'Province' in the Bible
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia,
But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen.
They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia and were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in Asia.
And this went on for two years, so that all the inhabitants of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the message about the Lord.
So after sending two of those who assisted him, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.
You both see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this man Paul has persuaded and misled a considerable number of people by saying that gods made by hand are not gods!
So not only do we run a risk that our business may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be despised and her magnificence come to the verge of ruin—the very one all of Asia and the world adore.”
Even some officials of the province of Asia who were his friends sent him a message urging him not to risk his life in the theater.
Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia.
For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so he would not have to spend time in Asia, because he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, for the day of Pentecost.
When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia,
As the seven days were about to end, the Jews from Asia saw him in the temple complex, stirred up the whole crowd, and seized him,
And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia;
and while I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.
But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me.
Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem.