PLACES IN ACTS: ANTIOCH SYRIA
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Places In Acts
a) We look at the places mentioned in Acts. Each place is located on a map and then we note the people and events associated with that place. Each place contains some information mentioned in the book of Acts.
2. Antioch Syria
i) Pronounced An'-tee-ock of See'-ree-ya.
ii) Syrian Antioch was the world's third greatest city, bettered only by Rome and Alexandria.
iii) Antioch stood 25km up river from its seaport Selucia, where the Crontes River entered the Great Sea.
iv) Infamous for immorality in the form of lustful sports and pleasures.
v) A center fo the worship of Daphne, a godess whose priestesses were prostitutes.
vi) Before continuing through the following points on Syrian Antioch, it would be helpful to read Acts 11:19-30 and mark the place.
vii) When persecution in Jerusalem gave impetus to evangelism, some of the scattered Christians reached Antioch (Acts 11:19).
viii) A strong church of Christ was established there, and this is where the disciples were first called Christians (Acts 11:19,26).
ix) From Antioch, a great new missionary effort reached out to the Gentile world (Acts 11:19-21, Acts 13:1-4, Acts 14:24-28).
x) Paul spent a lot of time in Antioch prior to his 1st missionary journey (Acts 11:25-26, Acts 15:35).
xi) Several other church leaders also spent time there (Acts 11:27, Acts 13:1).
xii) Antioch was the center of a controversy involving Gentile Christians and Jewish law (Acts 11:19-22, Acts 15:22-35, Galatians 2:11-21).
xiii) From Antioch, relief was sent to famine-hit brethren in Judea (Acts 11:27-30).
The End ...
1. Places In Actsa) We look at the places mentioned in Acts. Each place is located on a map and then we note the people and events associated with that place. Each place contains some information mentioned in the book of Acts.
2. Antioch Syria
i) Pronounced An'-tee-ock of See'-ree-ya.
ii) Syrian Antioch was the world's third greatest city, bettered only by Rome and Alexandria.
iii) Antioch stood 25km up river from its seaport Selucia, where the Crontes River entered the Great Sea.
iv) Infamous for immorality in the form of lustful sports and pleasures.
v) A center fo the worship of Daphne, a godess whose priestesses were prostitutes.
vi) Before continuing through the following points on Syrian Antioch, it would be helpful to read Acts 11:19-30 and mark the place.
vii) When persecution in Jerusalem gave impetus to evangelism, some of the scattered Christians reached Antioch (Acts 11:19).
viii) A strong church of Christ was established there, and this is where the disciples were first called Christians (Acts 11:19,26).
ix) From Antioch, a great new missionary effort reached out to the Gentile world (Acts 11:19-21, Acts 13:1-4, Acts 14:24-28).
x) Paul spent a lot of time in Antioch prior to his 1st missionary journey (Acts 11:25-26, Acts 15:35).
xi) Several other church leaders also spent time there (Acts 11:27, Acts 13:1).
xii) Antioch was the center of a controversy involving Gentile Christians and Jewish law (Acts 11:19-22, Acts 15:22-35, Galatians 2:11-21).
xiii) From Antioch, relief was sent to famine-hit brethren in Judea (Acts 11:27-30).
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