Asia, embraced the western part, comprehending Mysia, Lydia, and Caria. The seven churches mentioned and addressed in the book of Revelation, were planted in those places. Ephesus was the chief. The personal ministry of Christ was confined to the land of Israel. That of Paul, chiefly to Palestine, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, and Italy; though it is supposed by many that he visited Spain, France, (Gaul,) and even Britain. The following are the principal places mentioned in sacred writings :

Abilene, a small province in Syria, between the mountains of Libanus and Antilibanus, Luke iii. 1. Aceldama, or Field of Blood, lying without the south wall of Jerusalem. It was originally called the Potter's Field, Zech. xi. 12, 13, but was afterwards called the Field of Blood, from the purchase money being that which Judas received for betraying the Saviour, Matth. xxvii. 1-10. Achaia, the southern part of Greece, the capital of which was Corinth, Acts xviii. 12-17.

Adria, the Adriatic Sea, or Gulf of Venice, Acts xxvii. 27-44.

Alexandria, a city and seaport of Lower Egypt. It

was for a long period the most flourishing and commercial city in the world, and celebrated for its unequalled library, (consisting of 700,000 volumes) which was destroyed by the Saracens, A.D. 638, Acts xviii. 24-28.

Amphipolis, a city of Macedonia, now called by the Turks, Emboli, Acts xvii. 1-9.

Antioch, now Antachia, once the chief city of Syria, called by Pliny the " queen of the east," but nothing now remains of its former splendour. Here the followers of Jesus were first called Christians, Acts xi. 26.

Antioch of Pisida, a city of Asia Minor, now called Aksherh or Antiochio, Acts xiii. 14-52.

Antipatris, a town of Samaria, Acts xxiii. 31-35. Apollonia, a city of Macedonia, Acts xvii. 1.

Appii Forum, a village in Italy, about 45 miles from Rome, Acts xxviii. 15.

Arabia, a country of Asia, extending from the river

Euphrates to Egypt, and lying to the east of the Red Sea, or Arabian Gulf. It was divided into three parts, Arabia Felix or Happy, so denominated from the fertility of the soil, and rich productions of the country; Arabia Petræa or Stony, from its rocky and unfruitful soil; and Arabia Deserta, or Desert, which presents to the traveller's eye almost nothing but barren deserts and large uncultivated plains, Gal. i. 15-24; iv. 24-31.

Areopagus, or Mars-hill, where the supreme court at Athens was held, Acts xvii. 16—34.

Arimathea, a city of Judea, Luke xxiii. 50—56. Armageddon, a mountain of Megiddo in Samaria, Rev. xvi. 16-21.

Asia in the New Testament, means Asia Minor, sometimes it means only the western province of it, but never the continent now called Asia, Acts xxvii. 2.; Rev. i. 1—11.

Assos, a seaport of Mysia in Asia Minor, Acts xx. 13, 14.

Athens, the capital of the ancient kingdom of Attica, and the most famous city of Greece, celebrated for its buildings, schools, professors, and philosophers. It is situated 25 miles from Corinth, Acts xvii. 16-21.

Attalia, a seaport of Pamphylia, Acts xiv. 25-28. Azotus, or Ashdod, a town of Palestine, now called Ezdoud, Acts viii. 40; 1 Sam. v.

Babylon, the capital of Babylonia, or Chaldea, situated on the Euphrates. This great and luxurious city was divided into 50 streets, each 15 miles long, and 150 feet broad, Isa. xiii.; Jer. li.; Rev. xvii. xviii.

Berea, now Veria, a town of Macedonia, the birthplace of Alexander the Great. Paul specially commendeth the Bereans for their diligence in searching the Scriptures to ascertain the truth of his doctrine, Acts xvii. 10-15.

Bethabara, a town of Judea, east of Jordan, Judges vii. 24, 25; John i. 19-34.

Bethany, a village about two miles east of Jeru

salem, Matth. xxi. 17-22. (where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead,) John xi.; Luke xxiv. 50-58.

Bethlehem, a city of Judah, celebrated as the birthplace of him "whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting," even "God our Saviour," Micah v. 2; Matth. ii. 6.

Bethphage, a village of Judea, about two miles from Jerusalem, Matth. xxi. 1-16. Luke xix. 29–48. Bethsaida, a town of Galilee, on the north of the Lake of Gennesareth, Luke x. 13, 14.

Bithynia, a country of Asia Minor. It is separated from Europe only by the narrow strait of Constantinople, anciently called the Bosphorus, 1 Pet. i. 1, 2.

Calvary or Golgotha, that is, the place of a skull, sa called from its resemblance to a human skull, is a small elevation, about eighteen feet high, on the north-west of Jerusalem, "where our Lord was crucified," Matth. xxvii. 33-end. Mark xv. 22-end. Luke xxiii. 33-end. John xix. 17— end. Rev. xi. 8.

Cana, a town in Galilee, where Jesus performed his first miracle, John ii. 1—11.

Capernaum, a city of Galilee, on the north-west

of the Lake of Gennesareth, denounced by the Saviour on account of its hardened unbelief, Matth. xi. 23-end.

Cappadocia, a country of Asia Minor, Acts. ii. 8, 9. Cedron, or Kidron, a rivulet near Jerusalem, 2 Sam. xv. 23-30; John xviii. 1-14.

Cenchrea, a seaport of Greece, about eight miles east from Corinth, Rom. xvi. 1, 2.

Cesarea, a city and seaport of Palestine, Acts x. 1. Cesarea-Philippi, now Paneas, a town of Palestine, situated at the foot of Mount Paneas, near the springs of the river Jordan, Mark viii. 27-end.

Charran or Harran, a town of Mesopotamia, Acts vii. 1-end

Chios, now called Scio, a Greek island in the Archipelago or Ægean Sea, Acts xv. 15, 16.

Chorazin was a town in Galilee, against which our Saviour denounced woe, and so completely has that denunciation been fulfilled, that no trace now remains of any place named Chorazin, Luke x. 13. Matth. xi. 21.

Cilicia, a country of Asia Minor, Acts vi. 9-15. Clauda, now called Gozzi, lying to the south-west of

Candia, a small Greek island, Acts xxvii. 16-end. Cnidus, now Crio, a town of Asia Minor, Acts xxvii. 7.

Colosse, a town of Asia Minor in Phrygia, Col. i. 1-6.

Coos or Cos, now called Stancho, an island in the

south-east of the Archipelago, the birth-place of Hippocrates, Appelles, and Simonides, Acts xxi. 1. Corinth, a celebrated city in Greece, famous for being the birth place of several eminent painters, architects, and sculptors, but also notorious for luxury, and all manner of wickedness, Acts xviii. 1-11. 1 Cor. v. vi.

Crete, now called Candia, the largest island of Greece, Titus i. 4-16.

Cyprus, an island in the Mediterranean, Acts xi. 19-21.

Cyrene, now called Curen, a city of Barca in Africa, and a seaport on the Mediterranean Sea, west of Egypt, Acts xiii. 1—3.