{"query": "Easton: Cilicia", "count": 10, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a696963a255c", "title": "Easton: Cilicia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A maritime province in the south-east of Asia Minor. Tarsus, the birth-place of Paul, was one of its chief towns, and the seat of a celebrated school of philosophy. Its luxurious climate attracted to "}, {"id": "card_n_f9f40f0265a5", "title": "Easton: Cyrenius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent historical investigation has proved that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia, which was annexed to Syria at the time of"}, {"id": "card_c_1efa7186f844", "title": "Easton: Cilicia cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 6:9; Acts 9:30 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_67d5a63c48a1", "title": "Easton: Cilicia references Jerusalem", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Jerusalem (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_c_90f2ae1ba9d7", "title": "Easton: Cilicia references Paul", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Paul (place) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a place."}, {"id": "card_n_d769cdf5aa56", "title": "Easton: Pamphylia", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Paul and his company, loosing from Paphos, sailed north-west and came to Perga, the capital of Pamphylia (Acts 13:13, 14), a province about the middle of the southern sea-board of Asia Minor. It lay b"}, {"id": "card_n_a6a0538972a2", "title": "Easton: Derbe", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A small town on the eastern part of the upland plain of Lycaonia, about 20 miles from Lystra. Paul passed through Derbe on his route from Cilicia to Iconium, on his second missionary journey (Acts 16:"}, {"id": "card_n_ddf19466c145", "title": "Easton: Tarsus", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The chief city of Cilicia. It was distinguished for its wealth and for its schools of learning, in which it rivalled, nay, excelled even Athens and Alexandria, and hence was spoken of as “no mean city"}, {"id": "card_n_ef469bafedb3", "title": "Easton: Taxing", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Luke 2:2; R.V., “enrolment”), “when Cyrenius was governor of Syria,” is simply a census of the people, or an enrolment of them with a view to their taxation. The decree for the enrolment was the occa"}, {"id": "card_n_02ac6f811c16", "title": "Easton: Paul", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "=Saul (q.v.) was born about the same time as our Lord. His circumcision-name was Saul, and probably the name Paul was also given to him in infancy “for use in the Gentile world,” as “Saul” would be hi"}]}