"Pisidian Antioch" It was called Pisidian Antioch to distinguish it from the Antioch in Syria. "There are extensive ruins in the spot today, testifying that Pisidian Antioch was. great city on the main route between Ephesus and Cilicia" (Reese p. 468). The city was originally built by Selecius. Nicator and named after his father Antiochus. In Roman times, this city was the capital of the Roman providence of Southern Galatia. So keep the sermon in this chapter in mind when you read the Galatian letter. In. B.C., it has been designated. Roman colony by Augustus, and there was. considerable Jewish population here. "On the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down" The gospel was to the Jews first (Romans 1:16), and what better place the best prospects and. captive audience than in the local synagogue.

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