So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. - Acts 18:11 When Paul was met with resistance as he taught the word of God, he became disillusioned and almost gave up. God spoke to him and told him to continue teaching. Paul obeyed God's instructions and continued to spread the
For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city. - Acts 18:10 Jesus told Paul to have no fear, for he is with him always, and to worry not about harm because Christians, regardless of their denomination, stand together to protect their own.
Peter and the Beginnings of the Church in the Holy Land (chs. 1–12) “Throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria” (1:1—9:31; see 9:31 and note) Introduction (1:1–2) Christ’s resurrection ministry (1:3–11) The period of waiting for the Holy Spirit (1:12–26) The filling with the Spirit (ch. 2) The healing of the lame man and the resultant
Acts Jesus Ascends to Heaven 1:1 I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach 1:2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. 1:3 To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented
THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Commentary by David Brown INTRODUCTION This book is to the Gospels what the fruit is to the tree that bears it. In the Gospels we see the corn of wheat falling into the ground and dying: in the Acts we see it bringing forth much fruit (Joh 12:24). There we see Christ