The Acts of the Apostles

LANDS, NATIONS, CITIES, AND HOUSES 97
(xiv. 24y*.). On his second missionary journey the
Apostle travelled by land through Syria and Cilicia,
and came once again into these regions (xv. 41 ; xvi.
ly!); but St. Luke gives us no further information
of a geographical character.^ The TroXeig (xvi. 4)
may, however, have also included other cities than
the four mentioned in chaps, xiii. and xiv.
Phryg-ia and Galatia (Mysia, Bithynia, Pontus).
Following the Acts of the Apostles, we usually speak
of three missionary journeys of St. Paul; but the author
did not so count them. He distinguishes the mission
in Cyprus, Pisidia, Lycaonia, and Pamphylia (chaps,
xiii.—xiv.) from a second great missionary under-
taking which he describes in chaps, xv. 36—xxi. 17.
Within this period there occurs a return to Antioch
(xviii. 18—22), but the unity and continuity of the
whole is not affected thereby. In regard to this second
missionary undertaking St. Luke was interested only in
the mission on the coasts of the jEgean Sea. In conse-
quence the mission in Phrygia and Galatia is scarcely
touched upon in his book. Nevertheless in xvi. 6, by
means of the characteristic word Siepj^eaOai and in
xviii. 23 by this same word combined with aTrjplYeiv
Travra^ rovg juLaOrjragi it is clearly intimated that St.
Paul had planted the Gospel in these regions ; while
* In xvi. 1-3 Derbe and Lystra are yet again mentioned only for
the purpose of telling how it was that Timothy, who belonged to
the latter city, came into contact with St. Paul. St. Luke has thus
a special interest in this companion of St. Paul, and very naturally
so, seeing that he himself had worked together with him.
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