Early Church

Mission to Antioch in Pisidia

Mission to Antioch in Pisidia is dated AD 45. It is told in Acts 13:13–52. Barnabas, John Mark, Paul are part of it.

After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.

Acts 13:13 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 45
Traditional reckoning
AD 45

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Iconium, Antioch (Pisidia), Paphos, Jerusalem, Pamphylia, Perga.

Which verses connect to Acts 13:13?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. Acts 15:386 votes

    But Paul thought it best not to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work.

  2. Acts 2:103 votes

    Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome,

  3. Acts 12:123 votes

    And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

  4. When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper. They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,

  5. After passing through Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

  6. Acts 27:53 votes

    And when we had sailed across the open sea off the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra in Lycia.

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.