Phrygia

A region in what is western modern Turkey, Phrygia was the kingdom of the legendary King Midas; a man so rich he asked—when he was granted any wish he wanted—to have anything he touched turn into gold. The first thing he saw, upon returning home, come running out to meet and hug him was his daugher. In the 1st Cent BC the region was incorporated into the Roman province of Asia. When Galatia was reorganized into a province in 25 BC, parts of eastern Phrygia was absorbed into the new province. Jews from Phrygia were present in Jerusalem during the Pentecost outbreak of the Holy Spirit recorded in Acts 2 (v10). Though Phrygia is mentioned twice in the record of Paul's Second Missionary Journey, it is always mentioned together with Galatia (Acts 16:6 & 18:23) so that it is impossible to be specific whether it was Phrygia proper or the part of Galatia was meant.

CONCORDANCE (NIV)

Phrygia is mentioned 3x in the NT:

Acts 2:10 — [Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language? Parthians, Medes . . .] Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome . . .

Acts 16:6 — Paul and his companions travelled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.[When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to.]

Acts 18:23 — After spending some time in Antioch, Paul set out from there and travelled from place to place throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. [Meanwhile a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was a learned man, with a thorough knowledge of the Scriptures.]