We have seen that the life of Jesus Christ while on earth was limited to the land of Palestine. But in a few years the church founded by his apostles overstepped the boundaries of that land; and its scope became world-wide. Therefore as we begin the history of the Early Church it becomes necessary for us to study =the New Testament World=. Comparing the maps before us with that of the Old Testament World we find that in the four centuries between the events of the Old and New Testaments the dominion of the world passed from Asia to Europe, and Jerusalem, which had been in the center, became one of the cities upon the extreme east. Hence our map moves with the course of the empire westward a thousand miles. I. We draw the outlines of the most important =Seas=. These are: 1. The =Mediterranean Sea=, from its eastern limits as far west as Italy. Voyages on it are referred to in Acts 9. 30; 13. 4; 21. 1, 2; 27. 3. 2. The =Sea of Galilee=, associated with the life of Christ. Find its three different names in Matt. 15. 29; John 6. 1; Luke 5. 1. 3. The =Dead Sea=, not named in the New Testament. 4. The =Black Sea=, north of Asia Minor. 5. The =Ægean Sea=, between Asia Minor and Greece. Voyages upon it (Acts 16. 11; 18. 18; 20. 13-15). 6. The =Adriatic Sea=, between Greece and Italy (Acts 27. 27). II. In these seas are many =Islands=, of which we name five of the most noteworthy in New Testament history: 1. =Cyprus=, in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean (Acts 4. 36; 13. 4). 2. =Crete=, south of the Ægean Sea, between Asia Minor and Greece (Acts 27. 7; Titus 1. 5). 3. =Patmos=, in the Ægean Sea, not far from Ephesus (Rev. 1. 9). 4. =Sicily=, southwest of Italy (Acts 28. 12). 5. =Melita=, now Malta, south of Sicily (Acts 28. 1). III. We locate the different =Provinces=, arranging them in four groups. [Illustration: MAP OF THE NEW TESTAMENT WORLD] 1. Those on the continent of =Europe= are: 1.) =Thrace.= 2.) =Macedonia= (Acts 14. 9, 10; 20. 1-3). 3.) =Greece=, also called =Achaia= (Acts 18. 12; 20. 3). 4.) =Illyricum= (Rom. 15. 19). 5.) =Italy= (Acts 27. 1). 2. Those on the continent of =Africa= are: 1.) =Africa Proper.= 2.) =Libya= (Acts 2. 10) 3.) =Egypt= (Matt. 2. 13). 3. Those on the continent of =Asia=, exclusive of Asia Minor, are: 1.) =Arabia=, perhaps referring to the desert region southeast of Palestine (Gal. 1. 17). 2.) =Judea=, the Jewish name for all Palestine, in the New Testament period (Luke 1. 5). 3.) =Phoenicia= (Mark 7. 24; Acts 15. 3; 21. 2). 4.) =Syria=, north of Palestine (Acts 15. 41; 20. 3). 4. The provinces in =Asia Minor= are so frequently mentioned in the Acts and Epistles that it is necessary for the student to learn their names and locations. We divide the fourteen provinces into four groups. (_a_) Three on the Black Sea, beginning on the east. 1.) =Pontus= (Acts 18. 2). 2.) =Paphlagonia.= 3.) =Bithynia= (Peter 1. 1).