## Paul's Second Missionary Journey 1. Acts 15:36-41 Paul and Barnabas parted ways in Asia Minor because John Mark has left them when there were at Pamphylia (see 15:38). a. Barnabas took John Mark with him and they sailed to Cyprus (15:39) b. Paul and Silas departed and went through Syria and Cilicia 2. Paul came to Derbe and Lystra a. Paul meets Timothy (16:1). b. Timothy joined Paul i. Paul circumcised Timothy because his mother was Jewish. ii. Paul and Timothy went to several churches telling them of the decisions reached in Jerusalem (16:4, that church membership would not require circumcision by non-Jews) 3. Phrygia and Galatia (16:4-10) a. They were forbidden to go to Asia (16:6) b. Travelled near to Mysia (16:7) attempted to go to Bithynia (16:7) but were not permitted c. Went to Troas (16:8) d. Macedonian Call to them to “Come to Macedonia and help us.” (16:9) 4. Macedonian ministry at Philippi (16:11-40) a. From Troas to Samothrace, to Neapolis (16:11). b. To Philippi, leading city of Macedonia and a Roman colony (16:12) c. Met Lydia, from Thyatira i. Seller of purple goods, a worshiper of God (16:14) ii. She and her household were baptized (16:15) d. Paul and Silas met a person with an evil spirit (over many days the man annoyed them, 16:18) e. The man was freed of the spirit, but his owners sought justice because Paul cast out the spirit, and they brought Paul and Silas to the marketplace (16:19-20) f. Paul and Silas were imprisoned (16:23), and then delivered by an earthquake (16:26) g. The jailor was saved by believing in the Lord Jesus (16:30) h. Paul and Silas were released (16:35-40) because Paul and Silas were Roman citizens (16:38) 5. To Thessalonica (17:1-9) a. Passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, arriving at Thessalonica (17:1) b. Paul spoke at the Synagogue in Thessalonica c. Staying at the house of Jason (17:6), but when their opponents tried to arrest Paul and Silas, the could not find them, but Jason and some Christians were arrested. d. Jason and the others gave a bond of money to the officials, and they were released. e. Paul and Silas left in the night (17:1 0) 6. To Berea a. Paul and Silas traveled by night and arrive at Berea (17:10) i. The Jews from Thessalonica came to Berea and stirred up trouble for them in Berea. ii. Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 7. To Athens (17:16-34) a. Paul waited for Silas and Timothy to come to Athens to be with him (17:16) b. Paul at the Areopagus (17:22) c. Paul was joined by Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris (17:34) 8. To Corinth (18:1-17) a. Met Aquila and Priscilla (18:1-3) b. Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia (18:5) c. Went to Titius Justus, Crispus (18:5-11) d. Jews made an attack against Paul and brought him before the court (18:12-17). Gallio was the proconsul (government leader), but the leader paid no attention to the charges against Paul. e. Stayed for a while in Corinth (18:18) 9. Return to Antioch (18:18-21) a. Sailed for Syria, with Priscilla and Aquila (18:18) b. At Cenchreae (Paul cut his hair for a vow (18:18) c. Came to Ephesus, where he argued with the Jews (18:19), then he set sail from Ephesus and travelled to Caesarea. End of the Second Missionary Journey