Place

Pamphylia

Regionaka Pamphylia

Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay between Lycia on the west and Cilicia on the east. There were strangers from Pamphylia at Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost (2:10).

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Relationships

Events here First Missionary Journey, Mission to Antioch in Pisidia, Return to Antioch in Syria, Journey to Rome begins, Paul's Journey to Rome

People active here Aristarchus, Julius, Luke, Paul, Barnabas, John Mark

Appears in Acts

Key verses

Acts 2:10

Phrygia, Pamphylia, Egypt, the parts of Libya around Cyrene, visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes,

Acts 13:13

Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

Acts 15:38

But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.

Acts 27:5

When we had sailed across the sea which is off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia.

Acts 14:24

They passed through Pisidia, and came to Pamphylia.