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Syria
Region mentioned in 8 verses of the Bible, most often in Acts.
Journeys through Syria
- Israel into exile (722 BC)
Where it appears
Acts (5), Matthew (1), Luke (1), Galatians (1)
Key verses
- Matthew 4:24 first mention — And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Luke 2:2 — (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
- Acts 15:23 — And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia:
- Acts 15:41 — And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.
- Acts 18:18 — And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Acts 20:3 — And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia.
- Acts 21:3 — Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
- Galatians 1:21 — Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia;
Nearby places
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