The Galatians, a Celtic group that moved from southern France to Asia Minor, were an important component in the geopolitics of Anatolia in the middle and late Hellenistic Period. Originally from Gaul, the Galatians were some of the main participants in the Great Celtic Migration in 279 BCE with other Gallic tribes.The Galatians, a Celtic group that moved from southern France to Asia Minor, were an important component in the geopolitics of Anatolia in the middle and late Hellenistic Period

Where was Galatia in Pauls time?

northern Asia Minor Some scholars have argued that the Galatia is an ethnic reference to a Celtic people living in northern Asia Minor. The New Testament indicates that Paul spent time personally in the cities of Galatia (Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe) during his missionary journeys.

What cities were in the region of Galatia?

The territory of Celtic Galatia included the cities of Ancyra (present day Ankara), Pessinus, Tavium, and Gordion.

What was the original language of Galatians?

Greek Sometime in AD 48–55, the Apostle Paul wrote his Epistle to the Galatians in Greek, the medium of communication in the eastern parts of the Roman Empire. This may mean that Galatians at the time were already bilingual in Greek, as St. Jerome later reports.

What became of the Galatians?

In 277 BC, when the hostilities had ended the Galatians came out of Nikomedes control and began raiding Greek cities in Asia Minor while Antiochus was solidifying his rule in Syria. In the aftermath of the battle the Celts settled in northern Phrygia, a region that eventually came to be known as Galatia.

How old is Ephesus?

Ephesus was founded as an Attic-Ionian colony in the 10th century BC on a hill (now known as the Ayasuluk Hill), three kilometers (1.9 miles) from the centre of ancient Ephesus (as attested by excavations at the Seljuk castle during the 1990s).

What is Gall in the Bible?

In Acts the Greek chole is translated bitterness while in Matthew 2:34 it is translated gall. The root word implies a substance of a greenish hue, like liver bile, while in Matthews account of the crucifixion it is a decoction of some product in wine, likely derived from a plant. Bitterness is widespread in plants.