Based on what you read in Acts, discuss Paul’s missionary journeys.

Paul’s first missionary journey was with Barnabas, starting from Antioch. They went to Cyprus and parts of Asia Minor, including Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Paul preached mostly to Gentiles and established several Christian communities before returning.

The second missionary journey was accomplished with Silas, and later in the journey, Timothy and Luke. Paul revisited churches in Asia Minor and expanded into Macedonia and Greece. Important cities included Philippi, Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, and Corinth. This journey marked a milestone in the spread of Christianity into Europe.

Paul’s third journey first involved revisiting the churches he had already established, then traveling through Macedonia and Greece, continuing to teach and organize the Christian community before returning to Jerusalem.

After being arrested in Jerusalem, Paul appealed to Caesar and was sent to Rome as a prisoner. Despite being in a shipwreck on Malta, he was brought to Rome, where he continued to preach under house arrest.

¹⁴ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

I thought it was interesting how Matthew said that people still believed that the disciples stole Jesus’s body at the time of the writing of this book.