Paul travels to spread the good news

Saul was also known as Paul, and is called Paul in the Bible. Paul travelled to many cities and countries to spread the good news that Jesus was the Saviour. A group of friends usually travelled with him. They had many adventures. Sometimes they were treated well, and at other times they were attacked or imprisoned. Sometimes they had to flee in the middle of the night. But always the Lord was with Paul and his friends. He kept them safe. When Paul was travelling through Greece on his second journey, he visited Athens with his friends Silas and Timothy. He was upset to see how many statues of gods there were in the city. Paul went to the synagogue first to talk to the Jews and all the other people there about Jesus. He told them the Jesus was the Saviour and urged them to believe in Jesus. Paul also visited the marketplace, where there were crowds of people. He spoke to everyone he met there. The Greeks loved to argue, and they had different groups who used to debate various topics. They became interested in Paul’s words, and took him to the Areopagus, a hill where they used to meet to discuss and talk about things. They said, “Please explain the strange things that you are talking about. We have never heard anything like this before!”

Paul began by telling them about the Lord God who made the world and everything in it. He gives life to everything on earth and he does not live in temples. He is not a statue. He is almighty and all powerful, but he loves people and wants them to believe in him. God also raised his Son, Jesus, from the dead.

Some of the people listening to Paul believed his words and became followers of Jesus. Others did not believe at all. They laughed at Paul. Those who believed became followers of Jesus and started a church. Paul taught them about Jesus and how to follow him. Then he left and went to Corinth, another important city in Greece. This was Paul’s life, travelling from one place to the next. In every city he also worked so that he could earn enough money to keep on travelling. He was a tentmaker, and wherever he came he repaired people’s tents. He got to know many people in this way. Paul also wrote many letters to the new believers he left behind in the cities. Many of those letters were kept and became part of the New Testament. Acts 17