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God’s Word for You – Acts 13:9-12 Saul, also called Paul
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:9-12 9 Then Saul, also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said… At this moment of opposition, the Holy Spirit filled Saul with what to say and do, and so Saul stepped forward to take the lead. Before this, Barnabas had been the leading […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:6b-8 He wanted to hear the word of God
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:6b-8 There they met a sorcerer and false prophet. He was a Jew named Bar-Jesus, 7 who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. An intelligent man, the proconsul sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:4-6-a Through Cyprus
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:4-6a 4 So, sent by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had John with them as their helper. 6 They traveled through the whole island […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 13:1-3 The call of Saul
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 13:1-3 13 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) and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:10-11 Friends, brothers and sons
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:10-11 10 Do not forsake your friend or your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in your day of trouble. A neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. The first line could be taken two ways, talking about two different friends (yours […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:25 The whole life of the Christian
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:25 25 After Barnabas and Saul finished their mission, they returned from Jerusalem, and brought with them John, who was also called Mark. This verse connects with the account of the prophecy about the famine in Acts 11:27-30. While Herod was blaspheming, struck down with worms, and dying a slow […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:24 spreading and growing
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:24 24 But the word of God kept spreading and growing. The classic textbook An Introduction to Greek by Crosby and Schaeffer (Allyn and Bacon, 1928) defines the imperfect verb tense this way: “Denotes action continued, repeated, customary, or attempted in past time” (p. 22, para. 41). Both verbs in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:20-23 The Lord’s angels
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:20-23 20 Now Herod had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon. With one accord they came to him, having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, and they sued for peace because their country was supplied with food by that of the king. The effect of this quarrel […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:18-19 Four executions
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:18-19 18 At daybreak there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what, after all, had become of Peter. 19 But after Herod had a search made for him but did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and then ordered that they should be executed. Then Herod went […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:17b Go tell James
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:17b 17b He added, “Go, tell this to James and the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place. This is just about the last time we hear anything about Peter in Acts apart from a statement in chapter 15. We know that Peter and Paul had an encounter […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:7-9 God’s friends
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:7-9 7 A satisfied life says no to the honeycomb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. Nephesh can mean breath, spirit, life, or sometimes body. Here, the sated stomach is probably meant, but Solomon leaves the possibility open to the idea that a life that is […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:16-17a Why was Acts written?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:16-17a 16 But Peter stayed there knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed. 17 Peter waved his hand to silence them, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. Why was Acts written? In a sense, it is the second […]