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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15505" /> ==

== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15505" /> ==

<p> [[One]] of the great divisions of the eastern continent, lying east of Europe. The [[Asia]] spoken of in the [[Bible]] is Asia Minor, a peninsula which lies between the [[Euxine]] or [[Black]] sea and the eastern part of the Mediterranean, and which formerly included the provinces of Phrygia, Cilicia, Pamphylia, Caria, Lycia, Lydia, Mysia, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Lycaonia, and Pisidia. [[On]] the western coast were anciently the countries of Eolia, Ionia, and Doris, the names of which were afterwards retained, although the countries were included in the provinces of Mysia, Lydia, and Caria. [[Many]] [[Jews]] were scattered over these regions, as appears from the history in Acts, and from Josephus, the writers of the New [[Testament]] comprehend, under the name of Asia, either (1) the whole of Asia Minor, Acts 19:26,27; 20:4,16,18; or (2) only proconsular Asia, that is, the region of Ionia, of which [[Ephesus]] was the capital, and which [[Strabo]] also calls Asia, Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10,22 . [[Cicero]] speaks of proconsular Asia as containing the provinces of Phrygia, Mysia, Caria, and Lydia. </p>

<p> [[One]] of the great divisions of the eastern continent, lying east of Europe. The [[Asia]] spoken of in the [[Bible]] is Asia Minor, a peninsula which lies between the [[Euxine]] or [[Black]] sea and the eastern part of the Mediterranean, and which formerly included the provinces of Phrygia, Cilicia, Pamphylia, Caria, Lycia, Lydia, Mysia, Bithynia, Paphlagonia, Cappadocia, Galatia, Lycaonia, and Pisidia. [[On]] the western coast were anciently the countries of Eolia, Ionia, and Doris, the names of which were afterwards retained, although the countries were included in the provinces of Mysia, Lydia, and Caria. [[Many]] [[Jews]] were scattered over these regions, as appears from the history in Acts, and from Josephus, the writers of the New [[Testament]] comprehend, under the name of Asia, either (1) the whole of Asia Minor, Acts 19:26,27; 20:4,16,18; or (2) only proconsular Asia, that is, the region of Ionia, of which [[Ephesus]] was the capital, and which [[Strabo]] also calls Asia, Acts 2:9; 6:9; 16:6; 19:10,22 . [[Cicero]] speaks of proconsular Asia as containing the provinces of Phrygia, Mysia, Caria, and Lydia. </p>