----------------+--------------+-----------+----------+-------------------- New Testament | References | Modern | No. of |Remarks, References, Name. |(New Testament| Identifi- \Sheet on/ and |and Josephus).| cation. \ ⅜-in./ No. of Sheet on | | |Map./ Large Map. ----------------+--------------+--------------+---+------------------------ =ABILENE= |Luke iii. 1; | | 3 |A district of which | 19 Ant. v. | | | the capital was Abila | 1; 20 Ant. | | | in the Anti-Lebanon. | vii. 1; 2 | | | (Smith’s _D. of B._; | Wars xii. 8 | | | _Special Papers_, 112.) | | | | =ACELDAMA= |Acts i. 19 |_Hakk ed Dumm_|14 |The traditional site (R.V. | | | | since the 4th century =AKELDAMA=) | | | | has been shown at | | | | Hakk ed Dumm, south | | | | of Zion. (_Jer._ Vol. | | | | 380; Smith’s _D. of | | | | B._; _Q. S._ 271, | | | | 1881.) | | | | =ACHAIA= (In |Acts xviii. |_Greece_ |-- |A Roman province, Rom. xvi. | 12; xix. 21; | | | including the 5, the true | Rom. xv. 26; | | | Peloponnesus and reading is | xvi. 5; 1 | | | greater part of Hellas Asia, as in | Cor. xvi. | | | proper. (Smith’s _D. R.V.) | 15; 2 Cor. | | | of B._) | ii. 1; ix. | | | | 2; xi. 10; 1 | | | | Thess. i. 7, | | | | 8; 3 Wars i. | | | | 3 | | | | | | | =ÆNON= |John iii. 23 |The springs |10 |The springs in Wâdy | | in W. | | Fârʾah, between the | | _Fârʾah_.* | | villages of ʾAinûn | | The springs | | and Salim, proposed | | near _Umm el | | by Captain Conder. | | ʾAmdân_ (?) | | (Conder’s _Handbook to | | | | the Bible_, 320.) Also | | | | the springs near Umm | | | | el ʾAmdân, 7½ miles | | | | below Beisân, by Col. | | | | Sir Charles Wilson.