Read Acts 11:22-30; then 12:25 -14:28. Also read Bruce, pages 126-147, and 160-172. Consult a map of Paul’s First Missionary Journey and memorize the key cities in order.
Then answer the following questions (four pages).
- What is significant about the city of Antioch in Syria?
- Describe the leadership of the church that emerged in Antioch, and explain how Barnabas and Paul came to be missionaries?
- Who was John Mark? Tell everything you can discover about him.
- Summarize their encounter with bar-Jesus on Cyprus.
- Summarize Paul’s sermon in the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch.
- Explain what happened in Lystra. Who opposed Paul, and how did it end?
- When arriving in a new city, Paul typically began by visiting the local Jewish synagogue and preaching there. Explain why he would do that.
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