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c. AD 46-48 · Acts 13 - 14

Paul's first journey

Cyprus and the inland cities of Asia Minor

CYPRUSNileEuphratesTigrisJordanSea of GalileeDead Sea1Antioch2Seleucia3Salamis4Paphos5Perga6Pisidian Antioch7Iconium8Lystra9Derbe10AttaliaN100 km

10 stops · roughly 1,291 km end to end

Click any stop to see a photograph of the site as it stands today.

Stop by stop

  1. 1

    Antioch

    Acts 13:1-3

    Sent out from the Syrian church.

  2. 2

    Seleucia

    Acts 13:4
    22 km from Antioch

    The port of Antioch.

  3. 3

    Salamis

    Acts 13:5
    211 km from Seleucia

    Landfall on Cyprus.

  4. 4

    Paphos

    Acts 13:6-12
    144 km from Salamis

    The proconsul Sergius Paulus.

  5. 5

    Perga

    Acts 13:13
    282 km from Paphos

    Crossing to the mainland; John Mark turns back.

  6. 6

    Pisidian Antioch

    Acts 13:14-52
    153 km from Perga

    The synagogue address and the turn to the Gentiles.

  7. 7

    Iconium

    Acts 14:1-6
    124 km from Pisidian Antioch

    A long stay, then a plot.

  8. 8

    Lystra

    Acts 14:8-20
    32 km from Iconium

    Taken for Zeus and Hermes; then stoned.

  9. 9

    Derbe

    Acts 14:20
    83 km from Lystra

    The furthest point east.

  10. 10

    Attalia

    Acts 14:25-26
    240 km from Derbe

    Sailing home from the Pamphylian coast.

What the record fixes

The Sergius Paulus family is attested in inscriptions from Cyprus and Rome; the Lystra altars name Zeus and Hermes together, matching the crowd's reaction there. Pisidian Antioch and Perga are excavated Roman cities.