east of Asia Minor. Tarsus,
the
birth-place of Paul, was one of its chief towns, and
the seat of
a celebrated school of philosophy. Its luxurious
climate
attracted to it many Greek residents after its
incorporation
with the Macedonian empire. It was formed into a
Roman province,
B.C. 67. The Jews of Cilici...
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A province S.E. of Asia Minor, having the Mediterranean on
the S., Pamphylia on the W., the Taurus and Antitaurus range
on the N., separating it from Lycaonia and Cappadocia, and
on the E. the range of Areanus separating it from Syria. The
eastern portion is level, well watered, and fruitful; the
western rugged, and chiefly fit for pasture. Ta...
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I am verily a man [which am] a Jew, born in Tarsus, [a city]
in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of
Gamaliel, [and] taught according to the perfect manner of the
law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are
this day....
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And they wrote [letters] by them after this manner; The
apostles and elders and brethren [send] greeting unto the
brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and
Cilicia:...
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Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called
[the synagogue] of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and
Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing
with Stephen....
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But Paul said, I am a man [which am] a Jew of Tarsus, [a city]
in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee,
suffer me to speak unto the people....
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