1. In verse 13 the writer Luke, states: "Paul and his party set sail!" What do you find interesting about this statement?

2. When would you say that the change took place for Paul to be in charge?

3. Can you speculate on some reasons for John Mark deserting the group?

(a) Also, list the verses that tell of troubles that this lead to.

(b) List the passage that might give light to the healing of the relationship between Paul, Barnabas and John Mark.

4. Why would they go to a synagogue first when entering a city?

5. Why would it be important for Paul to give a history lesson to his hearers?

6. Just for fun, list the seven nations that were destroyed in the land of Canaan, and a little something about them.

7. This history lesson that Paul preached, what does it teach us about the longsuffering of God?

8. In what way could this passage (verses 16-41) serve us as a way to witness?

9. In the form of questions, from this passage make some applications for your own personal growth