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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 in 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, a 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
journey to Thessalonica,
continued their The Temple of Hephaestus (above) located in
disturbance among the
again causing a the Agora, is to honor the god of metal working,
craftsmanship, and fire.
Jews, then on to
Berea and
Athens, then to
Corinth. The
Jews in Berea
evaluated what
Paul told them
with the The Parthenon (above) was a series of temples built on
Scriptures, and 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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