Even though Paul and Silas suffered shameful treatment at Philippi, they had renewed boldness in God to press on to Thessalonica to declare to them the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict (cf. 1 Thessalonians 2:2). They…
After being placed into the inner cell of the prison at Philippi and put into the stocks, instead of lamenting their deplorable condition of pain, loss of blood, hunger, and thirst, the missionaries Paul and Silas turned to God through…
Following Paul’s nighttime vision whereby the group of Paul, Silas, Timothy, and Luke concluded that God had called them to go into Philippi to preach the gospel, the men sailed from Troas to Neapolis, stopping for one night at Samothrace…
Paul’s sermon had a positive effect on many of his hearers. As he and Barnabas departed from the synagogue in Acts 13:42, the people begged these men of God to hear them explain their message more fully the following Sabbath.…
After Herod spent some time in Caesarea, Luke provides the story beginning in Acts 12:20 at how Herod was brought to his final demise by God. After Herod cut off the food supply to the people of Tyre and Sidon,…
As we entered into the text of The Acts According to the Apostles, we observed Luke’s 2nd salutation to Theophilus noting Acts as the 2nd book to his comprehensive volume of Luke-Acts. In Luke’s Gospel, we read what Jesus began…
To begin what we anticipate what will be a lengthy and fruitful study in The Acts According to the Apostles, our first teaching on Acts was a comprehensive overview of the book, examining its authorship, biography of Luke, date of…