Seleucia Modern Antalya Perga Antioch in Pisidia Iconium Lystra Derbe Second Missionary Journey Tarsus Cilician Gates Troas Neapolis Philippi Basilica B Thessalonica Odeon in Thessalonica Berea Corinth Judgment Seat Cenchrea Ephesus Third Missionary Journey Brothel Ad Marble Street Rhodes Tyre Roman covered street Jerusalem Temple Complex Malta Port of Syracuse Pozzuoli Porta Appia

Paul and Silas continued their journey back through Derbe, Lystra, and Iconium. Acts 16:6 tells us they "had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia." These areas are in present-day central Turkey. They wanted to preach the gospel in Asia and Mysia (western Turkey) but the Holy Spirit forbade them to do so. They headed toward Bithynia (northwestern Turkey along the Black Sea), but the Spirit would not allow them to work there either. Then they came to Troas. The photo shows ruins that rise above overgrown farmlands; the site has not been excavated. Down the coast from the ancient site of famed Troy, Troas was called "Alexandrian Troas" in Paul’s day. The city was very large and prosperous; it came very close to being established as the new capital of the Roman Empire.