Agape Bible Study

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
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
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
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
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



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