Download Audio Acts Chapter 15, verses 23-29 With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings: We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said. So we all […]
Download Audio Return to Syrian Antioch Acts Chapter 14, verse 21b-22 Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. “We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. Commentary It is interesting that Paul did not say we […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 13, verse 33b As it is written in the second Psalm: “‘You are my Son; today I have become your Father.’ Commentary By quoting Psalm 2:7, Paul was saying the same thing he later wrote in Romans 1:4: that Jesus Christ our Lord “was declared with power to be the […]
Download Audio PART TWO Paul and His Companions Witness in Asia Minor and Europe (13:1–21:16) Paul’s first mission tour: Asia Minor The commissioning Acts Chapter 13, verse 1 In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) […]
Download Audio The Jerusalem church preserved in famine and persecution Acts Chapter 11, verses 27-28 During this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. One of them, named Agabus, stood up and through the Spirit predicted that a severe famine would spread over the entire Roman world. (This happened during the reign of […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 10, verses 30-33 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me and said, ‘Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. Send to Joppa for Simon […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 9, verses 23-25 After many days had gone by, the Jews conspired to kill him, but Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 8, verses 18-19 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.” Commentary The man who had been acclaimed […]
Download Audio Acts Chapter 7, verses 39-41 “But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’ […]
Download Audio Stephen’s witness sealed in blood Acts Chapter 6, verse 8 Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. Commentary That Stephen was “full of God’s grace and power” means that he enjoyed special gifts in addition to the wisdom and faith that […]