Outline Studies in the New Testament for Bible Teachers

by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

III. We locate the different Provinces, arranging them in four groups.

1. Those on the continent of Europe are: 1.) Thrace. 2.) Macedonia (Acts 14. 9, 10; 20. 1-3). 3.) Greece, also called Achaia (Acts 18. 12; 20. 3). 4.) Illyricum (Rom. 15. 19). 5.) Italy (Acts 27. 1).

2. Those on the continent of Africa are: 1.) Africa Proper. 2.) Libya (Acts 2. 10) 3.) Egypt (Matt. 2. 13).

3. Those on the continent of Asia, exclusive of Asia Minor, are: 1.) Arabia, perhaps referring to the desert region southeast of Palestine (Gal. 1. 17). 2.) Judea, the Jewish name for all Palestine, in the New Testament period (Luke 1. 5). 3.) Phœnicia (Mark 7. 24; Acts 15. 3; 21. 2). 4.) Syria, north of Palestine (Acts 15. 41; 20. 3).

4. The provinces in Asia Minor are so frequently mentioned in the Acts and Epistles that it is necessary for the student to learn their names and locations. We divide the fourteen provinces into four groups.

(a) Three on the Black Sea, beginning on the east. 1.) Pontus (Acts 18. 2). 2.) Paphlagonia. 3.) Bithynia (Peter 1. 1).

(b) Three on the Ægean Sea, beginning on the north. 4.) Mysia (Acts 16. 7). 5.) Lydia. 6.) Caria. These three provinces together formed the district known as "Asia" (Acts 2. 9; 19. 10).

(c) Three on the Mediterranean Sea, beginning on the west. 7.) Lycia (Acts 27. 5). 8.) Pamphylia (Acts 13. 13). 9.) Cilicia (Acts 21. 39).