Editing Paul the Apostle (section)

=== Third missionary journey ===
[[File:Eustache Le Sueur - The Preaching of St Paul at Ephesus - WGA12613.jpg|thumb|upright=1|''The Preaching of Saint Paul at [[Ephesus]]'', a 1649 portrait by [[Eustache Le Sueur]]{{sfn|Crease|2019|pp=309–10}}]]
According to Acts, Paul began his third missionary journey by traveling all around the region of [[Galatia]] and [[Phrygia]] to strengthen, teach and rebuke the believers. Paul then traveled to [[Ephesus]], an important [[Early centers of Christianity|center of early Christianity]], and stayed there for almost three years, probably working there as a tent maker,<ref>{{bibleverse|Acts|20:34|NKJV}}</ref> as he had done when he stayed in [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]]. He is said to have performed numerous miracles, healing people and casting out demons, and he apparently organized missionary activity in other regions.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|loc=St Paul}} Paul left Ephesus after an attack from a local silversmith resulted in a pro-[[Artemis]] riot involving most of the city.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|loc=St Paul}} During his stay in Ephesus, Paul wrote four letters to the church in Corinth.{{sfn|McRay|2007|p=185}} The letter to the church in [[Philippians|Philippi]] is generally thought to have been written from Ephesus, though a minority view considers it may have been penned while he was imprisoned in Rome.<ref>Michael Flexsenhar 111, [https://www.academia.edu/40090544/The_Provenance_of_Philippians_and_Why_it_Matters_Old_Questions_New_Approaches_Journal_for_the_Study_of_the_New_Testament_42_1_2019_18_45  'The Provenance of Philippians and Why it Matters: Old Questions, New Approaches,'] [[Journal for the Study of the New Testament]] Volume 42, Issue 1 2019 : 18-45.</ref>

Paul went through [[Macedonia (Roman province)|Macedonia]] into [[Achaea (Roman province)|Achaea]]<ref name="bibleref2|Acts|20:1–2|NKJV">{{bibleverse|Acts|20:1–2|NKJV}}</ref> and stayed in Greece, probably Corinth, for three months<ref name="bibleref2|Acts|20:1–2|NKJV"/> during 56–57 AD.{{sfn|Cross|Livingstone|2005|loc=St Paul}} Commentators generally agree that Paul dictated his [[Epistle to the Romans#Dating|Epistle to the Romans]] during this period.{{sfn|Sanday|n.d.|p=202}} He then made ready to continue on to [[Roman Syria|Syria]], but he changed his plans and traveled back through Macedonia, putatively because certain Jews had made a plot against him. In Romans 15:19,<ref>{{bibleverse|Romans|15:19}}</ref> Paul wrote that he visited [[Illyricum (Roman province)|Illyricum]], but he may have meant what would now be called [[Illyria Graeca]],{{sfn|Burton|2000|p=26}} which was at that time a division of the Roman province of Macedonia.{{sfn|Petit|1909}} On their way back to Jerusalem, Paul and his companions visited other cities such as [[Philippi]], [[Troad|Troas]], [[Miletus]], [[Rhodes]], and [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]. Paul finished his trip with a stop in [[Caesarea Maritima|Caesarea]], where he and his companions stayed with [[Philip the Evangelist]] before finally arriving in Jerusalem.<ref>{{bibleverse|Acts|21:8–10}}, {{bibleverse|Acts|21:15}}</ref>