Pontus

Region mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, most often in Acts.

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Where it appears

Acts (2), 1 Peter (1)

Key verses

• Acts 2:9 first mention — Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judæa, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia,
• Acts 18:2 — And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them.
• 1 Peter 1:1 — Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,

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