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• Missionary Journeys of Paul

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  The missionary journeys of Paul were the travels in which Paul, setting out from the church at Antioch, preached the gospel and founded churches throughout Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Achaia. They are recorded in Acts 13–21 and are commonly divided into three journeys.

• Antioch

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  Antioch is the name of two cities in the New Testament: Syrian Antioch, where believers were first called "Christians" and from which Paul's missionary journeys set out, and Pisidian Antioch, where Paul preached in the synagogue.

• Asia Minor

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  Asia Minor is the geographical name for the Anatolian peninsula, bounded by the Black Sea, the Aegean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea, which corresponds to the Asian portion of modern Türkiye. It was the setting of Paul's missionary journeys and of the seven churches of the Book of Revelation.

• Philippi

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  Philippi was a Roman colony in eastern ancient Macedonia. The apostle Paul preached the gospel and founded a church there during his second missionary journey, and the city is the setting of Acts 16 and the Epistle to the Philippians.

• Erastus

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  Erastus was a coworker of Paul mentioned in the New Testament. His name appears in Acts, Romans, and 2 Timothy, and in Romans he is described as a financial officer of Corinth, rendered in the KJV as "chamberlain of the city."

• Timothy

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  Timothy was one of Paul's foremost coworkers. A native of Lystra, he accompanied Paul on his missionary journeys, and the New Testament letters 1 Timothy and 2 Timothy are presented as addressed to him.

• Artemis of Ephesus

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  Artemis was a goddess worshiped in ancient Ephesus and identified with the Artemis of Greek mythology; the King James Version calls her Diana. In Acts 19, a riot breaks out in Ephesus when Paul's preaching of the gospel threatens the trade in silver models of her image.

• Galatia

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  Galatia was a region in the central interior of Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and also the name of a Roman province. It was home to the churches to which Paul preached the gospel and later sent the Epistle to the Galatians.

• Acts 16

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  Acts 16 recounts Paul's second missionary journey, during which Timothy joins him, a vision leads him across to Macedonia, and in Philippi the households of Lydia and the jailer are baptized.

• Jason

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  Jason was a believer in Thessalonica who received Paul and his companions into his home during Paul's second missionary journey. When a riot broke out, he was dragged before the city authorities. His story is told in Acts 17.

• Perga

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  Perga was a city in the region of Pamphylia in southern Asia Minor. In the Book of Acts it appears as the place where Mark left Paul's company during the first missionary journey and as a city where Paul and his companions preached the word on their return.

• Acts 13

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  Acts 13 is the chapter in which the church at Antioch sends out Barnabas and Saul as missionaries, beginning Paul's first missionary journey. It recounts the mission on Cyprus, Paul's sermon in the synagogue at Antioch in Pisidia, and the declaration that the apostles would turn to the Gentiles.

• Cyprus

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  Cyprus is an island in the eastern Mediterranean, still known today by the same name. In the Book of Acts it appears as the home of Barnabas and as the first place where the gospel was preached on Paul's first missionary journey.

• Sopater

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  Sopater, the son of Pyrrhus, was a man of Berea mentioned once in Scripture, in Acts 20:4. Near the end of Paul's third missionary journey, he was among the companions who traveled with Paul from Macedonia toward Asia.

• Pamphylia

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  Pamphylia was a region on the southern coast of Asia Minor (modern Türkiye). In the Book of Acts, it appears in the list of nations at Pentecost, in the account of Paul's first missionary journey, and in the narrative of his voyage to Rome. It is known as the place where Mark left Paul and his companions.

• Acts 16:14-15

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  In this passage, set in Philippi, the Lord opens the heart of Lydia as she listens to Paul, and she and her whole household are baptized. It is frequently cited in discussions of divine initiative in conversion, household baptism, and hospitality.

• Acts 17

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  Acts 17 recounts how Paul, during his second missionary journey, preaches the gospel in Thessalonica and Berea and meets opposition, and then, at the Areopagus in Athens, uses the altar "TO THE UNKNOWN GOD" as a starting point to proclaim the Creator and the resurrection.

• Acts 21

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  Acts 21 is the chapter in which Paul, having completed his third missionary journey, goes up to Jerusalem despite warnings, meets with James and the elders, and is arrested by a Roman chief captain after a riot breaks out in the temple.

• Trophimus

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  Trophimus was a Gentile Christian from Ephesus who appears in Acts and 2 Timothy. He accompanied Paul on his final journey to Jerusalem, and a mistaken assumption about him led to Paul's arrest.

• Dionysius the Areopagite

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  Dionysius was an Athenian mentioned in Acts 17:34, a member of the Areopagus who believed after hearing Paul's address at the Areopagus.