Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Cilicia?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Tarsus.

First appears in Acts 6:9 · 2 books · 7 chapters

Overview

Biblical region. Modern identification: Tarsus.

Cilicia is represented in the local geography layer as Tarsus. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 6:9 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 8 verse references collected into the glossary index.

Nearby biblical places

Damascus

About 399 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Canaan

About 463 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Galilee

About 465 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Nazareth

About 470 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Samaria

About 516 km away in the local coordinate layer.

Where it sits on the map

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How to get to Cilicia today

Travel to Cilicia, the modern-day Tarsus.

Cilicia is commonly identified with Tarsus, 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.

Cilicia 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

Tarsus

Cilicia

36.913°N · 34.892°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

6 chapters · 7 verse mentions

Galatians

1 chapter · 1 verse mention