Acts 15:3

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They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.

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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 sent Paul and Barnabas toward Jerusalem, passing through Phoenicia and Samaria as they reported Gentile conversions. Cilicia, Cyprus, Pamphylia, and Judea frame the wider eastern Mediterranean mission and the dispute over whether Gentile believers must be circumcised.

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Acts 15:3 mentions Antioch, Cilicia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Judea, Pamphylia, Phoenicia, Samaria and Syria.

Photo of Antioch — Antioch · Volkan Hatem

Photo of Cilicia — Cilicia · Volker Höhfeld

Photo of Jerusalem — Jerusalem · Godot13