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Base of operations for Paul's missionary journeys and the first church to send out missionaries. Followers of Jesus were first called Christ…

City in the highlands of Galatia where Paul and Barnabas preached in the synagogue on their first journey, then were expelled by jealous Jew…

Cultural center of the Greek world where Paul preached on the Areopagus, addressing the altar to the unknown god.

City praised in Acts for its people's willingness to examine the scriptures daily to verify Paul's teaching.

Roman administrative capital of Judea and home of Cornelius, the first Gentile convert. Paul was imprisoned here for two years.

Cosmopolitan seaport where Paul spent eighteen months planting a church, later addressing moral and doctrinal problems in two letters.

Southernmost city on Paul's first missionary journey, where many disciples were made before the missionaries retraced their steps.

Prominent port city where Paul spent three years and a riot erupted in defense of the goddess Artemis. John addressed one of his seven lette…

City in Galatia where Paul and Barnabas preached with great effect, then fled when a plot formed to stone them.

City where Paul healed a lame man and was mistaken for the god Hermes, then stoned and left for dead.

Island where Paul's ship wrecked on the voyage to Rome. He survived a snakebite and healed many on the island.

Capital of Roman Cyprus where Paul confronted the sorcerer Bar-Jesus and converted the proconsul Sergius Paulus.

City in Pamphylia where John Mark left Paul and Barnabas to return to Jerusalem during the first missionary journey.

First city in Europe where Paul planted a church. Lydia was baptized here, and Paul and Silas were jailed before a miraculous earthquake fre…

Capital of the Roman Empire where Paul was imprisoned and wrote several letters. The center of early Christianity's westward expansion.

Port city on Cyprus where Paul and Barnabas began their first missionary journey, preaching in the Jewish synagogues.

Major Macedonian city where Paul preached for three Sabbaths before being driven out by a Jewish mob.

Port city where Paul received the Macedonian vision calling him to Europe, and later raised Eutychus from the dead.

From 510 to 323 BC the Greek city-states produced Athenian democracy, the philosophy of Socrates and Plato, and the conquests of Alexander —…

From 20 BC Herod the Great rebuilt the second Temple on a vastly enlarged platform on Mount Moriah. "It has taken forty-six years to build t…

From 27 BC to AD 476 the Roman Empire ruled the Mediterranean world — the empire of Augustus (Luke 2:1), Tiberius (Luke 3:1), Claudius (Acts…