Lux Domini

Biblical place

Where was Pontus?

Biblical place identified in the local geography layer with Pontus.

First appears in Acts 2:9 · 2 books · 3 chapters

Overview

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. Modern identification: Pontus.

Pontus is represented in the local geography layer as Pontus. In this repository’s biblical text, the place first appears in Acts 2:9 and is mentioned across 2 books, with 3 verse references collected into the glossary index.

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How to get to Pontus today

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Pontus is approached here as a present-day map point rather than a speculative route guide. Use the coordinates and outbound map links to place the site inside its wider landscape.

Pontus 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

Pontus

40.680°N · 37.830°E

Key passages

Appears in

Acts

2 chapters · 2 verse mentions

1 Peter

1 chapter · 1 verse mention