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Bible maps - Paul's Third Missionary Journey

Locations on Paul's Third Journey.
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The Cilician Plain and Tarsus. <br/>Around 67 B.C. the Romans took control of the Cilician plain and made Tarsus the capital. Around A.D. 5 the apostle Paul was born in Tarsus, which he later described as ‘no ordinary city’ (Acts 21:39). Less than 90 miles (144 km) to the southwest lay Antioch, one of the largest cities of the Roman Empire and the place where believers were first called Christians (Acts 11:26). – Slide 1
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Paul’s Third Missionary Journey. <br/>Paul and Silas left Antioch and revisited the churches in Galatia and Phrygia to encourage them. Then Paul fulfilled his promise to return to Ephesus, where he ministered for many months, preaching first in the synagogues but then lecturing daily in the hall of Tyrannus. Eventually a riot broke out in Ephesus, where the temple of Artemis was located, because the local silversmiths feared that Paul’s evangelistic work there would harm their business of making shrines of Artemis. So Paul left for Macedonia and southern Greece, most likely visiting the churches in Philippi, Thessalonica, and Corinth. Before Paul set sail to return to Antioch, a plot on his life was discovered, so he travelled back through Macedonia, probably by land. Paul eventually arrived at Troas, and then travelled on to Miletus, where he sent for the elders of the Ephesian church about 30 miles away to come and meet him. Paul’s ship stopped briefly at Tyre and then at Ptolemais before finally arriving at Caesarea. – Slide 2
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Lycia and Pamphylia. <br/>During New Testament times, the apostle Paul passed through Perga as he made his way to Antioch of Pisidia and also as he returned. From there he went to Attalia before setting sail for Antioch (Acts 13-14). Near the end of his third missionary journey, Paul changed ships at the port of Patara on his way to Jerusalem (Acts 21:1-2). Later, Paul changed ships at the port of Myra while being transferred to Rome to stand trial before Caesar (Acts 27:5). – Slide 3
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Ephesus. <br/>Paul’s prolonged ministry in Ephesus during his third missionary journey drew the ire of silversmiths and sellers of small shrines of Artemis, who feared his ministry would jeopardize their business (Acts 19:23-41). They stirred up a large crowd, seized two of Paul’s companions, and rushed into the theatre, where they shouted, ‘Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!’ for two hours. After the crowd eventually settled down and dispersed, Paul left for Macedonia (Acts 20:1). Years later the apostle John relocated his ministry to Ephesus along with Mary the mother of Jesus, whom Jesus had committed to his care (John 19:25-27), and it was likely from here that John wrote his three epistles. Ephesus is also one of the seven churches John addressed in the book of Revelation (2:1-7). – Slide 4
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Paul’s Travels in Western Anatolia. <br/>During his second and third missionary journeys (Acts 15-21), the apostle Paul travelled extensively throughout western Anatolia, most of which formed the Roman province of Asia. During Paul’s third journey, he spent two years ministering in Ephesus, one of the most prestigious cities of the Roman Empire, but eventually the local silversmiths incited a riot, forcing Paul to leave for Macedonia. – Slide 5
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Southern Greece. <br/>The apostle Paul travelled to southern Greece, visiting the renowned philosophical centre of Athens before moving on to Corinth and visiting the church there. Corinth was a very prosperous city strategically located near the isthmus linking the southern peninsula to the mainland, giving it command over both land and sea travel in the region. – Slide 6
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Corinth. <br/>Paul wrote at least two letters to the Corinthians, and the moral challenges the believers faced there attest to the very pagan culture of the city of Corinth (1 Corinthians 5;1-13; 6:12-20; 8:1-13; 10:14-22; 2 Corinthians 6:14-18). In his letter to the Romans, which was likely written from Corinth during his third missionary journey, Paul also mentions the church in Cenchrea (Romans 16:1). – Slide 7
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Paul Is Transferred to Caesarea. <br/>After arriving in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey, Paul went up to the Temple, but some Jews there started a riot, because they thought he had brought a Gentile into the Temple area. As Paul responded to the Sanhedrin’s accusations, some Jews made plans to ambush him if he was brought before the leaders again. But Paul’s nephew found out about the plot and informed the commander, who transferred Paul to Caesarea during the night under heavy guard: two hundred soldiers, seventy calvary, and two hundred spearmen. This large detachment escorted Paul to Antipatris, and then the soldiers returned, leaving the cavalry to escort Paul the rest of the way to Caesarea. – Slide 8
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