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Map of St. Paul's missionary journeys The author of Acts arranges Paul's travels into three separate journeys. The first journey, [ 113 ] for which Paul and Barnabas were commissioned by the Antioch community, [ 114 ] and led initially by Barnabas, [ note 5 ] took Barnabas and Paul from Antioch to Cyprus then into southern Asia Minor, and ...
47 – Paul (also known as Saul of Tarsus) begins his first missionary journey to Western Anatolia, part of modern-day Turkey via Cyprus. [3] 50 – Council of Jerusalem on admitting Gentiles into the Church [3] 51 – Paul begins his second missionary journey, a trip that will take him through modern-day Turkey and on into Greece [4]
There is a present-day village called "Kilistra" near Gökyurt, a village of the Meram district of Konya province. [5] Ancient ruins can be seen near Klistra, including a church with a big cross marked on the wall, a winery, house-like buildings, and the ruins of a city located over the top of a hill which is locally called "Alusumas", where ...
Nicolas, one of the Seven Deacons, was a missionary from Antioch. Antioch was also the birthplace of John Chrysostom, a prominent Christian father who died in 407 AD. [9] [full citation needed] The seat of the Patriarchate was originally in Antioch (in present-day Turkey). In response to the Ottoman invasion in the 15th century, it was moved to ...
Barnabas wished to take John Mark along, but Paul did not, as John Mark had left them on the earlier journey. The dispute ended by Paul and Barnabas taking separate routes. Paul took Silas as his companion, and journeyed through Syria and Cilicia; while Barnabas took John Mark to visit Cyprus. [18] Little is known of the subsequent career of ...
Timothy was with Paul in Corinth during the winter of 57–58 when Paul dispatched his Letter to the Romans. [22] According to Acts 20:3–6, [ 23 ] Timothy was with Paul in Macedonia just before Passover in 58; he left the city before Paul, going ahead of him to await Paul in Troas . [ 24 ] "
Then the couple started out to accompany Paul when he proceeded to Syria, but stopped at Ephesus in the Roman province of Asia, now part of modern Turkey. In 1 Corinthians 16:19, Paul passes on the greetings of Priscilla and Aquila to their friends in Corinth, indicating that the couple were in his company. Paul founded the church in Corinth. [6]
With the start of their missionary activity, early Jewish Christians also started to attract proselytes, Gentiles who were fully or partly converted to Judaism. [21] [note 1] According to James Dunn, Paul's initial persecution of Christians probably was directed against these Greek-speaking "Hellenists" due to their anti-Temple attitude. [22]