2.54 Paul's Second Mission: To The Greeks

History in the Bible

Garry Stevens

History, Christianity, Judaism, Bible, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 5 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Paul’s 2nd mission is much more extensive than his first. He starts from his base in Antioch. Before he even begins, Paul has a face-off with Peter in Antioch, and Paul’s first backer and friend Barnabas. Paul acquires Timothy as a companion. He then gallivants across the province of Asia. Paul takes ship to Thrace in Europe, where he establishes a church at Philippi. After an unfortunate misunderstanding with the local authorities, he treks down through Macedonia, where he establishes a church at the capital of the province, Thessalonica.
Paul travels south into Achaia, modern Greece. A grand speech fails to impress the Athenian philosophers. He has better luck at Corinth, settling there for eighteen months. Again he falls afoul of the Jews, who bring him before the Roman governor. Thankfully, the governor has no interest in petty squabbles and dismisses the case. Paul arrives back at his base in Antioch, after a whirlwind three years.

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0:00.0	Gide. I'm Gary Stevens. And welcome to the second series of the History in the Bible podcast.
0:13.1	More of the history in more of the books in all the Bibles.
0:19.8	Episode 2.54, Paul's second mission to the Greeks.
0:27.2	In the last episode, I outlined Paul's first mission.
0:31.7	This least adventurous journey saw Paul and his friend Barnabas travel through Asia Minor and the small provinces of
0:40.0	Salicia and Galatia in what is now southern Turkey. You can find maps of all Paul's journeys
0:48.0	at www.historyin the Bible.com. Now begins Paul's second mission.
0:57.0	As best we can gather, this launched in the year 50, 15 or 20 years after the death of Jesus.
1:06.2	Before I develop the details, here are the spoilers.
1:11.2	Paul's second mission is much more extensive than his first.
1:16.0	He starts from his base in Antioch.
1:19.1	If our chronology is right, in Antioch Paul has a face-off with Peter and Paul's
1:25.3	first backer and friend Barnabas. Paul revisits the towns of his first
1:30.6	mission and acquires Timothy as a companion. He then gallivance across the province of Asia. He takes
1:39.0	ship to Thrace in Europe, where he establishes a church at Findibai. After an unfortunate misunderstanding
1:47.0	with the local authorities, he checks down through Macedonia, where he establishes a church
1:54.0	at the capital of the province, Cecilin Niagara. Paul travels south into Akea, modern Greece. A grand speech fails to impress
2:05.0	the Athenian philosophers. He has better luck at Corinth, settling there for 18 months. Again,
2:13.1	he falls the foul of the Jews, who bring in before the Roman governor.
2:24.3	Thankfully, the governor has no interest in petty squabbles and dismisses the case.
2:31.5	Paul arrives back in Antioch in 52, after a whirlwind three years.
2:37.0	Compare that to the five or so years that Paul spent on his first mission. Let's get to the specifics. According to Acts, Paul launches his second mission immediately after the Council of Jerusalem.
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