THE MANY JOURNEYS OF ST. PAUL-APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES
| ST. PAUL'S CALL TO CONVERSION and NEW LIFE AS A CHRISTIAN | |
| Witnessed St. Stephen's martyrdom | Acts 8:1 |
| Mission to arrest Christians ;for the Sanhedrin | Acts 8:3 |
| Conversion experience on the Road to Damascus | Acts 9:1-19 |
| Paul preaches in Damascus | Acts 9:20-25 |
| Spends 3 years in Arabia | Galatians 1:17-18 |
| Returns to Damascus | Galatians 1:17 |
| Meets with the Apostles Peter, James (Bishop of Jerusalem) , and John in Jerusalem | Acts 9:26-30; Galatians 1:17-19 |
| Goes to Caesarea and from there home to Tarsus | Acts 9:30; Galatians 1:21 |
| Called by Barnabas to join him in Antioch, Syria | Acts 11:26 |
| Takes a famine relief contribution to Jerusalem | Acts 11:30 |
| Returns to Antioch, Syria | Acts 12:25 |
| ST. PAUL'S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY:
Approximate dates: AD 45 - 49 Companions: Barnabas, John, Mark Mission field: Cyprus and Asia Minor (Turkey) Approximate miles traveled: 1,400 miles Sent by church of Antioch, Syria |
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| Mission to Cyprus by way of Seleucia | Acts 13:4-12 |
| Antioch in Pisidia | Acts 13:13-51 |
| Iconium | Acts 14:1-5 |
| Lystra in Lycaonia | Acts 14:6-19 |
| Derbe | Acts 14:20 |
| Back through Lystra, Iconium and Antioch Pisidia | Acts 14:21-26 |
| Return to home church at Antioch, Syria | Acts 14:27-28 |
| Council of Jerusalem | Acts 15 |
| ST. PAUL'S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY:
Approximate dates: AD 50 - 52 Companions: Silas, Timothy, Priscilla and Aquila, Luke Mission field: Syria, Turkey, Greece Approximate miles traveled: 2,800 miles Sent by church of Antioch, Syria |
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| Syria and Cilicia (Tarsus, the capital of Cilicia was Paul's hometown) | Acts 15:23 |
| Derbe and Lystra in Lycaonia (Timothy's home) | Acts 16:1-5 |
| Phrygia and Galatia | Acts 16:6 |
| Mysia to Troas | Acts 16:10 |
| Samothracis and Neapolis | Acts 16:1 |
| Philippi in Macedonia | Acts 16:12-40 |
| Amphipolis and Apollonia | Acts 17:1 |
| Thessalonica | Acts 17:1-9 |
| Beroea (Berea) | Acts 17:10-15 |
| Athens | Acts 17:16-34 |
| Corinth | Acts 18:1-18 |
| Cenchrea (Cenchreae) | Acts 18:18 |
| Ephesus | Acts 18:19-21 |
| Caesarea | Acts 18:22 |
| Antioch, Syria | Acts 18:23 |
| Jerusalem | Acts 18:23 |
| ST. PAUL'S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Approximate dates: AD 53 - 58 Companions: Timothy, Luke, and other disciples Mission field: Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Judea-Samaria-Galilee Approximate miles traveled 2,700 miles Sent by church of Antioch, Syria |
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| Galatia and Phrygia | Acts 18:23 |
| Ephesus | Acts 19:1-20; 23-40 |
| Macedonia | Acts 19:21; 20:1 |
| Greece (Achaia) | 20:2-3 |
| Macedonia, Philippi, and Troas | Acts 20:3-12 |
| Assos, Mitylene; near Chios, Samos, Trogyllium, Miletus | Acts 20:13-38 |
| Cos, Rhodes, Patara | Acts 21:1-2 |
| Tyre and Ptolemais | Acts 21:3-7 |
| Caesarea | Acts 21:8-16 |
| Jerusalem | Acts 21:17-23:22 |
| Caesarea (imprisoned 2 years) | Acts 23:23-26:32 |
| ST. PAUL'S FOURTH JOURNEY TO ROME
Approximate date: AD 60/61 Companions: Luke, Roman guards, others By way of Lebanon, Turkey, Crete, Malta, Sicily, Rome Approximate miles traveled: 2,250 miles Sent by Roman Governor Festus |
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| Caesarea | Acts 27:1-3 |
| Sidon, Myra, Cnidus | Acts 27:4-7 |
| Fair Havens (Crete) | Acts 27:8 |
| Clauda (Cauda) | Acts 27:16 |
| Malta (Melita) | Acts 28:1-10 |
| Syracuse, Rhegium, Puteoli | Acts 28:11-13 |
| Forum of Appius and Three Taverns | Acts 28:15 |
| Rome | Acts 28:16 |
Michal Hunt copyright 1998
OTHER TRAVELS - YEAR OF TRAVEL UNKNOWN:
Macedonia to Illyricum: 1 Timothy 1:3
Troas and Miletus: 2 Timothy 4:13, 20
Crete: Titus 1:5
Mission to Spain: circa AD 63-66: Romans 15:28
Nicopolis: Titus 3:12
MARTYRDOM:
Back to Rome and martyrdom: 2 Timothy 1; death June 29, AD 67