Acts 8:26-40 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday we read about Philip, one of the seven deacons mentioned in Acts 6 going north from Jerusalem to preach to Samaritans. Today the Spirit takes Philip south of Jerusalem toward Gaza where he meets the Ethiopian eunuch. Then after the eunuch is baptized, the Spirit snatches Philip away and he …
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May 4 / Acts 8:5-25
Acts 8:5-25 Dear RTB’ers, Jesus speaking, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” (Acts 1:8) We saw this verse a couple of weeks ago as an outline of …
May 3 / Acts 7:44-8:4
Acts 7:44-8:4 Dear RTB’ers, Our third day of Stephen’s testimony – the climax. I’ve always loved Stephen’s change of tone at Acts 7:51 (and following): You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit… Before that he had been basically a story-teller, recounting Jewish history, although he was clearly leading …
May 2 / Acts 7:9-43
Acts 7:9-43 Dear RTB’ers, STS has Stephen’s long discourse broken down into three days’ readings. Yesterday, the first day was the introduction, going only as far as the patriarchs – Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Today’s reading touches on Joseph and his deliverance of Israel (his father, Jacob and his brothers (Acts 7:9-16)), but is mostly …
May 1 / Acts 6:1-7:8
Acts 6:1-7:8 Dear RTB’ers, Mayday!! And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7) Here we have our fifth transition verse / section (see also Acts 2:42-47, 4:32-37, 5:42, 6:1a), but this …
May 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-May Acts 6:1-7:8 23 02-May Acts 7:9-43 35 03-May Acts 7:44-8:4 21 04-May Acts 8:5-25 21 05-May Acts 8:26-40 15 06-May Acts 9:1-19a 19 07-May Acts 9:19b-31 13 08-May Acts 9:32-42 11 09-May Acts 9:43-10:33 34 10-May Acts 10:34-48 15 11-May Acts 11:1-18 18 12-May Acts 11:19-30 12 13-May Acts 12:1-24 24 …
April 30 / Acts 5:17-42
Acts 5:17-42 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday’s closing verse: The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. (Acts 5:16) Today we see the Jewish leaders jealous of the apostles’ success with the people and angry that Peter and the others are disobeying …
April 29 / Acts 4:32-5:16
Acts 4:32-5:16 Dear RTB’ers, Today we have two sets of “transition verses” (Acts 4:32-27 and Acts 5:12-16), sandwiched around the story of Ananias and Sapphira. In these transition sections time passes, but we don’t know how much. In chapters 1 and 2 Luke had definite time intervals – the Ascension occurred 40 days after Jesus’ …
April 28 / Acts 4:1-31
Acts 4:1-31 Dear RTB’ers, Acts 4, following the healing incident and Peter’s sermon. We have arrived at the passage that I had pointed to back on April 2: Jesus speaking: “But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will …
April 27 / Acts 3
Acts 3 Dear RTB’ers, Today, a healing incident and a long sermon. The healing incident in today’s reading continues tomorrow in Acts 4. As for the sermon, we see exactly what I posted about two days ago: Check. As for the incident, I am always struck by Peter and John being together and being the …