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The Definition of the word Parthians

Parthians

Were present in Jerusalem at Pentecost (Acts 2:9). Parthia lay "on the east of Media and south of Hyrcania, which separated it" from the Caspian Sea. It corresponded with the western half of "the modern Khorasan, and now forms a part of Persia."


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