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Jews in Berea evaluated what Paul told them with the Scriptures and many believed in Jesus.

               Paul preached a famous sermon to the Epicureans and Stoics on Mars Hill while in Athens and some
               believed in Jesus.  Paul stayed some time in Corinth and led many to Christ and established a
               relationship with Aquila and Priscilla.  He ended his journey by passing through Ephesus bringing many
               to Christ and finally sailed to Caesarea, then traveled over land to his home church, Antioch Syria.  The
               journey lasted almost three years.


                                                                               A Personal Note from Dr. Bjorgen
                                                                            Several years ago, I traveled to Athens, Greece
                                                                            and stood on top of a hill near the Parthenon
                                                                            called Mars Hill (pictured to the left).  It is the
                                                                            exact place where Paul shared the Gospel with
                                                                            the Greek philosophers of his day.  The hill has
                                                                            several rock formations that look like seats and











               one location on the whole hill that was flat, where a speaker
               could stand and address a crowd.  Paul must have stood in
               that location described in Acts 17 as he shared the Good
               News with these philosophers (You can see the flat area to
               just to the right of the people standing on the hill).

               Directly behind him and below is the Agora (pictures right) where there are the ruins of the ancient shopping center
               and site of multiple temples and statues to the Greek gods.  It was here Paul met Aquilla and Pricilla and worked
               with them, selling tents in the marketplace.  To Paul’s front and left, up the hill was the Parthenon, site of five
               temples to various false gods, including Athena, the god of fertility.  From that one location, Paul could see the
               temples and statues erected to dozens of false gods and idols.  One interested him, dedicated to the “unknown
               God.”  Paul used great wisdom in sharing with them who this “unknown God” was … Jesus Christ and many came to
               be saved.  Standing on that exact spot where Paul stood gave me “goose bumps!”


               Paul’s Third Missionary Journey – 54 AD – 57 AD
               On Paul’s third missionary journey he returned to the cities he had first visited on his first missionary
               journey.  During this time, he decided to remain in Ephesus for about three years and concentrated on
               establishing an important Christian community there.  As Christianity was spreading in Asia Minor, Paul
               journeyed to Corinth two times because of the many conflicts with this church.  During his second visit
               to Corinth, Paul wrote the Epistle to the Romans.  The church in Jerusalem had fallen into difficult
               economic times and Paul began a quest of taking up offerings among all the churches in Macedonia and

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