Ἀντιόχεια

Acts 11:19 Ἀντιοχείας Antioch

Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

Here: Antioch on the Orontes, the capital of Roman Syria and one of the largest cities in the empire. Luke names it last because the rest of the story (11:20–26) happens there.

Acts 11:20 Ἀντιόχειαν Antioch

But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Here: Antioch on the Orontes, capital of the Roman province of Syria and one of the largest cities of the empire. A mixed Greek, Syrian and Jewish city.

Acts 11:22 Ἀντιοχείας· Antioch;

When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

Acts 11:26 Ἀντιόχειαν. Ἀντιοχείᾳ Antioch., Antioch

and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

Here: Antioch on the Orontes, capital of the Roman province of Syria. It was one of the three greatest cities of the eastern empire and had a large Jewish community.

Acts 11:27 Ἀντιόχειαν· Antioch;

In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

Acts 13:1 Ἀντιοχείᾳ Antioch

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.

Here: Antioch on the Orontes river in Syria, one of the largest cities of the Roman East. It is not Pisidian Antioch, which appears later in this chapter (13:14).

Acts 13:14 Ἀντιόχειαν Antioch

And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

Here: One of about sixteen cities named after Seleucid kings called Antiochus. This is not the Syrian Antioch that sent Paul out (13:1–3). It is a Roman colony in the uplands of central Asia Minor.

Acts 14:19 Ἀντιοχείας Antioch

Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.

Here: Pisidian Antioch (13:14–50), not Syrian Antioch. Its synagogue leaders had already driven Paul out. It lay roughly 160 km (100 miles) from Lystra, so these men made a deliberate journey.

Acts 14:21 Ἀντιόχειαν· Antioch;

They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,

Here: This is Pisidian Antioch (13:14), a Roman colony in the interior of Asia Minor, not the great Syrian Antioch that sent them out. The leaders there had expelled them from the district (13:50).

Acts 14:26 Ἀντιόχειαν, Antioch,

From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

Here: Antioch on the Orontes in Syria, the home church that sent them out (13:1–3). It is not Pisidian Antioch, which they visited on the trip (13:14; 14:21). The words 'from where they had been handed over' make clear which one is meant.

Acts 15:22 Ἀντιόχειαν Antioch

Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

Here: Antioch on the Orontes in Syria. It was one of the great cities of the Roman East and the church where the dispute began (15:1–2).

Acts 15:23 Ἀντιόχειαν Antioch

and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

Here: Syrian Antioch on the Orontes river, the provincial capital and the first mixed Jewish-Gentile church (11:19–26). The dispute started there (15:1–2), so it is named first.

Acts 15:30 Ἀντιόχειαν, Antioch,

So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.

Here: Syrian Antioch on the Orontes river. It was the church where the dispute began (15:1–2) and one of the places the letter was addressed to (15:23).

Acts 15:35 Ἀντιοχείᾳ Antioch

But Paul and Barnabas remained at Antioch, along with many others, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord.

Acts 18:22 Ἀντιόχειαν· Antioch;

When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.

Galatians 2:11 Ἀντιόχειαν, Antioch,

When Cephas came to Antioch, however, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned.

Here: Syrian Antioch on the Orontes river. It was a major city of the Roman East and home to the first congregation where Jews and non-Jews regularly shared life and meals (Acts 11:19–26).

2 Timothy 3:11 Ἀντιοχείᾳ, Antioch,

my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

Here: Pisidian Antioch in south-central Asia Minor (Acts 13:14–52), not Syrian Antioch. There Paul and Barnabas were driven out of the district.