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Map of Antiochia in Roman and early Byzantine times. This section opens the account of Paul's first missionary journey (Acts 13:1-14:28) which starts with a deliberate and prayerful step of the church in Antioch, a young congregation established by those who had been scattered from persecution in Jerusalem (Acts 11:20–26) and has grown into an active missionary church. [3]
Antioch served as a major Christian home base for Paul's early missionary activities, [4] and he remained there for "a long time with the disciples" [118] at the conclusion of his first journey. The exact duration of Paul's stay in Antioch is unknown, with estimates ranging from nine months to as long as eight years. [119]
47 – Paul (also known as Saul of Tarsus) begins his first missionary journey to Western Anatolia, part of modern-day Turkey via Cyprus. [3] 50 – Council of Jerusalem on admitting Gentiles into the Church [3] 51 – Paul begins his second missionary journey, a trip that will take him through modern-day Turkey and on into Greece [4]
Paul started his first missionary journey from Antioch and returned there. [5] [6] After the Jerusalem decree to the gentile converts in Antioch, Paul began his second missionary journey from Antioch. [7] His third journey also began there. Ignatius then served as bishop there for forty years until his martyrdom in 107 AD. [8] [full citation ...
From Derbe, Paul and Barnabas began the journey back to Antioch, Pisidia, while consolidation of the newly planted churches along the way: 'strengthening the soul and encouraging believers to remain in the faith (verse 22) in person as Paul later does with his letters (cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:14—16; 3:2—4). [7]
3rd missionary journey Acts 18–21 52–54/55 Paul in Ephesus Acts 19 55 Paul's journey to Macedonia Acts 20:1-2; 2Cor 2:13 56 (Beginning of the year:) Paul's last stay in Corinth (Acts 20,2–3) 56 (Early summer:) Paul's arrival in Jerusalem Acts 21 56–58 Paul's imprisonment in Caesarea Acts 23–24 58 Change of office Felix/Festus Acts 24,27
The Areopagus sermon refers to a sermon delivered by Apostle Paul in Athens, at the Areopagus, and recounted in Acts 17:16–34. [1] [2] The Areopagus sermon is the most dramatic and most fully-reported speech of the missionary career of Saint Paul and followed a shorter address in Lystra recorded in Acts 14:15–17. [3]
The author sets this story during Paul the Apostle's First Missionary Journey, but this text is ideologically different from the New Testament portrayal of Paul in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline Epistles. 6th-century fresco near Ephesus depicting Paul and Theoclia (mother of Thecla)