Pisidian Antioch
Roman colony in the highlands of southern Asia Minor. In its synagogue Paul gave the first of his speeches recorded in Acts, and here he and Barnabas first declared that they were turning to the Gentiles.
This Antioch lay on the high plateau of Asia Minor and was a Roman colony, Colonia Caesarea. It is not the Syrian Antioch. Paul and Barnabas came up to it from Perga. Paul spoke in the synagogue on the sabbath, and on the next sabbath, when they were contradicted, the two said, “we turn to the Gentiles”. They were driven out of the district and went on to Iconium (Acts 13:14–51). They passed through again on their way home, and 2 Timothy recalls what Paul suffered “at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra” (Acts 14:21) (2 Timothy 3:11). See Paul’s First Missionary Journey.
What happened here
- about AD 46 to AD 48, estimated datePaul’s First Missionary Journey
Acts tells how Barnabas and Paul, sent out by the church at Antioch, preach in Cyprus and in the cities of southern Asia Minor, first in the synagogues and then to Gentiles, and found churches there before returning to Antioch.