Acts 18:22

Paul’s ship landed at Caesarea, the chief port of Jerusalem (cf. Acts 10:1). He went from there "up" to Jerusalem and greeted the church. To "go up to" and "go down from" are almost technical terms for going to and from Jerusalem in Acts. [Note: Longenecker, p. 489; Neil, p. 199.] Likewise "the church," without a modifier, is clearly a reference to the mother church in Jerusalem here. [Note: Bruce, "The Church . . .," p. 641.] When Paul had finished his business in Jerusalem, he returned to Syrian Antioch and so completed his second missionary journey (Acts 15:40 to Acts 18:22). Paul traveled about 2,800 miles on this trip compared to about 1,400 on his first journey. [Note: Beitzel, p. 177.]

Luke highlighted one major speech in each of Paul’s three missionary journeys. During the first journey Paul preached to Jews in Pisidian Antioch, during the second journey he preached to Gentiles in Athens, and during the third journey he preached to Christians at Miletus. [Note: Witherington, p. 560.]