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Bible Maps - Paul's Journey to Rome

Maps of locations on Paul's journey to Rome.
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Paul is transferred to Caesarea. <br/>After arriving in Jerusalem at the end of his third missionary journey, Paul went up to the Temple, but some Jews there started a riot, because they thought he had brought a Gentile into the Temple area. As Paul responded to the Sanhedrin’s accusations, some Jews made plans to ambush him if he was brought before the leaders again. But Paul’s nephew found out about the plot and informed the commander, who transferred Paul to Caesarea during the night under heavy guard: two hundred soldiers, seventy calvary, and two hundred spearmen. This large detachment escorted Paul to Antipatris, and then the soldiers returned, leaving the cavalry to escort Paul the rest of the way to Caesarea. – Slide 1
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Paul’s voyage to Rome. <br/>Felix the governor arranged for Paul to be taken by ship to Rome, even though their voyage would take place late in the season for sea travel and would face difficult weather. Along the way they stopped at Myra in Lycia and then made their way to the southern coast of Crete to search for safe harbour. The centurion and the owner of the ship chose not to wait out the weather at Fair Havens and headed for the harbour at Phoenix further west on the coast. The strong winds, however, caused them to lose control of the ship, and they were driven along by the storm for several days. Eventually they were shipwrecked off the coast of the island of Malta, but the crew was saved. After three months the crew set sail from Malta once again, stopping at Syracuse and Rhegium before arriving at Puteoli in Italy. They travelled the rest of the journey along the Appian Way to Rome. – Slide 2
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Lycia and Pamphylia. <br/>Paul changed ships at the port of Myra while being transferred to Rome to stand trial before Caesar (Acts 27:5). – Slide 3
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Crete. <br/>As Paul was on his way to stand trial in Rome (Acts 27), he sailed along the southern coast of Crete, and there the captain lost control of the ship in a storm while attempting to reach safe harbour at Phoenix. The sailors became terrified that they would run aground on the sandbars of Syrtis, but instead they were driven by the storm to the island of Malta much further west, and the crew was saved. – Slide 4
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Malta and Sicily. <br/>Paul was shipwrecked nearby on the small island of Malta while being transferred to Rome to stand trial before Caesar (Acts 27-28). – Slide 5
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Paul travels from Malta to Rome. <br/>Paul's ship was wrecked near the small island of Malta but the entire crew was saved. During their time there Paul prayed for many who were sick, and they were healed. Three months after they first arrived on the island Paul was placed on another ship to finish the voyage to Rome. Along the way they stopped at Syracuse and Rhegium and then disembarked at Puteoli to finish the trip to Rome on foot. Some believers there invited them to spend a week with them before continuing on to Rome. In the meantime, other believers in Rome heard that Paul was coming and travelled as far as the Forum of Appius–forty miles away–to escort him the rest of the way to Rome. Once in Rome Paul was put under guard but was allowed to live in his own private lodging for two years as he awaited trial. – Slide 6
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The Appian Way. <br/>When Paul was being transferred to Rome under arrest, believers from Rome travelled down the Appian Way as far as the Forum of Appius to meet Paul and escort him back to Rome–a distance of 40 miles (Acts 28:13-15). – Slide 7
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Nicopolis. <br/>Paul’s brief, singular mention of his plans to winter in the city of Nicopolis (Titus 3:12) raises as many questions as it answers regarding his travels after his imprisonment in Rome (Acts 28:14-31). Though Scripture doesn’t clearly say, it seems that after Paul left Rome he travelled to Crete and left Titus behind on the island to minister there (Titus 1:5). Then he made his way to Ephesus with Timothy so that Timothy could do the same. After this Paul travelled to Macedonia (1 Timothy 1:3). It appears that Paul then travelled to Nicopolis around A.D. 65 and sent a fellow worker back to Crete to visit Titus, and he urged Titus to come to him at Nicopolis, because he planned to spend the winter there. – Slide 8
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