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Cyprus

A Mediterranean island — Barnabas' homeland and first stop on Paul's missionary journey

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A large island in the eastern Mediterranean. Barnabas was from Cyprus (Acts 4:36). Paul and Barnabas began their first missionary journey there (Acts 13:4-12), where they encountered the sorcerer Bar-Jesus and converted the proconsul Sergius Paulus. After Paul and Barnabas split, Barnabas returned to Cyprus with Mark (Acts 15:39).

Chapters Mentioning Cyprus

Acts

The Moment the Door Swung Open

Peter gets called out for eating with outsiders — and tells a story that silences the room. Meanwhile, scattered believers accidentally launch a church plant that reshapes the whole movement, and a new name sticks: Christians.

Acts

The Mission That Changed Everything

The church at Antioch sends Barnabas and Paul on a mission that will reshape the world. Along the way there's a showdown with a sorcerer, a sermon that rewrites Israel's entire story, and a moment where the gospel breaks wide open to everyone.

Acts

The Road Nobody Wanted Him to Take

Paul pushes toward Jerusalem despite every warning along the way — friends begging him to stop, a prophet acting out his arrest, and his own team in tears. He arrives, tries to make peace, and walks straight into a mob.

Acts

The Shipwreck That Couldn't Stop a Promise

Paul is a prisoner on a ship bound for Rome when the worst storm anyone has ever seen threatens to kill everyone on board. What happens next is one of the most gripping survival stories in the Bible — and a masterclass in what it looks like when one person's faith holds steady while everything else falls apart.

Acts

The Day the Room Shook

Peter and John get arrested for healing a man and preaching about Jesus. When they're hauled before the same council that condemned Jesus, Peter delivers a speech that leaves the room speechless. Then the early church responds with a prayer so powerful the building shakes — and a generosity so radical it still challenges us today.

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