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 THE STORY OF ACTS

Paul’s Mission (Acts 13–28)

About half of the chapters in Acts focus on Paul’s journeys. For his first
missionary outreach, Paul teamed up with Barnabas and for a short time
with John Mark. By the Holy Spirit’s leading, they took the gospel to the
island of Cyprus, then to cities in the south-central region of Asia Minor
(modern-day Turkey). Everywhere Paul went, it seemed there was either a
riot or a revival—sometimes both! He typically visited local synagogues
first, where he almost always encountered opposition. Next, he shared
God’s truth with gentiles, who were often more receptive.

Between Paul’s first and second missionary journeys, he went to

Jerusalem, which was at that time the main locale of the Christian church.
There, church leaders like James, John, Peter, and others dealt with the
question of how to incorporate gentiles into a largely Jewish church. In
what came to be known as the Jerusalem Council, they concluded that
non-Jews were just as much a part of the church as Jews and that they
would not be required to follow Jewish religious laws.

On Paul’s second missionary journey, he was accompanied by Silas,

and they were later joined by Timothy, Luke, and a husband-and-wife
team, Priscilla and Aquila. Paul headed north and then west through
Asia Minor and Greece, this apostolic team strengthening believers and
establishing churches everywhere they went. It was on this journey that
Paul explained the gospel to philosophers in Athens.

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On his third journey, Paul retraced his steps, revisiting cities he had
previously evangelized and church congregations he had helped plant.
During a two-year layover in Ephesus, God did extraordinary things
through Paul, and many throughout the region came to faith.

Later, when Paul was in Jerusalem, he was falsely accused of defiling

the temple, arrested, and sent to prison. He was held in prison two years
awaiting trial. Nevertheless, he shared his faith with various high-ranking
officials while he waited in chains. Paul was eventually put on a ship
headed to Rome to appeal his case to Caesar. This journey would be the
farthest he had traveled—to Rome, the epicenter of the Greco-Roman
world, far from where the church had begun in Jerusalem, Judea, and
Samaria (Acts 1:8).

When he arrived in Rome, Paul was placed under house arrest to await
yet another trial. This is where the narrative of Acts ends, with Paul using
the difficult situation he was in as an opportunity to tell others about
salvation in Jesus:

For two whole years Paul stayed there in his own

rented house and welcomed all who came to see him .
He proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about
the Lord Jesus Christ—with all boldness and without
hindrance!
ACTS 28:30–31

Rome

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PAUL’S EARLY TRAVELS

CILICIA
Tarsus

PAMPHYLIA
Antioch Aleppo
Seleucia

SYRIA

Salamis
CYPRUS
IA

Mediterranean
ENIC

Sea
PHO

Sidon Damascus
Mt. Hermon
ARABIA
Tyre

GALILEE
Caesarea Paul is converted by Christ
Samaria on the road to Damascus.
Acts 9:1–25
Joppa
PEREA Paul goes to Arabia (exact
Jerusalem location unknown). Later,
Gaza JUDEA Dead he returns to Damascus.
Sea Gal. 1:17
Alternate Route into Arabia
Paul joins the disciples in
Jerusalem. Acts 9:26–28
EGYPT Paul flees to Caesarea, then
sails to Tarsus. Acts 9:29–30
ARABIA
0 20 40 Paul is brought by Barnabas
miles to Antioch of Syria.
km Acts 11:25–26
0 30 60

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 LIFE OF PAUL

PAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY

Black Sea BITHYNIA AND

PONTUS
THRACE
Byzantium
MACEDONIA Philippi
Ancyra CAPPADOCIA
Berea Thessalonica MYSIA
Troas PHRYGIA
Mt. Olympus ASIA MINOR
Aegean Thyatira GALATIA
Sea Pergamum Sardis Antioch PISIDIA
GREECE
Smyrna Philadelphia Iconium CILICIA
Delphi Laodicea Lystra Tarsus
Athens Ephesus Derbe
Colossae Perga Antioch
Corinth Miletus Attalia PAMPHYLIA Seleucia
ACHAIA
SYRIA
Sparta Rhodes Patara
CYPRUS Salamis

CRETE Paphos
Sidon
Fair Havens Tyre
0 50 100 150
Mediterranean Caesarea
miles
Sea
km Jerusalem
0 100 200

Travelers: Paul, Barnabas, John Mark

Distance: 1,400 miles (2,300 km)
Dates: ad 47–49

✠ Antioch of Syria: The Holy Spirit sends Paul and Barnabas to be

missionaries. John Mark goes along as their helper. Acts 13:1–4

✠ Paphos: Paul confronts a sorcerer and blinds him. Acts 13:5–12

✠ Perga: John Mark leaves the group and returns to Jerusalem. Acts 13:13

✠ Antioch of Pisidia: Paul preaches his longest recorded sermon, and

many become believers. Jewish leaders drive Paul and Barnabas out of
the city and the Lord calls Paul to focus his ministry on gentiles.
Acts 13:14–52

✠ Iconium: A plot to stone Paul and Barnabas forces them to flee the city.
Acts 14:1–7

Dates and distances for all Paul's journeys are approximate; travel routes may vary.

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✠ Lystra: When Paul heals a lame man, the townspeople think he and
Barnabas are Greek gods. Jews from Antioch and Iconium stir up the
crowd, and Paul is stoned and left for dead outside the city. But he
survives and goes back into the city. Acts 14:8–20

✠ Derbe: Many disciples are added to the church. Acts 14:20–21

✠ Derbe to Antioch of Syria: On the return trip, Paul and Barnabas

appoint elders in the churches they had planted. Acts 14:21–25

✠ Antioch of Syria: Paul and Barnabas report all that God had done.
Acts 14:26–28

Antioch of Pisidia
Paul and his companions traveled along the Via Sebaste road that took
them up more than 3,600 feet to Antioch of Pisidia (not to be confused
with the Antioch in Syria which was Paul’s home base) . Antioch was on
an elevated central basin of Asia Minor . It was an important political
hub for Rome, and it flourished economically from the trade routes that
converged at this city . In honor of the emperor who poured so much
money into the city, the citizens built a temple to Augustus in the heart
of the city .

Ruins at Antioch of Pisidia, Turkey

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