Paul's journeys

The four journeys of Acts, from Antioch to Rome

In the order Acts tells them, with each stop's verse. Only the places the text names; no stop that tradition added.

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BY LAND BY SEA WIDER DASHES: THE TEXT NAMES ONLY THE REGION SCHEMATIC: STRAIGHT LINES BETWEEN THE STOPS, IN THE TEXT'S ORDER; THE REAL WAY WAS LONGER WASH: A REGION'S APPROXIMATE BOUNDS, STRONGER WHERE MORE SOURCES AGREE ROMAN ROAD DATED BY AD 60 (ITINER-E, CC BY 4.0) · DASHED: CONJECTURED COURSE

The first journey

ACTS 13:1-14:28 · c. AD 46-48

About 1,200 mi (2,000 km) adding up the map's straight lines. The farthest point was Pisidian Antioch, about 310 mi (500 km) from Antioch as the crow flies.

  1. 1 Antioch START 13:1-3
  2. 2 Seleucia BY LAND 13:4
  3. 3 Salamis BY SEA 13:5
  4. 4 Paphos BY LAND 13:6-12
  5. 5 Perga BY SEA 13:13
  6. 6 Pisidian Antioch BY LAND 13:14-50
  7. 7 Iconium BY LAND 13:51-14:5
  8. 8 Lystra BY LAND 14:6-19
  9. 9 Derbe BY LAND 14:20-21
  10. 10 Lystra BY LAND 14:21
  11. 11 Iconium BY LAND 14:21
  12. 12 Pisidian Antioch BY LAND 14:21-23
  13. 13 Perga BY LAND 14:25
  14. 14 Attalia BY LAND 14:25
  15. 15 Antioch BY SEA 14:26-28

The second journey

ACTS 15:36-18:22 · c. AD 49-52

About 2,200 mi (3,500 km) adding up the map's straight lines. The farthest point was Berea, about 810 mi (1,300 km) from Antioch as the crow flies.

  1. 1 Antioch START 15:36-40
  2. 2 Cilicia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 15:41
  3. 3 Derbe BY LAND 16:1
  4. 4 Lystra BY LAND 16:1-5
  5. 5 Phrygia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 16:6
  6. 6 Mysia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 16:7-8
  7. 7 Troas BY LAND 16:8-10
  8. 8 Samothrace BY SEA 16:11
  9. 9 Neapolis BY SEA 16:11
  10. 10 Philippi BY LAND 16:12-40
  11. 11 Amphipolis BY LAND 17:1
  12. 12 Apollonia BY LAND 17:1
  13. 13 Thessalonica BY LAND 17:1-9
  14. 14 Berea BY LAND 17:10-14
  15. 15 Athens BY SEA 17:15-34
  16. 16 Corinth BY LAND 18:1-17
  17. 17 Cenchreae BY LAND 18:18
  18. 18 Ephesus BY SEA 18:19-21
  19. 19 Caesarea BY SEA 18:22
  20. 20 Antioch BY LAND 18:22

The third journey

ACTS 18:23-21:17 · c. AD 52-57

About 2,500 mi (4,000 km) adding up the map's straight lines.

  1. 1 Antioch START 18:23
  2. 2 Galatia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 18:23
  3. 3 Phrygia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 18:23
  4. 4 Ephesus BY LAND 19:1-41
  5. 5 Macedonia BY LAND · REGION ONLY 20:1
  6. 6 Greece BY LAND · REGION ONLY 20:2-3
  7. 7 Philippi BY LAND 20:3-6
  8. 8 Troas BY SEA 20:6-12
  9. 9 Assos BY LAND 20:13-14
  10. 10 Mitylene BY SEA 20:14
  11. 11 Chios BY SEA · SAILED PAST 20:15
  12. 12 Samos BY SEA 20:15
  13. 13 Trogyllium BY SEA 20:15
  14. 14 Miletus BY SEA 20:15-38
  15. 15 Cos BY SEA 21:1
  16. 16 Rhodes BY SEA 21:1
  17. 17 Patara BY SEA 21:1-2
  18. 18 Tyre BY SEA 21:3-6
  19. 19 Ptolemais BY SEA 21:7
  20. 20 Caesarea BY LAND 21:8-14
  21. 21 Jerusalem BY LAND 21:15-17

The voyage to Rome

ACTS 27:1-28:31 · c. AD 59-62

About 1,900 mi (3,000 km) adding up the map's straight lines.

  1. 1 Caesarea START 27:1-2
  2. 2 Sidon BY SEA 27:3
  3. 3 Myra BY SEA 27:5-6
  4. 4 Cnidus BY SEA · SAILED PAST 27:7
  5. 5 Salmone BY SEA · SAILED PAST 27:7
  6. 6 Fair Havens BY SEA 27:8-13
  7. 7 Cauda BY SEA · SAILED PAST 27:16
  8. 8 Malta BY SEA 28:1-11
  9. 9 Syracuse BY SEA 28:12
  10. 10 Rhegium BY SEA 28:13
  11. 11 Puteoli BY SEA 28:13-14
  12. 12 Forum of Appius BY LAND 28:15
  13. 13 Three Taverns BY LAND 28:15
  14. 14 Rome BY LAND 28:16-31

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