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The Places of Acts

Acts names 107 places; Jerusalem, Caesarea and Antioch most often. 107 of them can be put on a map, 102 with confidence. The places and their references are OpenBible.info’s, which gathers what modern atlases and commentaries say about where each one stood.

Map of From Rome to Persia with the places named in Acts. Every place is listed in the table below.10°E15°E20°E25°E30°E35°E40°E45°E50°E55°E25°N30°N35°N40°N45°NJerusalemCaesareaAntiochDamascusEphesusRomeJoppaNazarethBereaCorinthAthensDerbeIconiumLystraTarsusThessalonicaAlexandriaCyreneTroasAntiochAreopagusLodPergaTyreAssosAttaliaBeautiful GateFair HavensHaranMiletusMount SinaiPaphosPhilippiSidonSolomon’s PorticoAdramyttiumAkeldamaAmphipolisAphekApolloniaAshdodBabylonCenchreaeCnidusForum of AppiusGazaLaseaMityleneMount of OlivesMyraNeapolisPataraPhoenixPtolemaisPuteoliRhegiumSalamisSalmoneSeleuciaShechemStraight StreetSyracuseThree TavernsThyatiraTrogylliumJerusalemCaesareaAntiochEgyptAsiaDamascusRomeJoppaMacedoniaBereaCorinthAthensDerbeIconiumLystraAlexandriaCyreneTroasAchaiaAntiochPergaTyreAttaliaFair HavensGalatiaHaranMount SinaiMysiaPaphosPhilippiPontusSidonBabylonCenchreaeChaldeaCnidusMaltaMyraPhoenixPuteoliRhegiumSalamisSalmoneSeleuciaSyracuseSyrtisN01000 km
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From Rome to Persia, with the coasts and lakes as they lie today. 1 place lies beyond the plate and is in the table.

Every place in Acts

The most often named first. Each place is set where its source puts it, and nowhere else; a place no source locates is listed and not drawn.

PlaceReferencesSourceConfidence
Jerusalem1:4, 1:8, 1:12, 1:13, 1:19, 2:5, 2:14, 4:5, 4:16, 5:16, 5:28, 6:7 and 58 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Caesarea8:40, 9:30, 10:1, 10:24, 11:11, 12:19, 18:22, 21:8, 21:16, 23:23, 23:32, 23:33 and 6 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Antioch6:5, 11:19, 11:20, 11:22, 11:26, 11:27, 11:29, 13:1, 14:26, 14:27, 15:1, 15:22 and 5 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Egypt2:10, 7:9, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:14, 7:15, 7:17, 7:18, 7:34, 7:36, 7:39 and 3 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Asia2:9, 6:9, 16:6, 19:10, 19:22, 19:26, 19:27, 19:31, 20:4, 20:16, 20:18, 21:27 and 2 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Damascus9:2, 9:3, 9:8, 9:10, 9:19, 9:22, 9:27, 22:5, 22:6, 22:10, 22:11, 22:12 and 2 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Judea1:8, 2:9, 2:14, 8:1, 9:31, 10:37, 10:39, 11:1, 11:29, 12:19, 15:1, 21:10 and 2 moreOpenBible.infoHigh
Ephesus18:19, 18:21, 18:24, 18:27, 19:1, 19:17, 19:23, 19:26, 19:35, 20:16, 20:17, 21:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Rome2:10, 18:2, 19:21, 19:40, 23:11, 25:25, 25:27, 28:14, 28:15, 28:16, 28:30OpenBible.infoHigh
Joppa9:36, 9:38, 9:42, 9:43, 10:5, 10:8, 10:23, 10:32, 11:5, 11:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Macedonia16:9, 16:10, 16:12, 18:5, 19:21, 19:22, 19:29, 20:1, 20:3, 20:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Cyprus4:36, 11:19, 11:20, 13:4, 15:39, 21:3, 21:16, 27:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Samaria1:8, 8:1, 8:5, 8:9, 8:14, 8:25, 9:31, 15:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Cilicia6:9, 15:23, 15:41, 21:39, 22:3, 23:34, 27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Nazareth2:22, 3:6, 4:10, 6:14, 10:38, 22:8, 26:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Berea17:10, 17:11, 17:13, 17:14, 17:15, 20:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Corinth18:1, 18:8, 18:11, 18:12, 18:18, 19:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Crete27:7, 27:8, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Galilee1:11, 2:7, 5:37, 9:31, 10:37, 13:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Athens17:15, 17:16, 17:21, 17:22, 18:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Derbe14:6, 14:20, 14:21, 16:1, 20:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Iconium13:51, 14:1, 14:19, 14:21, 16:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Lystra14:6, 14:8, 14:21, 16:1, 16:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Pamphylia2:10, 13:13, 14:24, 15:38, 27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Syria15:23, 15:41, 18:18, 20:3, 21:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Tarsus9:11, 9:30, 11:25, 21:39, 22:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Thessalonica17:1, 17:11, 17:13, 20:4, 27:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Alexandria6:9, 18:24, 27:6, 28:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Cyrene2:10, 6:9, 11:20, 13:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Troas16:8, 16:11, 20:5, 20:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Achaia18:12, 18:27, 19:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Antioch13:14, 14:19, 14:21OpenBible.infoHigh
Areopagus17:19, 17:22, 17:33OpenBible.infoHigh
Italy18:2, 27:1, 27:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Lod9:32, 9:35, 9:38OpenBible.infoHigh
Perga13:13, 13:14, 14:25OpenBible.infoHigh
Phoenicia11:19, 15:3, 21:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Phrygia2:10, 16:6, 18:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Tyre12:20, 21:3, 21:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Assos20:13, 20:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Attalia14:25, 14:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Beautiful Gate3:2, 3:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Canaan7:11, 13:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Fair Havens27:8, 27:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Galatia16:6, 18:23OpenBible.infoHigh
Greece16:9, 20:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Haran7:2, 7:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Lycaonia14:6, 14:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Mesopotamia2:9, 7:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Miletus20:15, 20:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount Sinai7:30, 7:38OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 463)
Mysia16:7, 16:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Paphos13:6, 13:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Philippi16:12, 20:6OpenBible.infoHigh
Pisidia13:14, 14:24OpenBible.infoHigh
Pontus2:9, 18:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Sidon12:20, 27:3OpenBible.infoHigh
Solomon’s Portico3:11, 5:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Adramyttium27:2OpenBible.infoHigh
Adriatic Sea27:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Akeldama1:19OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 248)
Amphipolis17:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Aphek23:31OpenBible.infoHigh
Apollonia17:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Ashdod8:40OpenBible.infoHigh
Babylon7:43OpenBible.infoHigh
Bithynia16:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Cappadocia2:9OpenBible.infoHigh
Cauda27:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Cenchreae18:18OpenBible.infoHigh
Chaldea7:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Chios20:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Cnidus27:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Cos21:1OpenBible.infoHigh
EthiopiaBeyond this plate.8:27OpenBible.infoHigh
Forum of Appius28:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Gaza8:26OpenBible.infoHigh
Lasea27:8OpenBible.infoHigh
Libya2:10OpenBible.infoHigh
Lycia27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Malta28:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Midian7:29OpenBible.infoHigh
Mitylene20:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Mount of Olives1:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Myra27:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Neapolis16:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Nile7:19OpenBible.infoHigh
Patara21:1OpenBible.infoHigh
Phoenix27:12OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 310)
Ptolemais21:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Puteoli28:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Red Sea7:36OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 164)
Rhegium28:13OpenBible.infoHigh
Rhodes21:1OpenBible.infoUncertain (score 378)
Salamis13:5OpenBible.infoHigh
Salmone27:7OpenBible.infoHigh
Samos20:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Samothrace16:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Seleucia13:4OpenBible.infoHigh
Sharon9:35OpenBible.infoHigh
Shechem7:16OpenBible.infoHigh
Straight Street9:11OpenBible.infoHigh
Syracuse28:12OpenBible.infoHigh
Syrtis27:17OpenBible.infoHigh
Three Taverns28:15OpenBible.infoHigh
Thyatira16:14OpenBible.infoHigh
Trogyllium20:15OpenBible.infoHigh

Places from OpenBible.info’s Bible Geocoding Data, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, and from Pleiades, © the Pleiades contributors, under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 licence. Coastlines, lakes and rivers from Natural Earth; relief from SRTM and ETOPO1 elevation data by way of the AWS Terrain Tiles; all public domain.