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Acts 14:12

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They called Barnabas "Jupiter," and Paul "Mercury," because he was the chief speaker.

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Paul's Missionary JourneysThe routes of the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys across the Mediterranean world.
The Roman Empire of the New TestamentThe Roman Empire around the Mediterranean, the political world of the New Testament.

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Paul and Barnabas traveled from Syrian Antioch through Cyprus and southern Galatia, including Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, Derbe, Perga, Attalia,

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Acts 14:12 mentions Antioch, Antioch, Attalia, Derbe, Iconium, Lycaonia, Lystra, Pamphylia, Perga and Pisidia.

Antioch · Volkan Hatem
Antioch · Dosseman
Attalia · Ingo Mehling
Derbe · Murat Özsoy 1958

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