City in Syria from which Paul and Barnabas were sent on the first missionary journey

Someone chosen by Christ to minister, taught directly by Christ, and a witness of Christ after his resurrection

Desert region where Paul spent three years after his conversion

Paul's missionary companion on his first journey

Messiah. Comes from “Christos” in Greek, which means the same as “Messiah” in Hebrew.

Old Testament ceremony that symbolized self-cursing

Island in the Mediterranean where Paul visited on his first missionary journey

Traditionally understood in theology as the study of events surrounding the second coming of Christ, but also understood in a broader sense as the study of the stages of redemption

Region of Asia Minor where Paul visited on his first missionary journey, and to which he wrote his first letter

Non-Jewish person, considered "pagan" by the Jews