Acts 13:13-14

Now when Paul and his company. Henceforth Paul is the leader. From Paphos they sailed northward to Perga on the Asiatic mainland, an important city of Pamphylia.

John departing. Why he left we do not know, but we know Paul did not approve of it. See Ac 15:39. Perhaps he feared the dangers before him.
They came to Antioch. They seemed to have passed at once from Perga to the Antioch that lay in the interior. It must be distinguished from the Antioch of Syria before named (Ac 11:22). There were several Antiochs, this one being the capital of the province of Pisidia. Vast ruins still mark its site.

Went into the synagogue. In every Gentile city where there was a Jewish synagogue the gospel was preached first to the Jews by the apostolic preachers. The course of Paul and Barnabas here is an example of their custom.
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