The Journeys of Paul First Journey Companions Paul

The Journeys of Paul

First Journey • Companions: Paul, • Barnabas, John Mark Key Places Visited: Cyprus, Asia Minor

First Journey • Paul and Barnabas first taught in the Jewish synagogues of each city they went to • Most of the Jews in each city opposed them so they taught the Gentiles • Jews tried to kill them in some cities, in other cities Gentiles thought they were gods • John Mark left before the journey was over

Second Journey • Companions: Paul, • Silas, Timothy, Luke Key Places Visited: Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, Corinth, Ephesus

Macedonian Call • Paul met a teenager named Timothy and asked him to come with him and Silas • Paul had a dream of a man from Macedonia asking Paul to come preach to them • Paul went to the Greek city of Philippi • First time the Gospel was taught in Europe

Philippi • Paul and Silas converted a woman named Lydia and her family • They were arrested and beaten for casting a demon out of a slave girl • Converted a jailer while in jail • Paul let go and begged to leave when it was found out he was a Roman citizen

Mar’s Hill • Paul next went to • • • Athens Saw a shrine to the Unknown God on the Areopagus Preached to Greek philosophers about this God Philosophers were amused but did not listen

Third Journey • Companions: Paul, • Silas, Timothy, Luke Key Places Visited: Philippi, Thessalonica, , Corinth, Ephesus, Jerusalem

Third Journey • Retraced his other two journeys • Stayed one year in Ephesus • Artisans in Ephesus had city officials throw Paul out of town because he hurt their business (fewer people buying idols)

Voyage to Rome • Companions: Paul • , Luke, Aristarchus Key Places Visited: Jerusalem, Crete, Malta, Rome

Arrest in Jerusalem • Paul was warned before the end of his journey that he would be arrested in Jerusalem • Paul went to Jerusalem anyway to defend himself • Put on trial before King Herod Agrippa II and the Roman governor Festus • Paul appealed his case to Emperor Nero in Rome

Voyage to Rome • Paul and his companions sent to Rome to stand trial under the guard of a Roman centurion and his regiment • Caught up in a storm • Shipwrecked on the Island of Malta • Reached Rome after staying on Malta for three months • Acts ends with Paul under house arrest and preaching in Rome

Assignment • Use your textbook, your notes, and your bible to make a chart showing the cities/places visited and three key events on each of Paul’s four journey’s

Journey 1 st Missionary Journey 2 nd Missionary Journey 3 rd Missionary Journey Voyage to Rome Companions Cities/Pla 3 Key ces Events

The accounts of Paul journeys take him to cities that were centers of influence in the Greco. Roman world. • Athens: The Academic and Cultural Center • Corinth: The Commercial Center • Ephesus: The Religious Center • Rome: The Legal and Governing Center Write a ½ page paragraph describing the four American cities you would go to and why if you were bringing Christianity to America for the first time today.