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Paul’s first journey

With Barnabas to Cyprus and Galatia · 15 stops · ≈ 1,980 km in straight lines

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  1. AntiochActs 13:1Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
  2. SeleuciaActs 13:4So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
  3. Salamisby shipActs 13:5When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
  4. PaphosActs 13:6They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
  5. Pergaby shipActs 13:13After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
  6. AntiochActs 13:14And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
  7. IconiumActs 13:51So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
  8. LystraActs 14:6they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding region,
  9. DerbeActs 14:20But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. And the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
  10. LystraActs 14:21They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
  11. IconiumActs 14:21They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
  12. AntiochActs 14:21They preached the gospel to that city and made many disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch,
  13. PergaActs 14:25And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
  14. AttaliaActs 14:25And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
  15. Antiochby shipActs 14:26From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.

Lines join the stops in the order of the text — the roads themselves are not known. Dashed: by ship. Pale: the site is uncertain.

Each point is the most likely site (OpenBible.info); a pale point means the identification is uncertain. Places whose site is unknown are not on the map.

Roman roads: the roads of the Roman Empire of about 300 BC – AD 300 by the atlas Itiner-e; dashed — roads it marks as hypothetical. The exact way of the journey along them is not described in the text.

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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).

Roman roads: Itiner-e, the digital atlas of ancient roads © 2024 Brughmans, Pažout, de Soto and Bjerregaard Vahlstrup, Itiner-e · CC BY 4.0