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Acts 15:27

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We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.

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Paul's Missionary JourneysThe routes of the Apostle Paul's missionary journeys across the Mediterranean world.
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Antioch in Syria, the church receiving this letter, stood at the center of the Gentile mission; Jerusalem was the apostolic church that sent Judas and Silas to confirm its decision. Judea, Phoenicia, Samaria, Cyprus, Pamphylia, Cilicia, and Syria mark the regions through which the gospel and the council’s teaching spread.

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Acts 15:27 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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