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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(wing). Chief city of
Cilicia
,
Asia
Minor, on
river
Cydnus,
six
miles from the Mediterranean. Birthplace of
Paul
and rival of
Athens
and
Alexandria
in literature and fine arts (
Acts 9:11,30; 11:25; 21:39; 22:3
11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, (Acts 9:11)
30
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. (Acts 9:30)
25
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (Acts 11:25)
39
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. (Acts 21:39)
3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. (Acts 22:3)
). At the mouth of the Cydnus were fine docks, and
Tarsus
had, at one
time
, considerable commercial importance. Some would identify it with
Tarshish
. It was founded by the
Assyrian
, Sardanapalus, and was captured by the Romans and made a free city. It is now represented by Tersons, a mean Turkish city with a fluctuating population.
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
The capital of
Cilicia
, in
Asia
Minor. It ranked as a city of importance, called by
Paul
“no mean city.” It was a seat of learning under the early Roman emperors and was ranked by Strabo as even above
Athens
and
Alexandria
: it was Paul’s native place, and he visited it after his
conversion
(
Acts 9:11, 30
11
And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, (Acts 9:11)
30
Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. (Acts 9:30)
;
Acts 11:25
25
Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: (Acts 11:25)
;
Acts 21:39
39
But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. (Acts 21:39)
;
Acts 22:3
3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. (Acts 22:3)
). It is now called
Tersus
, a small town, with scarcely any trace of its former greatness. The
river
Cydnus, which in the days of
Cyrus
and
Alexander
flowed through the city, now runs about half a
mile
east
of it. The houses are mostly but one story in height, built with
stones
apparently taken from larger buildings.
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