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The Apostle Paul's
Fifth Missionary Journey
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Large Map of Apostle Paul's Fifth Missionary Journey which occurred from 63 to 67 A.D. After Paul is freed in 63 A.D. from a prison in Rome he travels to the island of Crete. After Crete he goes to Nicopolis and then to both Spain and Britain. In 67 A.D. Paul is again a prisoner in Rome.
 
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Star to designate the starting location of Paul's missionary journey.
Location where missionary journey begins
Line with arrow to designate Apostle Paul's First Missionary Journey
Apostle Paul's Fifth Missionary Journey
ALL CAPITALSCountry, Roman Province, Island or Body of Water name
 
 
Late Winter 61 A.D. to Early Spring 63 A.D.
Paul is a prisoner in Rome

Although the Apostle Paul is a prisoner, he is allowed in Rome to live by himself guarded only by a Roman soldier (Acts 28:16). He is able to receive visitors and continues to preach of the Gospel (Acts 28:17-31). Paul also has the opportunity to speak with Jewish religious leaders in Rome (Acts 28:17-29).

At its height of power in 117 A.D. (under Emperor Trajan), the Roman Empire
spanned an area of some 2.5 million square miles (6.5 million square kilometers).
It had an estimated population of 88 million.
Spring 63 A.D.
Paul is acquitted of all charges against him and is set free

In Rome the Apostle Paul is acquitted of the charges against him and is set free. He sails from Rome to the island of Crete in order to meet with Titus (Titus 1:5).

Emblem of a World Empire
Emblem of the Roman Empire picture. At its height in 117 A.D., the Roman Empire controlled an area totaling 2.5 million square miles (6.5 million square kilometers).
Emblem of the
Roman Empire
 



The emblem of the Roman Empire was a red banner with the letters S-P-Q-R in gold letters. The letters were surrounded by a gold wreath hung on a military standard topped by a Roman eagle or an image of the goddess Victoria made of silver or bronze.

The letters SPQR stood for 'Senatus Populusque Romanus' which means: The Senate and People of Rome.
 

63 A.D.
Apostle Paul travels to Nicopolis

Paul leaves Titus in Crete (Titus 1:5) and sails to Nicopolis in Macedonia (Titus 3:12). From Nicopolis Paul writes the New Testament books of 1Timothy and Titus.

63 A.D. to 67 A.D.
Apostle Paul begins his FIFTH Missionary Journey

Paul continues his mission of spreading the gospel by traveling to Spain. In the winter of 57 A.D. Paul wrote to the church at Rome regarding his planned travel to this part of the empire:
Marble bust of Augustus, the first Emperor of the Roman Empire. Augustus ruled from 27 B.C. to 14 A.D.
Marble bust of Augustus,
the first Roman Emperor

"For this reason I also have been much hindered from coming to you.  But now no longer having a place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you, WHENEVER I JOURNEY TO SPAIN, I shall come to you.  For I hope to see you on my journey, and to be helped on my way there by you, if first I may enjoy your company for a while.

"But now I am going to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. . . . Therefore, when I have performed this and have sealed to them this fruit, I shall go by way of you (the city of Rome) TO SPAIN. " (Romans 15:22-25, 28, NKJV)

There is also evidence, though not conclusive, that the apostle Paul also preached the gospel in Britain (Britannia).

67 A.D.
Apostle Paul is back in a Roman prison

Paul is back in a prison in Rome. While prisoner he writes the book of 2Timothy. This letter to his close friend, traveling companion and fellow laborer in spreading the gospel would be his last epistle.


The Roman state (in one form or another) existed from 753 B.C. to 1453 A.D.
This represents a time span of more than 2,200 years!
 
68 A.D.
The Apostle Paul dies a martyr at the hands of the Romans

The Apostle Paul is put to death by beheading, under Roman Emperor Nero, around May or June of 68 A.D. Paul's death occurs just before Nero's suicide on June 9, 68 A.D. in Greece.

Nero is the first emperor of the Roman Empire to actively persecute and kill Christians. Rome will carry out at least TEN major efforts to exterminate Christians and expunge Christianity from the empire. The persecutions first start under Nero in 67 A.D. and continue until 313 A.D., when Emperor Constantine's Edict of Milan legalizes Christianity and ends Rome's persecutions.

At the time of his martyrdom the apostle Paul was about sixty-six (66) years old.

Bust of Emperor Nero at the Capitoline Museum, Rome. Nero was emperor from 54 A.D. until his suicide in 68 A.D.
Bust of Roman
Emperor Nero
Map of Apostle Paul's Travels
BEFORE his First Missionary Journey
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