Fausset Bible Dictionary: Pisidia

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Fausset Bible Dictionary: Pisidia


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In Asia Minor, bounded on the N. by Phrygia, on the W. by Phrygia and Lycia, S. by Pamphylia, E. by Lycaonia and Cilicia. It stretched along the Taurus range. Paul passed through Pisidia twice on his first missionary tour; in going from Perga to Iconium, and in returning (-14; ; ; -25; ). The wild and rugged nature of the country makes it likely that it was the scene of Paul's "perils of robbers" and "rivers" (). Antioch of Pisidia was the scene of Paul's striking sermon, -41.