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From time to time exchanges were made with regard to the provinces between the
Emperor and the Senate. These exchanges complicate the work of the historian
considerably, but they serve to demonstrate Luke's accuracy as a recorder of fact. For
example, Cyprus was originally an imperial province, but was later exchanged for
Dalmatia, and when Paul visited it, was senatorial, with Sergius Paulus as pro-consul. On
this subject we are much indebted to the writings of Septimus Buss, and the following is
an abbreviation of his more elaborate list of Roman Provinces with Scripture references.
Embraced in Syria.
JUDÆA.--Matt. ii. 1; Luke iii. 1; Acts xxviii. 21; Rom. xv. 31.
SAMARIA.--Matt. x. 5; Luke xvii. 11; Acts i. 8; viii. 1.
GALILEE.--Matt. ii. 22; Luke iii. 1; xxiii. 6; Acts ix. 31.
PHENICE.--Acts xi. 19; xv. 3; xxi. 2; xxvii. 12.
SYROPHOENICIA.--Mark vii. 26.
SYRIA.--Matt. iv. 24; Luke ii. 2; Acts xv. 23, 41; Gal. i. 21.
Embraced in Asia.
CILICIA.--Acts vi. 9; xv. 23, 41; xxi. 39.
PAMPHYLIA.--Acts ii. 10; xiii. 13; xv. 38; xxvii. 5.
LYCIA.--Acts xxvii. 5.
ASIA.--Acts ii. 9; vi. 9; II Tim. i. 15; I Pet. i. 1; Rev. i. 4.
BYTHINIA.--Acts xvi. 7; I Pet. i. 1.
PONTUS.--Acts ii. 9; xviii. 2; I Pet. i. 1.
GALATIA.--Acts xvi. 6; xviii. 23; Gal. i. 2; I Pet. i. 1.
PHRYGIA.--Acts ii. 10; xvi. 6; xviii. 23.
CAPPADOCIA.--Acts ii. 9; I Pet. i. 1.
CYPRUS.--Acts iv. 36; xi. 19, 20; xiii. 4; xxvii. 4.
CRETE.--Acts ii. 11; xxvii. 7, 12; Titus i. 5.
PARTHIANS, MEDES, ELAMITES, dwellers in MESOPOTAMIA.--Acts ii. 9.
ARABIA.--Mark iii. 8; Acts ii. 11; Gal. i. 17.
SCYTHIA.--Col. iii. 11.
Embraced in Egypt.
MACEDONIA.--Acts xvi. 9, 10, 12; Rom. xv. 26; I Tim. i. 3.
ACHAIA.--Acts xviii. 12, 27; Rom. xv. 26; I Thess. i. 7, 8.
ILLYRICUM.--Rom. xv. 19.
DALMATIA.--II Tim. iv. 10.
SICILY.--Acts xxviii. 12.
SPAIN.--Rom. xv. 24, 28.
North Coast of Africa.
CYRENE.--Matt. xxvii. 32; Acts ii. 10; vi. 9; xiii. 1
LYBIA.--Acts ii. 10.
EGYPT.--Matt. ii. 13; Acts ii. 10.
The student of Scripture who has endeavoured to "place" Galatia and the epistle to the
Galatians, will have experienced considerable difficulty in getting anything like harmony.