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Pontus

People's Dictionary of the Bible

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Pontus (pŏn'tus). A Roman province in the north of Asia Minor, along the coast of the Euxine Sea (Pontus), from which circumstance the name was derived. It is three times mentioned in the New Testament, Acts 2:9; Acts 18:2; 1 Peter 1:1. There were many Jewish residents in the district.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Pontus'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​p/pontus.html. 1893.
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