Departing  from  Synope,  he  returned  to  Jeru-
salem ;  but  he  did  not  continue  long  in  that  neigh-
bourhood. He  returned  again  to  the  province
allotted  him  for  the  exercise  of  his  ministry,
which  greatly  flourished,  through  the  power  of
the  divine  grace  that  attended  it.
He  travelled  over  Thrace,  Macedonia,  Thes-
saly,  Achaia,  and  Epirus,  preaching  the  Gospel,
propagating  Christianity,  and  then  confirming
the  doctrine  he  taught  with  signs  and  miracles.
At  last  he  came  to  Petrea,  a  city  of  Achaia,  where
he  gave  his  last  and  greatest  testimony  to  the  Gos-
pel of  his  divine  Master,  sealing  it  witli  his  blood.
