1 2 Thessalonians. 2nd Missionary Journey. Mission Team Fracture

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1 1 2 Thessalonians 2nd Missionary Journey Second Missionary Journey? Cenchrea? 2nd Missionary Journey "we" (16:10 17) "we" (16:10 17) Mission Team Fracture "And Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark.... And there arose a sharp contention, so that they separated from each other;... but Paul chose Silas and departed" (Acts 15:37, 39, 40) Cenchrea

2 Lystra: Timothy "And he came also to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer; but his father was a Greek." (Acts 16:1) Mission Team Fracture "And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia." (Acts 16:6) Mission Team Fracture "And when they had come opposite Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; so passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas." (Acts 16:7 8) Kavala to Krinides (Philippi) Philippi (8 km) Developing Second Missionary Church: Journey: Acts Acts 15:36 18:22

3 N. Peramos to Thessalonica Philippi N. Peramos Kavala Thessalonica: Sights to See Thessalonica Roman Agora White Tower Arch/Galerius A. Museum Hotel Metropolitan Thessalonica: History 1. Macedonian Province Greek Empire Roman control (168 BC) Via Egnatia military highway (146 BC) 2. Roman City Provincial capital (146 BC) Free city (Anthony/Octavian, 42 BC) High loyalty to Rome Edict of Claudius (AD 49) Paul's mission preaching (AD 50 51) Thess.: Calculated Charges 1. Social disruption "Turned the world upside down" Roman peace and stability 2. Political sedition "Jason has received them": harboring political agitators "decrees of Caesar": against Jews? "another king, Jesus": revolutionaries

4 Thessalonica to Berea Berea (50 km) Vergina Berea: Team Separation "Then the brethren immediately sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained there." (Acts 17:14) Athens: Solo Sojourn "Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed." (Acts 17:15) Athens: Aeropagus Speech "Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, 'We will hear you again about this.' So Paul went out from among them.... After this he left Athens and went to Corinth." (Acts 17:32 33; 18:1)

5 Delphi Mycenae Corinth Athens to Corinth 55 km Athens Corinth: Missionary Crisis "And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing beseeching him and saying, 'Come over to Macedonia and help us'" (Acts 16:9). What? Philippi: scourged, imprisoned Thess./Berea: threatened, harassed Athens: mocked, spurned Corinth: Missionary Labor "And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately come from Italy with his wife Priscilla... and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked, for by trade they were tentmakers." (Acts 18:2a, 3) Corinth: Crispus, Synagogue "Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord, together with all his household; and many of the Corinthians hearing Paul believed and were baptized." (Acts 18:8)

6 Corinth: Crispus, Synagogue "I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius." (1 Cor. 1:14) Corinth: Gallio, the Proconsul "But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal [bema]." (Acts 18:12) Corinth: Gallio, the Proconsul Proconsul: Lucius Annaeus Novatus Gallio brother of Seneca, Stoic philos. Date: from the "Delphi Inscription" from summer 51 to summer 52 Corinth: Sosthenes, Synagogue "And he [Gallio] drove them from the tribunal. And they all seized Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal. But Gallio paid no attention to this." (Acts 18:16 17)

7 Corinth: Sosthenes, Synagogue "Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,..." (1 Cor. 1:1) Corinth: Erastus Inscription "Gaius, who is host to me and to the entire church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus, greet you" (Rom. 16:23) "Erastus remained in Corinth" (2 Tim. 4:20) Timothy Cf. 1 Thess. 3:6 10) Mission Movements Philippi Thessalonica The Itineraries of Silas and Timothy Silas (?) Cf. 2 Cor. 11:9; Phil. 4:16 Corinth: Missionary Movements "And when I was with you and was in want, I did not burden anyone, for my needs were supplied by the brethren who came from Macedonia" (2 Cor. 11:9) "For even in Thessalonica you sent me help once and again" (Phil. 4:16) 1 Thessalonians 2 Thessalonians Paul Corinth

8 Corinth: Missionary Movements "But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us" (1 Thess. 3:6) Ephesus: Priscilla and Aquila "Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. They came to Ephesus, and he left them there." (Acts 18:18 19a)