on his return from the visit to Asia Minor, remained for a
very short time in Rome and then made a voyage to Spain.

The tradition of the early church is very pronounced upon this voyage
to Spain. Clement of Rome (Cor. 5) speaks of Paul "having reached the
furtherest bound of the west." This could hardly mean anything but
Spain. The Muratorian Fragment names "the departure of Paul from the
city to Spain."

+The Second Trip Eastward.+--We can now, from notices in First and
Second Timothy and Titus, quite closely follow Paul in his travels.
From Spain he probably went by various stages to Ephesus, where as he
tells us (1 Tim. 1:3) he left Timothy in charge when he went into
Macedonia. From Macedonia he probably wrote his first letter to
Timothy (1:3). From Macedonia he went to Troas and from Troas to
Miletus (2 Tim. 4:13). On account of sickness Trophimus was left at
Miletus (2 Tim. 4:20). He next probably visited Crete, where he left
Titus (Titus 1:5). From Crete it is thought that Paul went to Corinth
(2 Tim. 4:20) where he left Erastus and in all probability wrote to
Titus (1:5). In the letter to Titus Paul speaks of being at Nicopolis
and of his intention to spend the winter in that city (Titus 3:12).
But these notices of places are by no means exhaustive. They show,
however, how wide were Paul's last travels.

+The Second Imprisonment of Paul.+--It is by no means unlikely that the
enemies of Paul, of whom we hear so much in the first three missionary
journeys, were stirred to renewed activity by again seeing him at
liberty and conducting an active missionary campaign. But with a
prisoner on parole from the Imperial Court the local magistrates could
do nothing. But a new element came in. The great fire, which
destroyed so large a part of the city of Rome on the 18th of July, 64
A.D., was used by the Emperor Nero as an excuse for starting a great
persecution against the Christians. This was done to divert the odium
of the starting of the fire from himself, for he had sung and danced
the "Mime of the Burning of Troy" from a turret of his palace during
this great conflagration. It was some time before this persecution was
extended to the provinces and Paul's enemies saw their opportunity to
accuse him to the Imperial Court, where under the circumstances they
would then find a ready hearing. Paul was probably rearrested at
Nicopolis where he intended to winter (Titus 3:12) and hurried off to
Rome. This