The Acts of the Apostles records three missionary journeys of St Paul and his companions. The fourth missionary journey was done by St. Paul alone, as a prisoner in chains, from Jerusalem to Rome, and eventually to his death.
|
The first journey,(Acts 13-14) led initially by Barnabas, takes Paul from Antioch to Cyprus then southern Asia Minor and back to Antioch. In Cyprus, Paul reproaches and blinds Elymas the magician (Acts 13:8-12) who was criticizing their teachings. From this point on, Paul was described as the leader of the group.
|
The first part of Paul's second missionary journey was spent in revisiting the Churches founded during the first journey. Paul's Evangelization plan was to establish a strong local Christian Community in each place he went, and then later revisit these communities or keep in contact with them through letters.
Paul and his missionary team revisited Derbe and Lystra. |
St. Paul's third missionary journey starts at Antioch and ends in the prison of Caesaria, where Paul after two years of imprisonment will finally begin his fourth missionary journey (in chains) from Caesaria to Rome.
|