Acts 15:30-35 Depending on the translation that you are reading, the following verse may be absent: But it seemed good to Silas to remain there. (v. 34) [NOTE: The ESV has it in a footnote.] But it’s a key verse, as we will see in a few weeks when Silas becomes Paul’s missionary companion. “Encouragement” …
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March 2020 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Mar Acts 15:30-35 6 02-Mar Galatians 1:1-10 10 03-Mar Gal. 1:11-24 14 04-Mar Gal. 2:1-10 10 05-Mar Gal. 2:11-21 11 06-Mar Gal. 3:1-14 14 07-Mar Gal 3:15-29 15 08-Mar Gal. 4:1-11 11 09-Mar Gal. 4:12-20 9 10-Mar Gal. 4:21-31 11 11-Mar Gal. 5:1-15 15 12-Mar Gal. 5:16-26 11 13-Mar Gal. 6:1-10 10 …
February 29 / Acts 15:22-29
Acts 15:22-29 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us… (v. 28). This verse has always struck me positively every time I read it – “…to the Holy Spirit and to us…”. The apostles and elders clearly had the Holy Spirit first in their lives – individually and corporately. And with …
February 28 / Acts 15:6-21
Acts 15:6-21 Four names are mentioned in today’s reading: Peter/Simeon, James, Barnabas and Paul. [Notice that Barnabas is mentioned first here (v. 12); this is common when the two of them are in Jerusalem.] So of these four, Peter had trips to Samaria and Caesarea; Barnabas and Paul went to Cyprus and Asia Minor; and …
February 27 / Acts 15:1-5
Acts 15:1-5 First, a couple of brief geographical items… Paul and Barnabas (and a large contingent of Christians) are based in “Antioch”. This “Antioch” is Syrian Antioch, about 300 miles north of Jerusalem, on the northeast coast of the Mediterranean, as opposed to Pisidian Antioch, which Paul and Barnabas had visited in chapters 13 and …
February 26 / Acts 14:19-28
Acts 14:19-28 It’s so strange that Jews from Antioch would come all the way to Lystra (130 miles) just to harass Paul and Barnabas. Iconium was only 20 miles from Lystra, so some Jews from Antioch had probably followed Paul and Barnabas to Iconium and been part of the rabble that drove them out of …
February 25 / Acts 14:8-18
Acts 14:8-18 It’s so strange that Jews from Antioch would come all the way to Lystra (130 miles) just to harass Paul and Barnabas. Iconium was only 20 miles from Lystra, so some Jews from Antioch had probably followed Paul and Barnabas to Iconium and been part of the rabble that drove them out of …
February 24 / Acts 14:1-7
Acts 14:1-7 Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. (v. 3) Luke makes a powerful statement here, that the Lord was personally intervening – that He “was testifying” (or …
February 23 / Acts 13:42-52
Acts 13:42-52 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him. (v. 45) Again, Jewish leaders’ jealousy, even though in the previous verse we see “almost the whole city” gathering to hear Paul and Barnabas. But rather than listen themselves, jealousy …
February 22 / Acts 13:26-41
Acts 13:26-41 There’s a lot of information in these sixteen verses; I can’t touch on them all, but I’ll hit a few. Here’s the one that hit me the most: …and for many days He appeared to those who had come up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem… (v. 31). Paul is saying here that …