from Paphos to Perga, a major city on the mainland of Asia Minor, recent studies indicate that this voyage was not a normal route in the first century. A more typical trade route from Paphos would have taken the apostles south to Egypt. Under this scenario, they seem to have changed their plans to fulfill the governor’s wishes to take the gospel to his family and hometown in Galatia. ANCIENT PAPHOS View from the governor’s residence. It is now reasonable to propose that, in Paphos, Paul left behind