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On the Road with Paul I’d like to continue our exploration of Paul by examining his travels. Paul spent a great deal of time on the road: missionary journey #1 (A.D. 46-48); missionary journey #2 (A.D. 50-52) and missionary journey #3 (A.D. 54- 57), as well as his journey to Rome and his stay there (A.D. 57-62). A number of practical questions arise concerning these journeys. In many ways, travel in Paul’s day was very similar to travel in our day. Maritime trade flourished throughout the Mediterranean world, and passenger travel by ship was commonplace. We see Paul using ships for travel on his first missionary journey with Barnabas and Mark (A.D. 46- 48), sailing from Seleucia to Cyprus and from Paphos to the port at Attalia, then upriver to Perge (Acts 13: 4, 13); at the end of their journey Paul and Barnabas sail directly back from Attalia to their home church at Antioch (Acts 14:
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