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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.
Tarsus
Paul was born here, in the capital of Cilicia on the Cydnus River, about twelve miles from the sea, and he called it no mean city. It had schools of philosophy and rhetoric that rivalled Athens and Alexandria.
Paul was born here, in the capital of Cilicia on the Cydnus River, about twelve miles from the sea, and he called it no mean city. It had schools of philosophy and rhetoric that rivalled Athens and Alexandria.
Tarsus was the capital of the Roman province of Cilicia and the birthplace of the apostle Paul, who called it no mean city (Acts 21:39). It sat on the Cydnus River about twelve miles from the Mediterranean and was known for its schools of philosophy and rhetoric, rivaling Athens and Alexandria in the ancient world. Barnabas brought Paul there from Jerusalem, and excavation at the site's mound of Gözlü Kule has confirmed continuous settlement stretching back to the Bronze Age.
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- Acts 9:30
- Acts 11:25
- Acts 22:3
