Shipwrecked on Melita (Malta or Mljet)
Paul travels to Rome, surviving a shipwreck at Melita on the way. He’s placed under house arrest in Rome for …
Category Archives: Acts
The core of Paul’s theology
Paul languishes in prison, appearing before the governors Felix, then Festus, and then King Agrippa: Acts 24–26 When given only …
The religious rulers riot
Paul appeals to the Jews, starting a riot, appeals to his Roman citizenship to avoid a flogging, then the Roman …
Paul gets protective custody in Jerusalem
Paul goes to Jerusalem and gets arrested when the Jews riot: Acts 20:13–21:36 It was the beginning of the end …
Paul’s missionary finances
Paul’s second letter to the believers in Corinth (Part 4); after a riot, Paul leaves Ephesus and goes to Macedonia, Greece …
Be encouraged: Jesus will return with justice
Paul’s second letter to the believers in Thessaloníca; Paul leaves Corinth for Antioch, Apollos then Paul teach at Ephesus: 2 Thessalonians 1–3; …
Even the Bereans had to send Paul on his way
The circumcision question is resolved in a meeting in Jerusalem; Barnabas goes to Cyprus, and Paul goes to Syria and …
Herod Agrippa
James is killed, but an angel leads Peter out of gaol before Herod can kill him too; Herod dies after …
A decade later: the first use of ‘Christians’
God shows Peter in a vision that he can eat anything, clean and unclean, then sends him to the house …
Saul’s house-to-house search
Most of the believers, other than the Apostles, leave Jerusalem from fear of Saul and other authorities, nut this just spreads the …
No ordinary food program
Administration needs grow with the number of believers; Stephen is arrested, gives the High Council a history lesson before telling …
The start of Joel’s last days
Judas is replaced; the believers wait in Jerusalem, get filled with the Holy Spirit, start preaching and healing people, which …
Jesus’ return described
The resurrected Jesus goes to heaven (the Ascension): Mark 16:19–20; Luke 24:50–53; Acts 1:1-11 Jesus ascended (went up) to heaven, …
Elam’s fate
Jeremiah speaks over Elam, then he wears an ox yolk and takes on Hananiah: Jeremiah 49:34–39, 27–28 Elam was a small nation in eastern …
Two years in Rome, and then …
Paul travels to Rome, surviving a shipwreck at Malta on the way. He’s placed under house arrest in Rome for …
Demanding rights leads to Rome
Paul languishes in prison, appearing before the governors Felix, then Festus, and then King Agrippa: Acts 24–26 The Jewish leaders …
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