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The Jailer—Act_16:20-40 The offence of which Paul and Silas were accused before the praetors was that, being Jews, and as such merely tolerated themselves, and thereby bound to be the more guarded in their conduct, they had been there teaching a new religion, contrary to the law. We lately showed that the heathen of this … Continue reading ““820. THE JAILER—ACTS 16:20-40””

Thessalonians and Bereans—Act_17:1-15 It appears probable that Luke and Timothy, not having been involved in the late transactions, were, for the benefit of the infant church, left behind at Philippi; or, at least, that they did not attend Paul and Silas from that place. Timothy, however, joined them soon, either at Thessalonica or Berea; but … Continue reading ““821. THESSALONIANS AND BEREANS—ACTS 17:1-15””

Acts 16-18 : Fiftieth Week Autor: JOHN KITTO

Lydia—Act_16:13-15 Turkish Prayer Hut There was of course a good proportion of Greeks along with the Latin population of Philippi. A military and uncommercial town, however, had little attraction for Jews, and they were consequently few in number at Philippi. But they seem to have had outside the town, among the trees, upon the banks … Continue reading ““818. LYDIA—ACTS 16:13-15””

The Pythoness—Act_16:16-19 Paul and his associates seem during their stay in Philippi to have frequented the place of prayer beside the river very constantly. On the way thither from Lydia’s house, where they lodged, they were followed by a “certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination,” who, in the excited manner of her sort … Continue reading ““819. THE PYTHONESS—ACTS 16:16-19””

Luke—Act_16:11 The western portion of Asia Minor, confronting the Aegean Sea, was composed of the three provinces of Mysia, Lydia, and Caria. The former was the northernmost of the three, and the other two were comprised together under the designation of “Asia,” that is, Asia Proper, or at least popular. This is at least the … Continue reading ““815. LUKE—ACTS 16:11””

Philippi—Act_16:11-12 The voyagers must have had a fair wind, for the same evening they reached the island of Samothracia, and seem to have anchored for the night under the shelter of its high shore, and the next evening brought them to Neapolis. Thus they accomplished in two days a voyage, which at a later period, … Continue reading ““816. PHILIPPI—ACTS 16:11-12””

The Galatians—Act_16:6; Gal_1:1; Gal_4:13-15 From Lystra Paul proceeded to Iconium; but as the fact of his visit to this city only incidentally transpires, we are not to infer that he did not proceed to Antioch in Pisidia, merely because it is not mentioned that he did so, and because in consequence Iconium, as the last-named … Continue reading ““813. THE GALATIANS—ACTS 16:6; GALATIANS 1:1; 4:13-15””

The Thorn in the Flesh—Gal_4:13-15; 2Co_12:2-16 The Acts of the Apostles merely states the simple fact, that Paul preached the gospel in Galatia—indeed, even that might not seem certain, as literally, it is only said that he “went through” Galatia. It is to Paul’s own epistle to the Galatians that we owe all the information … Continue reading ““814. THE THORN IN THE FLESH—GALATIANS 4:13-15; 2 CORINTHIANS 12:2-16””

The Sharp Contention—Act_15:36-41 Not long after the transactions which last engaged our attention, Paul, animated by that keen interest in the spiritual welfare of his converts, which glows through the epistles afterwards written, conceived an earnest desire to revisit the places where the Gospel had been preached by him and Barnabas in their former missionary … Continue reading ““811. THE SHARP CONTENTION—ACTS 15:36-41””