PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Summary
TLDRPaul's second missionary journey, around 49-51 AD, followed a dispute with Barnabas, leading Paul to travel with Silas. They visited various cities, including Lystra, where they recruited Timothy. Paul received a vision to preach in Macedonia, where they converted Lydia and her household. After casting out a demon, Paul and Silas were imprisoned but later freed, converting a jailer in the process. They traveled to Thessalonica, Berea, Athens, and Corinth, facing opposition yet spreading the gospel. Paul’s time in Corinth saw significant ministry, and he later journeyed to Ephesus and Jerusalem.
Takeaways
- ✝️ Paul and Barnabas had a disagreement over taking John Mark on their second missionary journey, leading them to part ways.
- 🔀 Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus, while Paul chose Silas and traveled through Syria and Cilicia to strengthen the churches.
- 👥 Paul recruited Timothy in Lystra, and Timothy was circumcised to better reach the Jewish community.
- 📜 Paul, Silas, and Timothy delivered the decrees from the apostles and elders in Jerusalem, strengthening the faith of believers.
- ⛔ The Holy Spirit forbade Paul and his companions from preaching in Asia and Bithynia, redirecting them through a vision to Macedonia.
- 🌊 Paul and his team traveled to Philippi, where they preached by a river, and a wealthy woman named Lydia and her household were converted and baptized.
- 👻 Paul cast out a demon from a slave girl in Philippi, angering her owners and leading to Paul and Silas being imprisoned. However, they continued to pray and sing hymns.
- 🌍 An earthquake freed the prisoners, but they stayed, leading to the conversion of the prison guard and his household.
- 💡 Paul preached in Athens, using the altar to the 'Unknown God' as an entry point to share the gospel, but received mixed reactions.
- ⛪ Paul spent a year and a half in Corinth, where he successfully converted many, including Crispus, a synagogue leader, and wrote 1 & 2 Thessalonians to encourage believers.
Q & A
What was the reason for Paul and Barnabas's disagreement before the second missionary journey?
-Paul and Barnabas had a sharp disagreement over whether John Mark, who had left them during the first missionary journey, should accompany them on the second journey.
Who accompanied Paul after his disagreement with Barnabas, and where did they go?
-After the disagreement, Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus, while Paul took Silas and traveled through Syria and Cilicia to encourage the churches.
Why did Paul decide to have Timothy circumcised before continuing their mission?
-Paul had Timothy circumcised to help them reach the Jews in the region, as it would remove any barriers when preaching to the Jewish community.
What vision did Paul receive in Troas, and how did it affect their journey?
-Paul received a vision of a man from Macedonia asking for help. This vision convinced Paul and his team that the Lord was calling them to preach the gospel in Macedonia, so they changed their plans and traveled there.
Who was Lydia, and what role did she play during Paul's time in Philippi?
-Lydia was a wealthy merchant and worshiper of God. After hearing Paul's preaching by the river in Philippi, she and her family were baptized, and she offered her home to host Paul and his companions.
What event led to Paul and Silas being imprisoned in Philippi?
-Paul cast a demon out of a slave girl who made money for her masters by fortune-telling. This angered her owners, who brought Paul and Silas before the city magistrates, leading to their imprisonment.
How did Paul and Silas convert the Philippian jailer to Christianity?
-After an earthquake freed all the prisoners, none of them fled, which astonished the jailer. Fearing for his life, the jailer asked Paul and Silas what he must do to be saved, and they told him to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ. He and his household were then baptized.
What was Paul's experience in Thessalonica, and why did he flee to Berea?
-Paul preached in the synagogue in Thessalonica for three Sabbaths, but the non-believing Jews stirred up a violent mob against him and Silas. To avoid the unrest, they fled to Berea.
How did the Bereans react to Paul's preaching compared to the Thessalonians?
-The Bereans were more noble and open-minded than the Thessalonians. They eagerly received Paul's teachings and diligently examined the scriptures to confirm his message, leading many to believe.
What significant events occurred during Paul's time in Corinth?
-In Corinth, Paul met Aquila and Priscilla and stayed with them. He preached in the synagogue but faced rejection from the Jews. Paul then focused on the Gentiles, and many Corinthians believed and were baptized. During this time, he also wrote 1 and 2 Thessalonians.
Outlines
✝️ Paul's Second Missionary Journey Begins
This paragraph provides an overview of Paul's second missionary journey, which took place around 49-51 A.D. after the Jerusalem council. Paul proposed revisiting the churches from his first journey, but a disagreement with Barnabas over John Mark's involvement led to their separation. Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus, while Paul took Silas through Syria and Cilicia. They picked up Timothy in Lystra, and Paul had Timothy circumcised to reach the Jews. As they traveled, they delivered decrees from the apostles in Jerusalem and saw many new believers. Though Paul wanted to preach in Asia, the Holy Spirit forbade him, leading them to Macedonia after a vision of a man asking for help.
🙏 Ministry in Philippi: Lydia's Conversion and Imprisonment
Paul and his team, including Luke, traveled to Philippi after receiving a vision. There, they met a group of women praying by the river, including Lydia, a wealthy merchant who received the gospel and was baptized with her family. Paul and Silas stayed at her house. Later, Paul cast a demon out of a slave girl, angering her owners who profited from her. This led to Paul and Silas being beaten and imprisoned. Despite this, they continued to praise God, and an earthquake freed all the prisoners. Paul shared the gospel with the jailer, who, along with his family, believed and was baptized. Paul demanded a public apology for their wrongful imprisonment as Roman citizens before being released.
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Keywords
💡Paul's Second Missionary Journey
💡Jerusalem Council
💡Timothy
💡Macedonian Vision
💡Lydia
💡Philippi
💡Thessalonica
💡Berea
💡Mars Hill
💡Corinth
Highlights
Paul proposed revisiting the churches planted during the first missionary journey, but a sharp disagreement with Barnabas led to two separate journeys.
Paul took Silas through Syria and Cilicia, while Barnabas took John Mark to Cyprus.
Paul and Silas picked up Timothy in Lystra, and Paul had him circumcised to aid ministry among the Jews.
They delivered the decrees from the Jerusalem council to the churches, focusing on abstaining from meats offered to idols, blood, strangled animals, and fornication.
The Holy Spirit prevented Paul and Silas from preaching in Asia and Bithynia, leading them to Macedonia after Paul had a vision of a man asking for help.
In Philippi, Paul met Lydia, a wealthy merchant, who converted to Christianity and hosted Paul and his team.
Paul cast a demon out of a slave girl in Philippi, which led to their imprisonment after angering her masters who profited from her.
An earthquake freed all the prisoners, but Paul and Silas stayed, leading the prison guard and his family to convert to Christianity.
Paul demanded a public apology from the magistrates for their illegal treatment, as he was a Roman citizen, before leaving Philippi.
Paul preached in Thessalonica for three Sabbaths, but non-believing Jews stirred up a mob, forcing him to flee to Berea.
The Bereans were commended for their diligence in examining the scriptures to confirm Paul's teachings.
Paul preached in Athens, addressing the philosophers and pointing them to the 'unknown God' on Mars Hill.
In Corinth, Paul stayed with Aquila and Priscilla, tentmakers like himself, and preached for a year and a half.
The Jewish opposition in Corinth rejected Paul, but Crispus, the synagogue leader, and many Corinthians believed and were baptized.
Paul had a vision in Corinth encouraging him to continue preaching despite opposition, and he later left for Syria after fulfilling a vow in Cenchrea.
Transcripts
this is a brief summary of poor's second
missionary journey found in acts 15 to
18 which happened after the jerusalem
council most likely around 49-51 a.d
after a year or so after finishing the
first missionary journey paul proposed
that he and barnabas revisit the
churches that they planted however a
sharp disagreement arose over whether or
not john mark who left them on their
first missionary journey should
accompany them on this journey after the
contention barnabas decided to take john
mark to cyprus while paul took silas
through syria and silesia to encourage
the churches there after arriving in
derby and then lystra paul and silas
picked up timothy a young man who was
well spoken by the believers in lystra
in order to reach the jews in that area
the apostle paul decided to have timothy
circumcised as they went through the
cities they also delivered the decrees
which were ordained by the apostles and
elders which were at jerusalem the
decrees was to abstain from meats over
to idols and from blood from things
strangled and from fornication and as
they strengthened the faith in those
churches a number of new believers
increased daily porn silas and timothy
were headed to asia to spread the gospel
they had gone throughout fijia and the
region of gelatia but were forbidden of
the holy ghost to preach the word in
asia they then headed to mission they
sailed to go into bithynia but again the
spirits suffered them not then they
passing by mission came down the troas
paul received the vision of a man asking
them to go down to macedonia which is
modern-day greece and a vision appeared
to poor in the night they stood a man of
macedonia and prayed him saying come
over into macedonia and help us
paul was certain that the lord had
redirected them to go to macedonia to
preach the gospel in verse 11 we see
that there is a shift in the narrative
luke who wrote the book of acts uses the
pronoun we so it appears that luke joins
the team in troas and they all depart to
go to philippi as they departed from
troas they came to samothracia and
stayed the night and the next day they
traveled through to nepalese when they
arrive in philippi they stay several
days and one sabbath day they join a
group of people mostly women praying by
the river and they preached to them
among the people there was a certain
lady named lydia she was a worshiper of
god a wealthy merchant who the lord
opened her heart to receive the gospel
lydia and her whole family responded
well to the gospel and was saved and
baptized lydia had a strong burden for
the team to be accommodated in her home
and she constrained them and they stayed
at lydia's house as time passed a slave
girl who was possessed with a demon made
a lot of money for her master followed
poor many days
paul eventually cast out the demon out
of the slave girl this angered her owner
as he realized the money wasn't being
made
paul and silas therefore were bought
before the city magistrate for what they
have done and paul and silas were beaten
and thrown in prison but they continued
to praise god and pray and all the jail
heard them
that night god caused an earthquake to
release all the prisoners but none of
them fled the jail the prisoners stayed
and because of this paul was able to
share the gospel with the prison guard
the prison guard feared for his life and
said to paul and silas cerse what must i
do to be saved and they said believe in
the lord jesus christ and thou shalt be
saved and thy house
the prison guard took pawn silas to the
house and he washed their wounds the
prison guard along with his family ended
up trusting christ as their personal
savior and were baptized in the morning
the magistrates freed porn silas but
paul refused to leave without a public
apology for the way they had violated
his rights as a roman citizen after this
paul silas and timothy traveled to
thessalonica with financial support from
the new church in philippi they passed
through amphipolis and apollonia and
came to thessalonica where it was a
synagogue of the jews paul preached the
gospel in the synagogue in thessalonica
for three sabbath days paul preached
that christ must needs have suffered and
risen from the dead and that christ
indeed was jesus
some of the jews believed as well as
many greeks including some of the
leading women unfortunately the
non-believing jews were filled with envy
and stirred up a violent mob against
porn silas
porn silas had escaped that night to
berea and when they could not find porn
silas in jason's house they dragged
jason and other believers before the
rulers of the city magistrates the
magistrates believe the false reports
that were made and were displeased they
demanded from jason and the other
brethren some sort of bond money before
they would release them in berea paul
again shared the gospel in the synagogue
the bereans listened to paul's teaching
and faithfully examine the scriptures to
determine if paul's teaching was true
acts 17 11 these were more noble than
those in thessalonica in that they
received the word with all readiness of
mind searched the scriptures daily
whether those things were so and because
of this many of the bereans believed
unfortunately once again the
non-believing jews from thessalonica
arrived in berea to stir up more trouble
for the apostle paul
poor then sailed off to athens by
himself while timothy and silas stayed
behind
when paul reached athens waiting for
silas and timothy paul saw the idolatry
ripple throughout all the city and he
was stirred up in his spirit paul
disputed and preached in the synagogue
and in the marketplace
then certain philosophers took the
apostle paul and brought him unto mars
hill to hear paul's new doctrine
paul then takes the time to preach the
gospel points them to the creator using
their superscription that they had
written on the altar called the unknown
god and he preaches the resurrection of
jesus christ and encourages them to
repent some of them believed others
mocked and others seemed interested and
wanted to hear some more after these
things poor departed from athens and
came to colorado paul met a married
couple who were jews named the queller
and priscilla paul stayed with aquila
and priscilla who like paul were turn
makers as paul stayed in corinth he
raised it into synagogues every sabbath
and persuaded the jews and the greeks at
this point silas and timothy meet up
with paul and he begins his ministry for
a year and a half in corinth by teaching
in the synagogue unfortunately the
corinthian jews rejected the gospel paul
then shook his ramen and said unto them
your blood be upon your own heads i am
clean from henceforth i will go unto the
gentiles poor then entered into a
certain man's house named justice one
that worshiped god and lived next door
to the synagogue
and crispus the chief ruler of the
synagogue believed on the lord with all
his house and many of the corinthians
hearing believed and were baptized it is
said that during paul's time in corinth
he wrote first and second thessalonians
to encourage the believers because of
the suffering they were experiencing
because of the gospel by reading first
thessalonians chapter number 3 verses 2
to 6 it seems that timothy spent time in
thessalonica to establish and exhort the
new believers in their faith the report
regarding the church at thessalonica
could have been reported when paul met
timothy and corinth in corinth paul
receives another vision from god and the
lord encouraging him to continue to
preach the gospel despite the upcoming
hardships after paul's vision the jews
brought paul before galio the pro
council arguing that he was teaching
things that were contrary to the law
before paul had an opportunity to speak
and testify to defend himself
gallio discharged the matter with utter
contempt galio made it clear to the jews
that this matter wasn't part of his
jurisdiction to rule or make judgment
after the apostle paul was released he
remained in corinth yet a good while the
apostle paul set sail to go to syria
aquila and priscilla accompany poor
along the journey on the way to syria
the apostle paul stops at centria cuts
his hair fulfilling a vow
and then they sail to ephesus
in ephesus poor preachers in the
synagogue reasoning with the jews the
ephesians were eager to have poor stay
but he declined hoping to return at
another time
priscilla and the quiller settle in
ephesus while paul then sails to
caesarea arriving in caesarea the
apostle paul goes to jerusalem to spend
some time with the brethren there
being in jerusalem the apostle paul also
celebrates the feast hence the reason
why he didn't stay in ephesus
after this
paul the apostle heads down to antioch
ascending church stays a while before
his third missionary journey
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