It's a long Block of Scripture … Acts 20:17-39. But it contains Paul's fullest expression of Pastoral Theology found anywhere in the New Testament, outside of the Pastoral Epistles (1 and 2 Timothy and Titus) at least. Yet its very succinctness … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … EUTYCHUS
This graphic name occurs only once in the entire Bible! And without Luke's occasional penchant for detail, we'd still have never heard of this particular believer in Jesus! (Penchant = French background, meaning "an inclination, a leaning.") … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … “MANY LIGHTS”
In Acts 20:8 Luke describes the place where the Christians in Troas gathered. "And there were MANY LIGHTS in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together." It was simply labeled "an upper chamber." The highest part of a house, sometimes … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … PAUL AT “TROAS”
This city (Troas) Paul visited is synonymous with ancient Troy, made famous in Homer's Epic "Iliad." Located on the Aegean Sea, it was easily accessible as Paul is currently determined to go to Jerusalem, an inexplicable desire on his part. … [Continue reading]
THE BOOK OF ACTS … LUKE’S ACCOUNT OF PAUL’S LIFE … THE NUMEROUS “NONSPECIFICS!”
I am not sure Luke really every meant to give us a biography of the great Apostle Paul. Certainly not a full one! Rather, Luke's history volume in the New Testament (the Acts of the Apostles, most often called) is a history of the spread of the … [Continue reading]
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