Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Antioch?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Antioch on the Orontes.

First appears in Acts 6:5 · 2 books · 7 chapters

Overview

Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Antioch on the Orontes.

Antioch is represented in the local geography layer as Antioch on the Orontes. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 6:5 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 18 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 302 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 390 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 392 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 400 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 448 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Antioch today

Travel to Antioch, the modern-day Antioch on the Orontes.

Antioch is commonly identified with Antioch on the Orontes, and the map on this page is meant to orient you to that present-day site before you continue into routing or street-level navigation.

Antioch is mapped here at the commonly cited modern identification.

This is a study aid, not live travel advice. Archaeological tells, access rules, excavation boundaries, and nearby modern roads can change.

Modern orientation

Antioch on the Orontes

36.227°N · 36.172°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

6 chapters · 17 verse mentions

Galatians

1 chapter · 1 verse mention