course would be conclusive if man did not alter frontiers by conquest or agreement, and if

the ancient boundaries of any particular country were always identical with modern

geography. The map above illustrates the position of Galatia as a kingdom, and the

extent of geographical and historical information possessed by Bible Students up to the

days of Dr. Kitto's Cyclopaedia 1847, or T. R. Birks, editor of Paley, 1849.

By the year 1875 knowledge had so far increased that Lewin could publish in his "Life

and Epistles of Paul" two maps, one showing the national boundaries of Galatia, the

other the political boundaries, and it will be observed, that while the national boundaries

coincide with Kitto's map, the political map reveals many changes. We find that a part

of Phrygia had been incorporated in the enlarged Province of Galatia. The second map is

based upon the discoveries of Sir William Ramsay, and reveals that the Roman Province

extended so far south as to include as Galatian cities, Antioch, Lystra, Derbe and

Iconium. By the time we come to the New Edition of "Youngs Analytical Concordance"

only one map of Galatia is provided and that the largest Province including Antioch and

the other cities enumerated above.

Now Paul was a Roman citizen and knew the high value placed by all in the Empire

on that status, whatever their nationality might be. He could not, without offence, have

addressed one of the Churches of Galatia as "Phrygians", and it is practically impossible

that he would ever have thought of so doing. To him, Antioch, and the cities visited in

Acts 13: and 14: were in Galatia.

Now it is remarkable that recent archaeological discoveries in Asia Minor have

confirmed this point so that it has ceased to be a conjecture.

(1)

In 401A.D., Asterius, Bishop of Amaseia lived in Pontus, consequently he

knew at first hand the geography of his neighbourhood. Now by 401A.D.

there had taken place many changes, and Lycaonia did not at that date

belong to Galatia. The Bishop and all his readers knew this, yet in dealing

with Acts 18: 23, in direct contradiction to the facts of his own day, he

included Lycaonia in Galatia.

"No conceivable interpretation could get Lycaonia out of Galatiken

Choran except deliberate adhesion to the South Galatian view."

(2)

Ptolemy wrote concerning this part of the Roman world and arranged his

chapters according to the Roman Pro-consular divisions: The Pontus and

Bithynian Thesis, The Asian Thesis, The Lykian Thesis, The Galatian

We learn from Ptolemy that Galatia is bounded on the South by

Pamphylia, and on the North by the Euxine Sea. The Southern portion