Acts 15:36 18:22 Gonzlez, pgs' 181210

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Acts 1536 1822González, pgs. 181-210

• By
• Michelle Leann Musgrove
• 5/30/07

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A. The Calling (1536 1610)

• 1. Paul Barnabas Part
• Acts 1537-39
• see
• Acts 1313

• Related References
• Gal 213 - Paul says the disagreement with
  Barnabas went far beyond the matter of taking
  Mark with them or not.
• Col 410 - John Mark is Barnabas' cousin

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2. Timothy Joins the Mission

• Timothys Circumcision 163
• Contradicts Pauls teaching?
• 1 Cor 718
• Gal 52
• Gal 23
• It seems that Luke emphasizes Pauls
  faithfulness to the law to color the narrative
  and refute charges raised in Acts 2121 in advance

• Timothy in the NT
• Rom 16211 Cor 1610-112 Cor 11, 19 Phlm
  111 Thess 111 Cor 417
• 1 and 2 Timothy is addressed to himmy loyal
  child of the faith and beloved child
• Timothy was a more important companion of
  Paul than Acts suggests

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3. The Vision of a Macedonian (166-10)

• Gal 413-14 Paul say it was an infirmity that
  forced him to go to Galatia
• Acts 167 Luke might be referring to an
  infirmity when saying that the Holy Spirit would
  not allow the missionaries to speak in either
  Asia or Bithynia.

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B. Paul Silas in Philippi (1611-40)

• 1. The Beginning of the Mission in Europe and
  Lydia Acts 1611-15
• Paul avoids receiving money or material goods
  from his disciples or converts (Acts 2033-35)
• Lydia prevailed upon us to accept her
  hospitality
• Paul would not forget this gesture
• Paul refers to the Philippians' generosity later
  Read Phil 415-16

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B. Paul Silas in Philippi (cont.)

• 2. Girl with a Spirit of Divination (1616-24)
• Acts frowns on making money by magical or
  supernatural means (Acts 818-24, 1925)
• 3. Jailer in Philippi (1625-34)
• Earthquake Cf. Matthew 2751b-54
• Also a supernatural event in Acts 431 when
  spirit descends on them

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B. Paul Silas in Philippi (cont.)

• 4. Missionaries are Absolved and Expelled
  (1635-40)
• With dramatic flair the reader suddenly learns
  that both Paul and Silas are Roman citizens
  protected by law against scourging
• Acts 2225-29 same situation
• contrast 2 Cor 1123-25 where he lists how he has
  been persecuted
• Pauls account 1 Thess 22 - but though we had
  already suffered and been shamefully mistreated
  at Philippi
• Phil 13-5 sound more optimistic

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C. Thessalonica (171-9)

• Acts 175 compare with Acts 1345 - such jealousy
  seems to refer to the great number of converts
  overwhelming the Jewish population in the
  synagogue
• But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were
  filled with jealousy and blaspheming, they
  contradicted what was spoken by Paul.
• Compare 1 Thess 21-2

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D. Athens (1715-34)

• Waiting in Athens (vv. 15-16)
• 1 Thess 31-2
• Appealing to the Athenians (vv. 24-31)
• Paul describes the work of God, partly based on
  Isaiah 425
• God as creator is an idea common to Jews and
  Greeks, see Acts 1415
• Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris (vv. 32-34)
• juxtaposing genders
• Luke 153-10 lost coin
• Acts 51-11 Ananias and Sapphira.

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E. Corinth (181-17)

• Read 1 Cor 21-3, 1 Cor 31-3
• vv. 1-3 Priscilla and Aquila
• mentioned in Rom 163 2 Tim 419
• v. 5 Silas and Timothy arrive in Macedonia
• Cf. 2 Cor 119
• v. 6 Your blood be on your own heads!
• Cf. Jesus death Matt 2725 - Then the people as
  a whole answered, His blood be on us and on our
  children!
• v. 8 Crispus
• Cf. 1 Cor 114-17