Acts 9:32-42 Dear RTB’ers, Peter healing one man and raising one woman. My Study Bible pointed out that Jesus had brought three people back from death – Jairus’ daughter (Mark 5), the only son of a widow (Luke 7), and Lazarus (John 11). Peter was with Jesus on each of those occasions; he had witnessed …
Category Archives: RTB 2024 – Search the Scriptures, Part 1
May 7 / Acts 9:19b-31
Acts 9:19b-31 Dear RTB’ers, More Saul activity today. When many days had passed… (v. 23a). Luke writes “many days”, but to learn more we go to Paul’s own writings. He tells his story in Galatians 1:13 ff, and his “many days” turns out to be three years. So he was in Damascus and the neighboring …
May 6 / Acts 9:1-19a
Acts 9:1-19a Dear RTB’ers, Damascus is about 150 miles from Jerusalem, a five- or six-day journey by foot. [NOTE: In paintings Saul is often depicted as falling from a horse.] Why would Saul request permission to travel so far to round up Christians? Galilee was less than half the distance. Were there no believers in …
May 5 / Acts 8:26-40
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 …
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 …