Paul’s First Journey

• DatesAbout AD 46–48 (debated)
• Primary regionMediterranean World
• TimelineEarly Church
• Key textsActs 13–14
• Covered in classSession 8

What the sources say, and how sure we are

• The text says

  Sent from Antioch, Paul and Barnabas sail to Cyprus, then cross to Asia Minor and preach in Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe before returning.Acts 13:1–14:28

• Outside evidence

  Cyprus was a Roman senatorial province governed by a proconsul, as Acts 13:7 says.Acts 13:7

• Debated

  The dates depend on how the Jerusalem council and the letter to the Galatians are dated. If Galatians was written to these southern cities, as many scholars hold, this journey comes just before the council.Acts 15; Gal 1–2

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