Good morning. Paul and Barnabas went to another city and
entered the synagogue of the Jews and spoke in such a manner that a large
number of people believed, both Jews and Greeks. But again the Jews who disbelieved
stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren.
Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the
Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and
wonders be done by their hands. Despite this, the people of the city were
divided. Some were going to mistreat and stone them, but they became aware of
it and fled to another city. A man who had been lame from his mother’s womb and
had never walked, was listening to Paul as he spoke. When Paul saw that he had
faith to be made well, he told him, stand upright on your feet. And he leaped
up and began to walk. And everyone said praise God! No, they actually said the
gods have become like men and have come down to us. In fact the priest of Zeus
(Who my Bible says was the patron god of the city), brought oxen and wanted to
offer a sacrifice (to them) along with the crowd. Some people would’ve gotten
all puffed up over this. But when the apostles (this is the first reference of
them being called that) Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes
and began crying out, why are you doing these things? We are men like you and
preach the gospel that you should turn away from vain things to a living God.
We will see what happened to them next time. Father help the reader know how to
react to situations. Give him/her the words to speak.
When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives.
Good morning. When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion. Notice that “we“ returns. Luke has not been mentioned during the entire two years that Paul was at Caesarea. I guess it is safe to assume that he was in the area during this time. We will leave out the names of a bunch of places where they passed. They had sailed for a good many days and began to have trouble with the wind. This was a warning of what was about to happen. When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast (Day of Atonement) was already over, Paul began to admonish them to not continue, because he perceived that not only would there be a loss of the cargo but also of their lives. The centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. They did not want to get stuck for the winter in the port where they were located. They actually were only g...
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