Paul's second journey
The gospel crosses into Europe — from Antioch through Macedonia and Greece, planting the churches that would receive Paul's letters.
A sharp disagreement
The journey begins in Antioch with a quarrel: Paul and Barnabas part ways over John Mark. Paul chooses Silas and sets out overland to strengthen the young churches.
Timothy joins
In Lystra, the town where Paul was once stoned and left for dead, he finds a disciple well spoken of by everyone — young Timothy, who joins the team as a son joins a father.
The vision at Troas
Blocked at every turn from preaching in Asia, Paul reaches the coast. In the night a man of Macedonia pleads: "Come over and help us" — and the gospel turns toward Europe.
The jailer at midnight
A businesswoman, a slave girl, an earthquake at midnight and a jailer washing wounds at his own table: the first church on European soil begins in the Roman colony of Philippi.
Turning the world upside down
Three sabbaths of reasoning in the synagogue of Thessalonica are enough to start a church — and a riot. "These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also."
The noble Bereans
In Berea they receive the word with all readiness of mind — and check it, searching the Scriptures daily whether those things were so. The Bereans become a byword for honest study.
The unknown god
Provoked by a city full of idols, Paul stands in the midst of Mars' hill in Athens and begins from an altar inscribed TO THE UNKNOWN GOD — preaching the Creator who commands all people everywhere to repent.
Eighteen months in Corinth
In a rough port city Paul makes tents with Aquila and Priscilla and hears the Lord say in a vision: "I have much people in this city." He stays a year and a half.
The return
A brief first visit to Ephesus on the way home, and a promise to return, God willing. He will: the third journey gives this city three years, and one of the New Testament's greatest letters.