First-century synagogues were centers of Scripture, prayer, teaching, discipline, and Messiah proclamation throughout Israel and the Diaspora.
Synagogues in the First Century C.E.
The Dura-Europos Synagogue — c. 245 C.E.
The Dura-Europos Synagogue reveals the unwavering faith of Jews in Jehovah’s Word amid paganism around 245 C.E., preserved in vivid biblical murals.
The Sardis Synagogue — c. 200 C.E.
The Sardis Synagogue, dating to c. 200 C.E., reveals a thriving Jewish community in Roman Asia Minor devoted to Jehovah amid Greco-Roman culture.
