The following is a brief summary of Paul's Journey in the book of Acts.

Paul attended the stoning of Stephen.

Acts 7:54-60

:58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him.  And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

 

Acts 9 Saul’s conversion

A.D. 35-39 and early travels

9:1 Saul was breathing treats and murder against the disciples of the Lord…

9:3-19 Light from heaven shown around him, and a voice from heaven said to him “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”

Paul “Who are You Lord?”

Jesus “I am Jesus Whom you are persecuting.”

Paul goes blind and is instructed to go into Damascus.  For 3 days he was without food or drink.

God communicated to one of His disciples in Damascus, Ananias, telling him what was up with Paul “Go for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry My Name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.  For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

 

9:20 Saul immediately goes into the synagogue in Damascus and proclaims Jesus, saying, “He is the Son of God.”

9:22.. increased in strength…proving Jesus was the Christ

 

9:23-25 The Jews in Damascus plotted to kill Saul, some of his disciples let him out through a hole in the wall down in a basket at night.

 

9:26-30 Saul enters Jerusalem, most of the Christians feared him.  Barnabas intercedes and sticks up for Saul. 

In Jerusalem Saul preaches boldly in the Name of Lord.

Saul had the Hellenists seeking to kill him so the “brothers” sent him to Tarsus.

 

11:19-26 the hand of the Lord is with men of Cyprus and Cyrene, and a great many people, even Hellenists turned to the Lord, Jerusalem sends Barnabas.  Barnabas gets Saul from Tarsus and for a year they met with the church and taught a great many people. 

Antioch is where the disciples were first called Christians.

 

11:30 “relief” was sent to Jerusalem/Judea by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

 

13:1-3 in Antioch, while worshipping the Lord and fasting the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”…They sent them off.

 

Paul’s First Missionary Journey (13:4–14:26) a.d. 46–47

On Cyprus 13:4-13  They proclaimed the Word of God in the synagogues.

:9 Saul, also called Paul

13:10-11  Paul to the magician Elymas, “You son of the Devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?   And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable too see the sun for a time.”  Then the proconsul believed, when he saw, and was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

 

In Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52

On a Sabbath, in a Synagogue, to some Jews, Paul preached the history of Judaism, highlighting: The time in Egypt, 40 years in wilderness, The land of Canaan, Judges, Samuel, Saul of Kish, to Jesse and David.  Of this man’s offspring (David’s) God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as He promised.

…to us has been sent the message of salvation…(concerning Jesus) they found in Him no guilt worthy of death but executed him by the hand of Pilate.

13:29 He was laid in a tomb, but God raised him from the dead, many people witnessed Him in the resurrection.

:32 we bring you this good news that God promised the fathers, has been fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus.

:38 Let it be known to you therefore, brother, that through this man forgiveness of sins ins proclaimed to you, and by Him everyone who believes is freed form everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Mosses.

The Jews reject this, but the Gentiles rejoiced and glorified the Word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

 

14:3,7  at Iconium, for a long time they spoke boldly for the Lord, bore witness to the word of His grace, and continued to preach the gospel.

 

In Lystra 14:15 …we bring you good news that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

 

In Derbe 14:21 They (Paul and Barnabas) preached the gospel and made many disciples.

 

On their return trip, they (14:22-23) strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.  They appointed elders, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

 

Jerusalem Counsel A.D. 48

 

 

Paul’s Second Missionary Journey (15:36–18:22)  a.d. 49–51

15:36-40 A sharp disagreement between Barnabas and Paul over whether John Mark should accompany them.  Paul ends up taking Silas.

16:1 in Derbe Timothy joins Paul and Silas.  Together they delivered the letter from the Jerusalem counsel.

 

In Mysia, (16:7) the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to go into Bithynia.  Paul has the vision of the man from Macedonia, and they, Paul, Silas, and Timothy, concluded that God had called us to preach the gospel to them.  16:10

 

Met Lydia in Philippi, and stayed with her 16:11-15

 

The Philippian Jailer, “What must I do to be saved?” “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.”

 

In Thessalonica, to the Jews, Paul explained and proved, from the scriptures, that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “ This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”

 

Paul addresses the Areopagus in Athens, having had his spirit provoked within him at the sight of all the idolatry. 17:16

17:22-31  “The God Who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands, as though he needed anything, since He himself gives to all mankind life and breath and everything.  And he made form one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him…

Being God’s offspring, we ought not to think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and imagination of man.  The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the worked in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him form the dead.” 

 

Acts 18:4 at Corinth, in they synagogue, Paul reasoned and try to persuade Jews and Greeks concerning Jesus.

 

Jesus tells Paul in a vision, to not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent…so for a 18 months, Paul taught the Word of God among them. 18:9,11.

 

Paul’s third Missionary Journey,18:22-21:17.

A.D.52-57

 

In Ephesus, 19:1-10, Paul took some men who had only received a faith in Johnny B..  So Paul baptized them into Christ and they, like at Pentecost, began speaking in tongues and prophesying.

 

Paul reasoned and persuaded the Jews in the synagogue about the kingdom of God.

 

He reasoned daily in the hall of Tyrannus for 2 years.  So that all the residents of Asia heard the word of the Lord!

 

19:11  And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them.

 

20:7-12 After preaching all night, Paul raise Eutychus from the dead.

 

To the Elders of the Ephesian Church, from Miletus, Acts 20:18-38

 

“You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through the plots of the Jews;

 

 20 how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you in public and from house to house, 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and of faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

 

 

24 But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

 

25 And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again.

 

26 Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all, 27 for I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole counsel of God. 

 

 

28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood. 29 I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; 30 and from among your own selves will arise men speaking twisted things, to draw away the disciples after them. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night or day to admonish every one with tears.32

 

32 And now I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

 

 

33 I coveted no one's silver or gold or apparel. 34 You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me. 35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

 

21:13 At Caesarea, in Phillip’s house, to everyone who was encouraging him to not go to Jerusalem, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart?  For I am ready  not only to be imprisoned but even to died in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

 

 

In 22:14,15 Paul recalls what Ananias had told him at his conversion, namely, that he was appointed to know God’s will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice form his mouth; for you will be a witness (1:8)(martus) for him to everyone of what you have seen and heard.

 

23:1-3 Paul is struck in the mouth for saying, “ I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.”

 

23:11 The Lord tells Paul in the night, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.”

 

24:14-16  “I worship the god of our fathers, believing everything laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets, having a hope in God, which these men themselves accept, that there will be a resurrection of both the just and the unjust.  So I always take pains to have a clear conscience toward both God and man.”

 

24:24-25 Paul to Felix and Drusilla, spoke of faith in Christ Jesus, reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment.

**Take special note of the 4 elements of Paul’s witness, faith in Christ, righteousness, self-control, and judgment.**

 

25:8-12 Paul declares his innocence before Caesar’s tribunal, and pleads that his case be set before Caesar himself.

“Neither against the law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I committed any offense.”

*Similar to Jesus, many charges brought against him but none were true or accurate. *

 

26:6-8 Paul on trial before Agrippa, Festus, and Festus woman.  “I am on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God, that He can and has raised the dead.”

 

Paul’s clearest ministry explanation, that which Christ communicated to him at his conversion.

26:16-18  Jesus appointed Paul as a servant and witness to both what he has seen and what Christ would show him. 

“I am sending you to the Gentiles, to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.”

 

26:22,23 “I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass; that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”

 

Acts ends (A.D. 62) with this statement concerning the apostle Paul…28:30 He lived there (Rome) two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, 31 proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.