On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window,Continue reading “Acts 20: 7-16…..A long talk!”
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Acts 20: 1-6….An encouragement program.
After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as heContinue reading “Acts 20: 1-6….An encouragement program.”
Acts 19: 35-41…..Common Sense wins out!
And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky? Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought toContinue reading “Acts 19: 35-41…..Common Sense wins out!”
Acts 19: 28-34….Purposeful confusion!
When they heard this they were enraged and were crying out, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” So the city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were Paul’s companions in travel. But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd,Continue reading “Acts 19: 28-34….Purposeful confusion!”
Acts 19: 21-27….Business before truth.
Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while.About that time there arose noContinue reading “Acts 19: 21-27….Business before truth.”
Acts 19: 11-20….The gospel affects Ephesian life style.
And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists undertook to invoke the name of theContinue reading “Acts 19: 11-20….The gospel affects Ephesian life style.”
Acts 19: 1-10…..Paul’s brief stopover in Ephesus.
And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” And heContinue reading “Acts 19: 1-10…..Paul’s brief stopover in Ephesus.”
Acts 18: 19-28…..Others in outreach mode.
And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. When they asked him to stay for a longer period, he declined. But on taking leave of them he said, “I will return to you if God wills,” and he set sail fromContinue reading “Acts 18: 19-28…..Others in outreach mode.”
Acts 18: 9-18…..A legal case fails to have Paul disciplined.
And the Lord said to Paul one night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many in this city who are my people.” And he stayed a year andContinue reading “Acts 18: 9-18…..A legal case fails to have Paul disciplined.”
Acts 18: 1-8…..Paul in Corinth.
After this Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, and because he was of the same trade he stayed withContinue reading “Acts 18: 1-8…..Paul in Corinth.”
As I read it! 