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cities incited the crowd to stone Paul and dragged him outside the city. Paul rose and went on to Derbe
where many believed. At the end of the journey, Paul and Barnabas traveled back to each city to
appoint elders in every church and to strengthen the believers. They finally traveled back to Antioch of
Syria to report what wonderful things God had done and share about the hundreds of people who came
to Christ.

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey –
51 AD. to 54 AD.
Paul had a talk with Barnabas, and they
decided to revisit the brethren in every
city they traveled on the first journey,
however, they had a sharp division.
Barnabas wanted to again take John
Mark with them, but Paul, because
John Mark had previously abandoned
them, refused. They decided to go
their separate ways, and Paul took Silas
with him and Barnabas took John Mark
and sailed to Cyprus.

The second journey traces the
footsteps of Paul and Silas toward
Cilicia. They returned to Derbe and
Lystra where they met Timothy. They
continued through the region of
Phrygia and Galatia sharing the Gospel
in the synagogues and among the Gentiles. Paul then had a
vision of a man of Macedonia standing and beseeching him to
come over to help him. They crossed over from Troas to
Neapolis, then on to Philippi where they met Lydia, seller of
purple. Many of the women believed and Paul and Silas stayed
at her house. It was in Philippi that Paul and Silas were beaten
and imprisoned,
but were able to
lead the jailer to
Christ, and his
family. They
continued their The Temple of Hephaestus (above) located in
journey to the Agora, is to honor the god of metal working,
craftsmanship, and fire.
Thessalonica,
again causing a
disturbance
among the Jews,
then on to Berea
and Athens, then The Parthenon (above) was a series of temples built on
to Corinth. The acropolis of Athens to honor false Greek gods, primarily
dedicated to honor to the goddess Athena. Details of the
temple to Athena are pictured to the right.

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