A region in Asia Minor with Jewish inhabitants
Pontus
Named in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Acts 2:9.
ΠόντοςPontus
ΠοντικόςPontus
The name means “the sea.” Hitchcock's Bible Names, 1869
About Pontus Written by AI
Pontus was an ancient region located in the northeastern part of Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey), bordering the Black Sea. It is mentioned in the New Testament as a place where Jewish inhabitants were present (Act.2.9; 18:2) and where early Christian communities were established (1Pet. 1:1). On the day of Pentecost, Jews from Pontus were among those who heard the apostles speaking in their own languages (Act.2.9). Aquila, a Jew from Pontus, and his wife Priscilla, were tentmakers who had been expelled from Rome by Emperor Claudius and met Paul in Corinth (Act.18.2). They became close friends and co-workers of Paul, hosting a church in their home (1Cor. 16:19). The apostle Peter addressed his first epistle to the pilgrims of the Dispersion in Pontus and other regions of Asia Minor (1Pet. 1:1), indicating the presence of Christian believers in the area. The mention of Pontus in the New Testament reveals the spread of the gospel and the establishment of Christian communities in various parts of the Roman Empire.
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Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897
A province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the Euxine Sea, corresponding nearly to the modern province of Trebizond. In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9), and to “strangers scattered throughout Pontus,” among others, Peter addresses his first epistle (1 Pet. 1:1). It was evidently the resort of many Jews of the Dispersion. Aquila was a native of Pontus (Acts 18:2).
M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, third edition (1897), public domain, from CrossWire. Shown as written; its Scripture quotes are from older translations.
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Where the Bible names it
- Acts 2:9
Parthians, Medes, and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
- Acts 18:2
There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome. Paul went to visit them,
- 1 Peter 1:1
Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To the elect who are exiles of the Dispersion throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, chosen
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.