Good morning. After the commotion in Ephesus, Paul left to
go to Macedonia (remember the offering he was going to collect there). He
finally came to Greece. He spent three months there (my Bible says that he
stayed in Corinth, and that he probably wrote the book of Romans at that time),
and after a plot was formed against him by the Jews, he decided to return
through Macedonia. Possibly when he went through Macedonia, they decided to
send an offering; and when he came back through, they gave him the offering to
take to Jerusalem. He was accompanied by several men, including Timothy. Those
men had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. Notice that Acts
returns to the use of “we“, and that they are in the city of Troas, where Paul
first met Luke. They had just finished the days of unleavened bread, which
includes Passover. On the first day of the week, when the church was gathered
together, Paul began talking to them intending to leave the next day; and he
prolonged his message until midnight. In how many churches today, would the
people stay that long to listen to anyone? There were many lamps in the upper
room where we were gathered together (that would indicate they were on the
second floor, and that it was probably of a good size). A young man sitting on
the windowsill, fell asleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked
up dead. Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him he said, do
not be troubled, for his life is in him. Yeah most of us would’ve thought that
this was time for the end; but Paul was just getting his second wind. After
breaking bread, he talked until daybreak, and then left. Father thank You for
taking care of the reader and his/her family. Give him/her the opportunity
today to show forth Your love to others.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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