NLT Illustrated Study Bible - Book of Acts - Flipbook - Page 49
2005
EPHESUS was the wealthy hub of
Artemis worship. Paul tried to go
there earlier, but could not until his
third journey; he spent three years
there. See “Ephesus,” Eph 1:1
PHILIPPI was a prominent Roman
military city, and was Paul’s first
stop in Macedonia on his second
journey. See “Philippi,” Phil 1:1
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ANTIOCH was the earliest and most
important hub of Jewish-Gentile
Christianity; from there Paul and
Barnabas were sent out on their
journeys. See “Antioch of Syria,”
Acts 13:1-4
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BITHYNIA
Marmara Sea
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ASIA
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Laodicea
Miletus
Patmos
Cos
CA R I A
Cnidus
3
Colosse
Attalia
Iconium
CO
Derbe
Lystra
PA M
P
Perga H Y L
LYC IA
Patara Myra
Lake
Tuz
IA
Ephesus
Samos
Antioch
of Pisida
ON
Sardis
Philadelphia
Smyrna
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CA
PH
LY D I A
Kios
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Thyatira
IA
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LA
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Mitylene
Pergamum
PISID
Troas
Assos
Ancyra
(Ankara)
2
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Aleppo
Antioch
Seleucia
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rates R.
SYRIA
1
Rhodes
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CIA
Tarsus
IA
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Salamis
Cyprus
Paphos
Damascus
Sidon
Tyre
Ptolemais
Caesarea
CAESAREA was the administrative
center of Palestine. Paul was impris
oned there for two years before his
journey to Rome. See “Caesarea,”
Acts 23:23-35
Alexandria
EG YPT
Jordan R.
Dead Sea
Jerusalem
IA
Mediterranean
Sea
AB
CYPRUS was Barnabas’s birthplace.
He and Paul traveled through Cyprus
on their first journey, and Barnabas
later returned there. See Acts 4:36;
11:19-20; 13:4-13; 15:39
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