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Acts 15:2

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Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul and Barnabas, and some others of them, to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.

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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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Antioch in Syria was the church’s missionary base, while Jerusalem in Judea housed the apostles and elders consulted over circumcision. The surrounding regions—Phoenicia, Samaria, Cilicia, Cyprus, and Pamphylia—mark the routes and Gentile mission context that made this doctrinal dispute urgent.

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Acts 15:2 mentions Antioch, Cilicia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Judea, Pamphylia, Phoenicia, Samaria and Syria.

Antioch · Volkan Hatem
Cilicia · Volker Höhfeld
Cyprus · Deensel
Jerusalem · Godot13

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