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Pisidian Antioch: Paul’s synagogue address in Acts 13
Understand the inland Antioch of Acts 13, its place on the first journey and why it is different from the sending church.
Pisidian Antioch is the inland city reached after Perga in Acts 13:14. Paul’s synagogue address and the divided response to it form a major part of the first missionary journey. The team later revisits this community on the return route.
The story in Acts 13
Read Acts 13:14–41 for the address, then 13:42–52 for its reception. Paul retells Israel’s story and announces Jesus. Interest in the message is followed by disagreement and expulsion. The response of the audience is part of the narrative; it should not be detached from the speech itself.
The return visit changes the emphasis
Acts 14:21–23 names Antioch after Derbe, Lystra and Iconium on the return. This time, encouragement, perseverance and appointing elders receive attention. A map that removes repeated stops would lose this part of the story.
Geography and uncertainty
The iOS catalog labels the settlement likely, at 38.306111° N, 31.189167° E, using OpenBible.info data. The connector from Perga represents the sequence in Acts, not a settled reconstruction of the road. Modern scholarship debates the inland route, so this guide does not assign a precise walking distance or duration.
Do not confuse the two Antiochs
Syrian Antioch sends the team; Pisidian Antioch receives the synagogue address. Read the full journey with both marked.
Sources
- Acts 13–14: the primary account
- OpenBible.info: coordinates and identification confidence (CC BY 4.0)
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