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The Tower—Act_21:18 to Act_22:29 The day after their arrival, Paul and his companions attended at the house of James, the Lord’s brother, who had a special charge over the Jerusalem church, and where they found the presbyters or elders already assembled to receive them. When Paul and the delegates to whom the Gentile churches had, … Continue reading ““832. THE TOWER—ACTS 21:18-22:29””

Silver Shrines—Act_19:23-41 There was a sacred month at Ephesus—the month of Diana—when a great religious gathering took place to celebrate the public games in honor of the goddess. It was the pleasant month of May. Trade was brisk then at Ephesus, not only from the large temporary increase of population, from the presence of provincials … Continue reading ““829. SILVER SHRINES—ACTS 19:23-41””

Eutychus—Acts 20 At the time when the circumstances recorded last evening took place, Paul had already arranged to leave Ephesus, and had even settled the route he was to take. By comparing the intimations given in the First Epistle to the Corinthians, written shortly before he left Ephesus; in the Second Epistle, written not long … Continue reading ““830. EUTYCHUS—ACTS 20””

An Ignorance—Act_18:17 to Act_19:7 Very wonderful often, and very various, are the Lord’s dealings with those whom He would bring unto himself. Some he draws gently with the cords of love; some He urges by fright and terror to flee to Him from the wrath to come; some He impels by his scourging judgments; and … Continue reading ““826. AN IGNORANCE—ACTS 18:17-19:7””

Ephesus—Act_19:1 Ephesus now became the center of Paul’s missionary labors, and the chief seat of Christianity in Asia Minor. To this important church, in and for which he had long labored, Paul afterwards addressed an invaluable epistle, during his imprisonment at Rome. Ephesus was also in later years the scene of John the apostle’s labors … Continue reading ““827. EPHESUS—ACTS 19:1””

Three Years’ Labor—Act_19:10-22 As Paul had sought out his friends Aquila and Priscilla on his first arrival at Ephesus; and as the former had, doubtless, by this time established himself in his proper business of tent making, we may conclude that, as at Corinth, the apostle took up his lodging with him, and sought employment … Continue reading ““828. THREE YEARS’ LABOR—ACTS 19:10-22””

Corinth—Acts 18 The scene of the apostle’s labors now changes to Corinth. This great and prosperous city was at this time the metropolis of Achaia—the name by which all Greece was distinguished from Macedonia. It lay at a distance of forty miles from Athens, at the southern extremity of the isthmus which joined the Peloponnesus … Continue reading ““824. CORINTH—ACTS 18””

Acts 18-22 : Fifty-First Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Athens—Act_17:15-21; 1Th_2:17-20; 1Th_3:1-5 Behold Paul, then, at Athens! Before we consider his proceedings there, it may be desirable to consider the then subsisting condition of the renowned city to which be came. The ancient military and political splendor had departed, and the seat of government had, since the conquest of Greece by the Romans, been … Continue reading ““822. ATHENS—ACTS 17:15-21; 1 THESSALONIANS 2:17-20; 3:1-5””

Paul on Mars’ Hill—Act_17:22-34 The Epicurean and Stoic philosophers who encountered Paul in the market place, seem to have been somewhat disappointed that they could not draw him into the sophistical subtleties of disputation: and that, however, tempted into such perilous bye-paths, and tried in the wisdom of words, he adhered mainly to the enforcement … Continue reading ““823. PAUL ON MARS’ HILL—ACTS 17:22-34””