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The Macedonian Call: The Gospel Enters Europe

Answering a divine vision at Troas of a Macedonian man pleading for help, Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke sail across the northern Aegean into Europe, planting pioneering churches in Neapolis, Philippi, and Thessalonica.

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  • Paul

    Follow the full biblical biography of Paul.

Itinerary Stops (4)

  • Stop 1: Troas (Acts 16:8-10)

    Paul sees the night vision of the Macedonian man pleading for help and immediately resolves to sail for Macedonia.

  • Stop 2: Neapolis (Acts 16:11)

    Setting sail from Troas and making a straight run past Samothrace, the missionaries make their first landfall on European soil.

  • Stop 3: Philippi (Acts 16:12-40)

    First major Roman colony reached; riverside meeting with Lydia, midnight earthquake in prison, and salvation of the jailer.

  • Stop 4: Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9)

    Traversing Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul preaches Jesus as the promised Messiah in the synagogue for three consecutive Sabbaths.

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