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... 1. Judea under Roman Procurators and Governors 2. Jewish Proselytism VI. ROME AND THE CHRISTIANS 1. Introduction of Christianity 2. Tolerance and Proscription 3. Persecution LITERATURE Rome (Latin ...
https://bibleatlas.org/rome.htm
... were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. Acts 11:27 Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem ...
https://bibleatlas.org/syrian_antioch.htm
... of the most important industries, including the corn trade, came into their hands. When Christianity became the state religion of Egypt the Jews at once began to be persecuted. The victory ...
https://bibleatlas.org/alexandria.htm
... were held, and therefore the nature of the guilds was such that they were opposed to Christianity. According to Acts 19:10 , Paul may have preached there while he was living ...
https://bibleatlas.org/thyatira.htm
... their forefathers (Ant., I, xxii, 1) . The references of early Christian writers to the site of the tombs of the patriarchs only very doubtfully apply to the present ...
https://bibleatlas.org/machpelah.htm
... Cyrus marched against his brother Artaxerxes; it is also of interest to the student of early Christian history as the home of one of the Seven Churches of Re (1 :11; ...
https://bibleatlas.org/sardis.htm
... valuable to those who sought them. Though a stronghold of Satan, Hierapolis early became a Christian city, for, according to Colossians 4:13 , the only place where it is ...
https://bibleatlas.org/hierapolis.htm
... Nisibis on the Mygdonius; an affluent of the Chaboras, which were also centers of Syrian Christianity. 6. The Egyptian Dispersion: The Egyptian Dispersion is of special interest and importance, ...
https://bibleatlas.org/dispersion.htm
... , the lawyer and literary man, as governor, 111 to 113 A.D. He found Christians under his jurisdiction in such numbers that the heathen temples were almost deserted, and the trade ...
https://bibleatlas.org/bithynia.htm
... , is said to have been the best in any ancient city. Smyrna early became a Christian city, for there was one of the Seven Churches of the Book of Revelation (2 ...
https://bibleatlas.org/smyrna.htm
... private houses (20:20) . Though Paul was probably not the first to bring Christianity to Ephesus, for Jews had long lived there (2 :9 ; 6:9 ...
https://bibleatlas.org/ephesus.htm
... operations (compare Revelation 3:18 ) . Little is known of the early history of Christianity there; Timothy, Mark and Epaphras ( Colossians 1:7 ) seem to have been ...
https://bibleatlas.org/laodicea.htm
... upon them Perga is mentioned as a metropolis. Though the city was never a stronghold of Christianity, it was the bishopric of Western Pamphylia, and several of the early Christians were martyred ...
https://bibleatlas.org/perga.htm
... etc.) . (3 ) The third and much older tradition, mentioned in several Christian writers, refers to a great terebinth which once stood in an enclosure some 2 miles North ...
https://bibleatlas.org/valley_of_eshcol.htm
... it has borne the name through all the intervening centuries. It runs between the Jewish and Christian quarters (on the left and right, respectively, going west), and terminates in ...
https://bibleatlas.org/straight_street.htm
... . This is the name, with slight modification, used to this day by Moslems for Christians, Nacara-the singular being Nacrany. The town is not named in the Old Testament, although ...
https://bibleatlas.org/nazareth.htm
... etc.) . (3 ) The third and much older tradition, mentioned in several Christian writers, refers to a great terebinth which once stood in an enclosure some 2 miles North ...
https://bibleatlas.org/valley_of_hebron.htm
... "men"; 1 Esdras 5:17 "sons") . 4. The Christian Era: In the New Testament Bethlehem is mentioned as the birthplace of the Messiah Jesus ( ...
https://bibleatlas.org/bethlehem_2.htm
... "men"; 1 Esdras 5:17 "sons") . 4. The Christian Era: In the New Testament Bethlehem is mentioned as the birthplace of the Messiah Jesus ( ...
https://bibleatlas.org/lehem.htm
... 1517 A.D.) X. MODERN JERUSALEM 1. Jews and "Zionism" 2. Christian Buildings and Institutions LITERATURE I. The Name. 1. In Cuneiform: The earliest mention ...
https://bibleatlas.org/water_gate.htm
... 1517 A.D.) X. MODERN JERUSALEM 1. Jews and "Zionism" 2. Christian Buildings and Institutions LITERATURE I. The Name. 1. In Cuneiform: The earliest mention ...
https://bibleatlas.org/tower_of_the_ovens.htm
... it has borne the name through all the intervening centuries. It runs between the Jewish and Christian quarters (on the left and right, respectively, going west), and terminates in ...
https://bibleatlas.org/damascus.htm
... 1517 A.D.) X. MODERN JERUSALEM 1. Jews and "Zionism" 2. Christian Buildings and Institutions LITERATURE I. The Name. 1. In Cuneiform: The earliest mention ...
https://bibleatlas.org/gate_of_benjamin.htm
... 1517 A.D.) X. MODERN JERUSALEM 1. Jews and "Zionism" 2. Christian Buildings and Institutions LITERATURE I. The Name. 1. In Cuneiform: The earliest mention ...
https://bibleatlas.org/hall_of_pillars.htm
... etc.) . (3 ) The third and much older tradition, mentioned in several Christian writers, refers to a great terebinth which once stood in an enclosure some 2 miles North ...
https://bibleatlas.org/mamre.htm
