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Acts 18:22
When Paul had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem. Then he went down to Antioch.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records Paul’s itinerary after he departs Ephesus and before he begins a new circuit through Galatia and Phrygia. The account places Paul at Caesarea, then Jerusalem, and finally Antioch as he transitions between regions.
The words — The particulate κατελθὼν (katelthōn) denotes “having landed” at the coastal port, while ἀναβὰς (anabas) indicates “having gone up” to the elevated city of Jerusalem. These directional terms map Paul’s physical movement from the Mediterranean coast inland.
The thread — The movement through Caesarea and Jerusalem appears in Acts 8:40 and Acts 10:24, where coastal travel and city arrivals structure the early church’s expansion. Paul’s circuit from Ephesus to Antioch mirrors the pattern seen in Acts 18:23, where regional strengthening follows a central stop.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to track Paul’s deliberate routing through political and religious centers before continuing his missionary work. It establishes a pattern of visiting key communities to report, greet, and transition rather than remaining in one location.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And when he had landed at Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.
Cross-references
- Acts 8:40 But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 10:1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- Acts 10:24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- Acts 11:11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.
- Acts 11:19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
- Acts 13:1 Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
- Acts 14:26 From Attalia they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had just completed.
- Acts 15:4 On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.
- Acts 15:23 and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.
- Acts 15:30 So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.