19 Bibelverse über die Reise und warum die ersten Christen „der Weg“ genannt wurden



  • The earliest name for the Christian movement was a road word: Acts 9:2 has Saul hunting “any who belonged to the Way”.
  • Genesis 12:1 names three things Abram must leave but not the land he is going to, and Hebrews 11:8 says he went without knowing where.
  • Psalm 119:105 calls God’s word a lamp for the feet: enough light for the next steps.
  • Isaiah 30:21 promises a voice behind the traveler saying, “This is the way; walk in it.”
  • Psalm 23 has the dark valley on the right path rather than off it, and does not treat that as a contradiction.

The Bible often describes faith as a journey, and the earliest name for the Christian movement was “the Way,” a road word. Saul went to Damascus to arrest “any who belonged to the Way” (Acts 9:2), and years later Paul told a Roman governor that he worshiped God “as a follower of the Way” (Acts 24:14). The verses below begin with Abram setting out, then turn to guidance, God’s presence along the road, the pace of a Christian life, and…

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