Pontus: A province of Asia Minor, stretching along the southern coast of the
Euxine Sea, corresponding nearly to the modern province of Trebizond.
In the time of the apostles it was a Roman province. Strangers from
this province were at Jerusalem at Pentecost
(Acts 2:9) and to
"strangers scattered throughout Pontus," among others, Peter
addresses his first epistle
(1 Peter 1:1) It was evidently the resort of
many Jews of the Dispersion. Aquila was a native of Pontus
(Acts 18:2)
