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C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20 >
5. The results of ministry in Asia 18:23-19:20 >
The beginning of Paul's third missionary journey 18:23
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Luke did not record Paul's activities in Antioch, but we may safely assume he gave another report to the church as he had done when he returned from his first journey (14:27-28). Paul probably remained in Antioch from the spring or summer of 52 through the spring of 53 A.D.753Leaving Antioch he seems to have followed the same route through the province of Galatia and the district of Phrygia that he had taken when he began his second journey (15:41-16:6). He stopped to minister to the churches of those areas again, too.
"The third journey is a journey of new mission only in a limited sense. In the first two journeys the emphasis was on the founding of new churches. In 18:23 Paul begins a journey to strengthen established churches."754
