Paul's Journeys

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31 ● List of Paul’s Travels and Missionary Journeys

Paul’s Early Travels Paul’s Third Journey Acts 9-12 Acts 18:23-21:16

❖ To Damascus to persecute Christians Traveled With: Timothy, Luke, and Others (Conversion) Acts 9 Main Route: Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Israel ❖ Stays in Damascus Acts 9 Cities/Places: 2700 miles ❖ Arabia Gal. 1:17 ❖ Galatia and Phrygia ❖ Leaves Damascus Acts 9:25 ❖ EPHESUS ❖ Jerusalem Acts 9:26 ❖ Macedonia ❖ Caesarea and Tarsus Acts 9:30, Gal. 1:21 ❖ Greece (Achaia) ❖ In Antioch for a year Acts 11:26 ❖ Macedonia, Philippi, and Troas ❖ To Judea/Jerusalem for famine relief Acts 11:30 ❖ Assos, Mitylene; near Chios, Samos, ❖ Antioch (Syria) Acts 12:25 (Trogyllium), Miletus ❖ Cos, Rhodes, Patara ❖ Tyre and Ptolemais ❖ Paul’s First Journey Caesarea ❖ Jerusalem Acts 13:1-14:28

Traveled With: Barnabas, John Mark Paul’s Journey to Rome Main Route: Cyprus and Turkey Acts 21:17-28:31 Cities/Places: 1400 miles ❖ Antioch (Syria today) Traveled With: Roman Guards, Luke, Others ❖ Seleucia Main Route: Israel, Lebanon, Turkey, Crete, ❖ Salamis and Paphos (on Cyprus) Malta, Sicily, Italy ❖ Perga Cities/Places: 2250 miles ❖ ANTIOCH of Pisidia (Turkey today) ❖ Jerusalem ❖ Iconium ❖ Antipatris and Caesarea ❖ Lystra and Derbe ❖ Sidon, Myra, Cnidus ❖ Lystra ❖ Fair Havens (Crete) ❖ Iconium and Antioch (Turkey) ❖ Clauda (Cauda) ❖ Pisidia, Pamphylia, and Perga ❖ Malta (Melita) ❖ Attalia ❖ Syracuse, Rhegium, Puteoli ❖ Antioch (Syria) ❖ Appii Forum and Three Taverns ❖ Jerusalem (via Phoenicia and Samaria) Acts 15 ❖ ROME

Paul’s Second Journey Other Travels Before Paul’s Death Acts 15:36-18:22 Cities/Places (order unknown): Traveled with: Silas, Timothy, Priscilla and Aquila, ❖ Macedonia 1 Tim. 1:3 Luke ❖ Troas and Miletus 2 Tim. 4:13, 20 Main Route: Syria, Turkey, Greece, Jerusalem ❖ Crete Titus 1:5 Cities/Places: 2800 miles ❖ Planned to go to Spain Rom. 15:28 ❖ Syria and Cilicia ❖ Nicopolis Titus 3:12 ❖ Derbe and Lystra ❖ Back to Rome 2 Tim. 1 ❖ (past Mysia) Troas ❖ Samothracia (Samothrace) and Neapolis ❖ Philippi in Macedonia ❖ Amphipolis and Apollonia How to Remember Paul’s Journeys ❖ Thessalonica Paul was a PACER in a race! ❖ Berea (Beroea) (A pacer takes the lead or sets an example.) ❖ Athens (Mars Hill—“Areopagus”) ❖ CORINTH P - PAUL (“I have run the race; I have kept the faith.”) ❖ Cenchrea (Cenchreae) A - ANTIOCH of Pisidia First Journey ❖ Ephesus C - CORINTH area Second Journey ❖ Caesarea (in Syria) E - EPHESUS area Third Journey ❖ “Went up” to Jerusalem R - ROME Fourth Journey ❖ Antioch (Syria)

Paul’s Journeys: Then and Now (AD 30–68) ● 33 ● ● Amman ● Antioch Damascus Seleucia SYRIA ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ARABIA Gaza ● ● Tyre Jerusalem Sidon Joppa Ptolemais Antipatris Caesarea CILICIA Tarsus ● Salamis ● JUDEA CAPPADOCIA PONTUS Derbe ● Ancient cities that exist underlined in red today are on the modern overlays. ● GALILEE SAMARIA Iconium PAMPHYLIA EGYPT ● Lystra CYPRUS ● LYCAONIA PHOENICIA Paphos Alexandria ● GALATIA Antioch Perga ● Attalia ● PISIDIA ● ● Myra BITHYNIA ● LYCIA Colossae Nicaea ASIA Laodicea PHRYGIA Hierapolis ● ● Philadelphia ● Sardis Patara RHODES Black Sea Miletus Thyatira ● ● Ephesus Trogyllium Smyrna ● Salmone Cnidus ● MYSIA Pergamum Cos Troy Byzantium Troas Lasea ● ● ● ● (Constantinople) Patmos Samos ● ● LIBYA CRETE Assos Chios Mitylene Lesbos ● ● Clauda Apollonia Neapolis ● ● Fair Havens THRACE Samothrace City or Town One of the Seven Churches Asia (Rev. 1-3)

● Athens ● ● ● Ancient Ruins/Sites ▲ Mountain ✪ Modern Capital cities Cyrene Sea ● Phoenix Aegean ● ● ● Philippi Sparta ● ● km Corinth CYRENAICA ▲ Amphipolis miles Cenchreae 500 Delphi Berea ACHAIA 450 ● Thessalonica GREECE 400 Sea Mt. Olympus MACEDONIA Nicopolis 300 350 Mediterranean Sea 250 Ionian 200 50 100 150 200 250 300 Rhegium Sea ● Adriatic Syracuse 0 50 100 150 0 ● Pompeii ● DALMATIA MALTA (MELITA) ● Appii Forum ● SICILY Three Taverns Three ● Sea Puteoli Rome ● Tyrrhenian TRIPOLITANIA ITALY

Paul 1 Travels from Jerusalem toward Damascus to arrest followers of Jesus (Acts 9:1, 2) 2 Is converted on the Damascus CILICIA road (Acts 9:3-5) 3 Is brought to Damascus where he stays and preaches the ● Gospel (Acts 9:6-25) Derbe 4 Spends some time in Arabia, returns to Damascus (Gal. 1:17-23) Tarsus ● 5 Goes to preach the Gospel 1 Antioch in Jerusalem (Acts 9:26-28) ● 3 6 Flees the Hellenists to Caesarea Seleucia ● and then sails for Tarsus PAMPHYLIA (Acts 9:29-30) SYRIA

Paul and Barnabas 1 Barnabas brings Paul to Antioch ● Salamis where he helps teach the church CYPRUS in Antioch (Acts 11:25, 26) 2 Brings aid for the famine in Jerusalem (Acts 11:27-30) 3 Return to Antioch before beginning their first missionary journey (Acts 12:24, 25) Damascus 3 ● Sidon ● PHOENICIA ● Tyre 2 4 6

Caesarea ● SAMARIA 1 Amman Joppa ● ● ● 5 Jerusalem 2

● Gaza JUDEA

Alexandria EGYPT ●

Paul’s First Journey: AD 47-49

Paul’s Second Journey: AD 49-51

Paul’s Third Journey: AD 52-57

Paul’s Journey to Rome: AD 57-62

Letter Where When To Theme Key Verse Written Written

Galatians Antioch in Free in Christ Church at Galatia AD 49 5:22, 23 Syria Through Faith

1 Thessalonians Church at Letter to Corinth AD 51 5:16-23 Thessalonica New Christians

2 Thessalonians Church at Persevere Until Corinth AD 51 3:4-6 Thessalonica Christ Returns

1 Corinthians Addresses Problems Church at Corinth Ephesus AD 56 13:4, 5 in the Church

2 Corinthians Paul’s Authority Against Church at Corinth Macedonia AD 56 12:9 False Teachers

Romans Salvation: Righteousness Church at Rome Corinth AD 57 12:1, 2a from God

Ephesians The Church and Church at Ephesus Rome AD 60/61 2:8, 9 Body of Christ

Colossians Church at Rome AD 60/61 Christ Is Everything 2:9, 10 Colossae

Philemon Philemon, a friend Rome AD 60/61 Brothers in Christ 17-19 at Colossae

Philippians Church at Philippi Rome AD 62 Joy at All Times 2:14, 15

1 Timothy Timothy, leader of Macedonia AD 62/63 Caring for the Church 4:12, 13 Church at Ephesus

Titus Titus, leader of Corinth AD 63 Living in Faith 3:4-7 Church in Crete

2 Timothy Timothy, leader of Rome AD 67 Paul’s Last Words 3:15-17 Church at Ephesus