Outline map illustrating the first and second missionary journeys of Paul.
II. PAUL'S JOURNEYS
Acts 13:1-38:31
STUDY III
FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Scripture, Acts 13:1-14:26
INTRODUCTION TO THE THREE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS
Before taking up the study of the first missionary journey, attention is called to certain points which should be considered in regard to all three of them (Acts 13:1-21:17).
We have now arrived at what we might call the watershed of the Acts of the Apostles. Hitherto we have had various scenes, characters, personages to consider. Henceforth Paul, his labors, his disputes, his speeches, occupy the entire field, and every other man who is introduced into the narrative plays a subordinate part.
Our attention is now turned from the Jewish world, considered so largely in the first twelve chapters of the Acts, to the heathen world and the struggle which Paul and his fellow laborers had with it, in bringing it to Christ.