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First journey for Barnabas and Paul (two years): |
REFERENCES FROM ‘ACTS’ |
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13:4 |
Paul and Barnabas depart Antioch, Syria for
Cyprus |
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13:13 |
Paul and Barnabas depart Cyprus and arrive in
Perga, Pamphylia. |
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13:14 |
A few days later, they depart Perga and arrive
at Antioch in Pisidia. |
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13:50 |
Paul and Barnabas depart Antioch, Pisidia -- v.
51 and arrive in Iconium. |
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14:6 |
They depart Iconium and arrive at Lystra,
Lyconia. |
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14:20 |
They depart Lystra and arrive at Derbe |
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14:21 |
They depart Derbe and they return to Lystra,
Iconium and Antioch, Pisidia. |
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14:24 |
Paul and Barnabas depart Galatia and arrive at
Perga, Pamphylia. |
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14:25 |
They depart Perga and arrive at Attalia. |
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14:26 |
They depart Attalia and arrive back home in
Antioch, Syria. |
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14:28 |
Paul resting in Antioch, Syria for two years "And
they stayed there a long time with the
disciples." |
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Second journey for Paul and Silas (two years):
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15:40 |
After two years at home resting, Paul, now with
Silas, depart Antioch, Syria. Passing through Syria and Cilicia,
they stop and briefly to visit the churches in the cities which
they pass through. Very brief visits. A great deal of arriving and
departing. |
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16:1 |
After a two year absence, Paul arrives back at
Galatia. He comes first to Derbe and stays for a very brief visit.
He departs Derbe. |
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16:4-6 |
Paul visits the other three churches of Galatia,
arriving and then departing after very brief visits with each
ekklesia. |
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16:8 |
Paul briefly arrives at and departs from the
church in Troas. |
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16:12 |
Paul arrives in Philippi, Greece, stays a short
time during which he raises up a church and then he departs
(16:40). |
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17:1 |
Having departed Philippi, Paul and Silas arrive
at Thessalonica. |
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17:10 |
Shortly thereafter the two men depart
Thessalonica and arrive at Berea. |
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17:14 |
Paul leaves Berea. |
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17:15 |
Paul arrives at Athens. |
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18:1 |
Paul departs Athens and arrives at Corinth. Paul
stays in Corinth 18 months -- a record. Until now he has averaged
about four months per church for his first visit, and then maybe a
week's visit for his second visit. |
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18:18 |
Paul departs Corinth. |
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18:19 |
He arrives in Cenchrea (a village 8 miles from
Corinth, the city's port) and immediately departs for Ephesus. He
departs Ephesus after only a few days there. |
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18:22 |
Paul arrives at Caesarea, Israel and quickly
departs for Jerusalem, greets the church in Jerusalem briefly and
departs for home -- Antioch in Syria.
Six years have passed. |
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Third journey for Paul (four years): |
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18:23 |
After a brief time in Antioch, Paul departs for
a brief visit to Antioch (Pisidia), Iconium, Lystra, Derbe. . .but
he soon departs the entire region of Galatia. This is only his
third visit -- ever -- to these four churches. He comes and goes
quickly. |
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19:1 |
Paul arrives in Ehpesus and stays TWO YEARS,
raising up a church and training 8 young mobile ministers. He
spends TWO MORE YEARS in the area around Ephesus showing these 8
men how to plant churches in the smaller cities and towns. |
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19:21 |
Just as things begin to look good in Ephesus,
Paul decided to visit Jerusalem and go to Rome. |
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19:22 |
"He (Paul) sent two of his helpers, Timothy
and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed in the province of Asia
a little longer." |
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20:1-2 |
Paul departs Ephesus and Asia Minor and starts
out toward Macedonia, Greece. |
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20:3 |
Paul arrives in Macedonia. He spends 3 months in
Greece. He departs and starts home for Antioch, Syria. |
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20:6 |
Passing through southern Greece, he arrives and
departs the church in Philippi. Paul arrives and departs the
church in Troas. (He stayed a grand total of 7 days with the ekklesia
in Troas.) |
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20:14-16 |
Assos, Mitylene, Samos, Miletus are all
ports-of-call. Paul in one day in each. |
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20:17 |
Paul circumvents Ephesus, knowing if he stops
there, the ekklesia will make him stay a few days. He is
avoiding ministry to the ekklesia in Ephesus. |
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20:21 |
Paul is one day each in Cos, Rhodes, Patara, and
Phoenicia, all ports-of-call. |
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21:1,2 |
Cyprus is forever Barnabas' and not Paul's. |
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21:3,4 |
Paul arrives in Tyre. He stays 7 days with the
church in Tyre, but only because the ship took 7 days to unload
its cargo. He departs Tyre as soon as the boat unloads. |
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21:7 |
Paul arrives at the church in Ptolemais. He is
with them one day, then departs. |
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21:8 |
Paul visits Phillip in Caesara "for some
days." (possibly 3 days; see v. 15) |
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Total of eleven years of mobile ministry. |
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