Acts 21: 25-29…..More wrong assumptions!

But as for the Gentiles who have believed, we have sent a letter with our judgment that they should abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what has been strangled, and from sexual immorality.” Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with themContinue reading “Acts 21: 25-29…..More wrong assumptions!”

Acts 21: 17-24…On arrival in Jerusalem.

When we had come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. On the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. After greeting them, he related one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. And when they heard it, they glorifiedContinue reading “Acts 21: 17-24…On arrival in Jerusalem.”

Acts 21: 8-16…To Jerusalem.

On the next day we departed and came to Caesarea, and we entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. He had four unmarried daughters, who prophesied. While we were staying for many days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. And coming to us,Continue reading “Acts 21: 8-16…To Jerusalem.”

Acts 21: 1-8a) Written up by those present.

And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. And having found a ship crossing to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. When we had come in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on theContinue reading “Acts 21: 1-8a) Written up by those present.”

Genesis 31: 48-55….A Good Answer Found.

Laban said, “This heap is a witness between you and me today.” Therefore he named it Galeed, and Mizpah, for he said, “The LORD watch between you and me, when we are out of one another’s sight. If you oppress my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is withContinue reading “Genesis 31: 48-55….A Good Answer Found.”

Genesis 31: 41-47….Agreeing to differ!

These twenty years I have been in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times. If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been on my side, surely nowContinue reading “Genesis 31: 41-47….Agreeing to differ!”

Genesis 31: 33-41a….Jacob comes to the boil!

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find them. And he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s. Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle and sat on them. Laban feltContinue reading “Genesis 31: 33-41a….Jacob comes to the boil!”

Genesis 31: 25-32…..A Confrontation.

And Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen pitched tents in the hill country of Gilead. And Laban said to Jacob, “What have you done, that you have tricked me and driven away my daughters like captives of the sword? Why did you fleeContinue reading “Genesis 31: 25-32…..A Confrontation.”

Genesis 31: 17-24….Pack up and flee!

So Jacob arose and set his sons and his wives on camels. He drove away all his livestock, all his property that he had gained, the livestock in his possession that he had acquired in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. Laban had gone to shear his sheep, andContinue reading “Genesis 31: 17-24….Pack up and flee!”

Genesis 31: 9-16….The women had been following the situation.

Thus God has taken away the livestock of your father and given them to me. In the breeding season of the flock I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream that the goats that mated with the flock were striped, spotted, and mottled. Then the angel of God said to me in theContinue reading “Genesis 31: 9-16….The women had been following the situation.”