Cilicia · City
Tarsus
Identified site. Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Ancient name
- Tarsus
- Modern location
- Tarsus, Mersin Province · Turkey
- Region
- Cilicia
- Location
- Identified site
Editorial summary
Paul’s birthplace, a city of Cilicia that he called no insignificant city. The believers sent Saul off to Tarsus from Caesarea, and Barnabas later went there to look for him and brought him to Antioch.
What happened here
2Sent off to Tarsus
When the brothers learned that the Hellenists were seeking to kill him, they brought Saul down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
First called Christians at Antioch
The church in Jerusalem sent Barnabas to Antioch, and he exhorted the believers to remain near to the Lord. He then went to Tarsus to look for Saul and brought him to Antioch, where for a whole year they taught many people. At Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
People here
2From here
On these journeys
Scripture
Location certainty
Scholarly consensus identifies this site.
- Coordinates
- 36.9130° N, 34.8921° E