18:22 What does this verse signify?
18:22 What does this verse signify?
This verse signifies the completion of Paul's second apostolic mission which commenced with Silas in Ac 15:40 after Paul and Barnabas separated over John Mark, approximately four years earlier (CP 15:39-41).
Paul and Silas had travelled from Antioch confirming and strengthening the churches already established in Syria and Cilicia, and those which Paul and Barnabas had previously set up at Derbe, Lystra (where Timothy joined them), Iconium, and Antioch in Pisidia.
They then founded new churches at Troas in Mysia (where Luke joined them); Philippi, Amphipolis, Thessalonica, and Berea in Macedonia (northern Greece); Athens, Corinth (where Aquila and Priscilla also joined them), and Cenchrea in Achaia (Southern Greece), and then Ephesus, back in Asia Minor, before returning home via Caesarea and Jerusalem.
The complete journey is recorded in Ac 15:40-18:22. See also author's study Paul the Apostle - a Chosen Vessel unto God in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).