Cilicia is a city in the region of the northeastern Mediterranean Sea. Its center is Tarsus, and it is the hometown of Apostle Paul.
Acts 22:3“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city. Under Gamaliel I was thoroughly trained in the law of our ancestors and was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.
Acts 23:34The governor read the letter and asked what province Paul was from. Learning that he was from Cilicia,
Paul also made several missionary journeys to this region.
Acts 9:30When the believers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
Acts 15:41He traveled through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.
Galatians 1:21Then I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia.
Cilician Jews, enraged by Stephen, came down to Jerusalem and debated with Stephen.
Acts 6:9Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called)—Jews from Cyrene and Alexandria as well as the provinces of Cilicia and Asia—who began to argue with Stephen.