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  2. Asia is mentioned twenty times in the Bible, all in the New Testament, including fourteen times in the Acts of the Apostles. The 'Asia' in the Bible is not the continent of Asia.

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  3. Asia. Bible Meaning: Orient. Strong's Concordance #G773. Asia, in the New Testament, refers to the Roman province on the far western side of Asia Minor. It included such regions (from north to south) as Mysia, Phygia (which it shared with Galatia), Lydia and finally Caria in the south.

  4. May 19, 2021 · An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name Asia. We'll discuss the original Greek, plus the words and names Asia is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the Bible.

  5. Dec 13, 2013 · It is pretty obvious that Asia as used here by Luke simply must mean the region around Ephesus. When Paul decides to revisit churches in Macedonia and Achaia (the northern and central parts of modern Greece), he sends assistants on ahead, but he remains in Asia (19:22); of course, Paul is in Ephesus, not Peking, Calcutta or Tokyo.

  6. Asia. 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; Acts 19:10 Acts 19:22; Acts 20:4 Acts 20:16 Acts 20:18, etc., and probably Asia Minor in Acts 19:26 Acts 19:27; 21:27; 24:18; 27:2.

  7. ATS Bible Dictionary. Asia. One of the great divisions of the eastern continent, lying east of Europe. The Asia spoken of in the Bible is Asia Minor, a peninsula which lies between the Euxine or Black sea and the eastern part of the Mediterranean, and which formerly included the provinces of Phrygia, Cilicia, Pamphylia, Caria, Lycia, Lydia ...

  8. Mar 19, 2024 · In the Bible, Asia refers to the region known today as modern-day Asia Minor, which is predominantly the western part of modern-day Turkey. The New Testament mentions Asia several times, particularly in reference to the early Christian communities and missionary journeys of the apostles.

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