Acts Bible Study: Day 27 Today’s passage: Acts 17 Focus verse: But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. (Acts 17:13) Paul and his team make their way to Thessalonica. For three Sabbaths they […]
Acts Bible Study: Day 26 Today’s passage: Acts 16 Focus verse: After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer was commanded to guard them carefully. (Acts 16:23) As Paul heads out with his new apprentice, Silas, they go to Derbe and then on to Lystra. In Lystra they meet Timothy. […]
After Paul and Silas’s encounter with Lydia, the fortune-teller, and the jailer, they leave Philippi and head for Thessalonica. As is Paul’s practice, he heads to the local synagogue. For three Sabbaths, he tells the Jews about Jesus. Some decide to follow Jesus, including some God-fearing Greeks and women of influence. But as is the […]
After casting the fortune-telling spirit out of the slave girl, freeing her from possession in the spiritual realm and exploitation in the physical realm, Paul and Silas end up in trouble. Though this is Paul’s doing—when he commanded the spirit to come out of the fortune-teller—Silas is guilty by association. Dragged before the authorities, Paul […]
When Paul and Barnabas end their missionary partnership, each one selects a new mentee and heads in different directions. Barnabas takes his cousin, John Mark, while Paul picks Silas. But even before Paul picks Silas to mentor, Silas is a leader in the church. He was part of the special delegation to Antioch. The group […]
When Paul and Silas are in Philippi, they meet a slave girl who has the psychic ability to tell people’s future. Using her fortune-telling skills, she earns a great deal of money for her owners. When she sees Paul, the spirit within her shouts supernatural truth: “These men are servants from God Most High. They’re […]
Lydia is a merchant who sells expensive purple material. She lives in Philippi. She worships God but doesn’t know about Jesus. When Paul shows up, he tells her who Jesus is and what he did. She wants to follow Jesus too. She believes and is baptized to show her commitment to him. Then she asks […]