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Lessons from simon the sorcerer9/6/2023 Presumably, Barnabas and Paul preach in the city for some time before they come to the proconsul’s attention. At Paphos, the island’s proconsul, Sergius Paulus, requests a meeting with the two missionaries. The other city Luke mentions is Paphos, the provincial capital, 90 miles (145 kilometers) southwest of Salamis. That is a logical starting point, for it is a gathering place for people likely to be interested in a message from Jewish preachers based on the Jewish Scriptures, about the Messiah. Paul continues this pattern of beginning his missionary work in a city by first working within the synagogue. There is a substantial Jewish population in Salamis, as there are several synagogues for Barnabas and Paul to preach in. Barnabas and Paul “proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues” of the city (13:5). Salamis is a few miles from the modern city of Famagusta. The first of two Cypriot cities Luke mentions is Salamis, the administrative center of eastern Cyprus (13:5). “Helper” translates the Greek word hyperetes, which is used of a synagogue attendant (4:20). Luke describes him as the “helper” of Barnabas and Paul. The fact that he has a family connection with Barnabas and perhaps is familiar with Cyprus, are probably the reasons he is taken along. John Mark accompanies Barnabas and Paul on the journey as their assistant. Christian communities probably exist on the island and can serve as bases of operation (11:19). He is acquainted with its idiosyncrasies, terrain and people. it became a senatorial province, and in Paul’s day it is administered by a proconsul.Ĭyprus is a sensible place to begin the church’s outreach program because it is Barnabas’ native land. Cyprus was once part of the imperial province of Cilicia. Cyprus is about 140 miles (225 kilometers) long and 60 miles (96 kilometers) wide. The journey by boat is about 130 miles (210 kilometers), and when the wind is favorable, takes only one day. Their destination is the island of Cyprus, in the northeastern corner of the Mediterranean Sea. Barnabas and Paul leave from Seleucia, the port city about 16 miles (26 kilometers) west of Antioch and four or five miles northeast of the mouth of the Orontes River. The entire trip, perhaps about three years in length, is described in chapters 13 and 14. Luke now begins the story of Paul’s first missionary journey.
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