Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 65

This post covers Acts 28:11-30 and summary. In it, Paul is finally in Rome, sharing the gospel with the Jews and with anyone who will listen. He spends at least 2 years in Rome before being put to death.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 64

This post covers Acts 28:1-10. In it, Paul is on Malta after the shipwreck. He has an encounter with a viper and heals many people. Paul sets sail for Rome after his stay on Malta.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 63

This post covers Acts 27:13-44. In it, Paul and the ship encounters a storm in the Adriatic Sea that sets them adrift for about 2 weeks. An angel of God visits Paul and tells him that no one will be lost. They finally see land and eventually swim there, though the ship is lost.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 62

This post covers Acts 27:1-12. In it, Paul sails for Rome. His advice to not sail is ignored while on the island of Crete.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 61

This post covers Acts 26:1-32. In it, Paul makes his case before King Agrippa, the king's wife Bernice, and Festus the governor. His conversion story contains some added elements that are not in either of the other versions and provide some useful insight for our own evangelism.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 60

This post covers Acts 25:13-27. In it, Agrippa and Bernice visit with Festus. Festus tells them about Paul's case and Agrippa requests to hear Paul himself, which Festus arranges.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 59

This post covers Acts 24:22-25:12. In it, Paul witnesses to Felix. Felix is succeeded by Porcius Festus. Festus reviews Paul's case in both Jerusalem and Caesarea. Paul appeals to Caesar.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 58

This post covers Acts 24:1-21. In it, Paul appears before Felix the governor in Caesarea. The Jews bring charges against him and he defends himself.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 57

This post covers Acts 23:23-35. In it, Paul is secreted away to Caesarea by night and is granted a hearing before Felix the governor.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 56

This post covers Acts 23:12-22. In it, the Jews plot to kill Paul. He finds out and informs the tribune.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 55

This post covers Acts 22:22-23:11. In it, the Jews call for Pauls' death. The tribune intercedes again and sets Paul up to be flogged. He finds out Paul is a Roman citizen and the next day he brings him before the Jewish council.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 54

This post covers Acts 21:37-22:21. In it, Paul addresses the Jerusalem crowd. He relates his own history and conversion, as well as his mission from God to the Gentiles.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 53

This post covers Acts 21:27-36. In it, Paul is seized and beaten by the Jews until the Roman tribune in Jerusalem arrests him and carries him into the barracks.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 52

This post covers Acts 21:1-26. In it, Paul travels to Jerusalem by way of Tyre and Caesarea. In Jerusalem, he meets with the elders and James. They tell him to purify himself and fulfill a vow in accordance with the Mosaic Law.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 51

This post covers Acts 20:17-38. In it, Paul speaks to the Ephesian elders. He tells them what will happen in Jerusalem and exhorts them about their duties as overseers. He also warns them about wolves both in and outside the church.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 50

This post covers Acts 20:1-16. In it, Paul travels through Greece, Macedonia, preaches at Troas, and makes his way towards Jerusalem. Jews still incite against him and God still does signs, raising Eutychus, through Paul.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 49

This post covers Acts 19:21-41. In it, Demetrius the silversmith riles the artisans in Ephesus because they are losing business over Paul saying that "gods made with hands are not gods."

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 48

This post covers Actsw 19:1-20. In it, Paul is in Ephesus debating with the Jews and reasoning with the Gentiles in Tyrannus' hall. Jesus name is extolled by signs and wonders through Paul and by the comic seven sons of Sceva.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 47

This post covers Acts 18:24-28. In it, Apollos is in Ephesus preaching Christ. Priscilla and Aquila help him to a greater understanding of the way of God. He then travels to Achaia (southern Greece).

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 46

This post covers Acts 18:18-23. In it, Paul makes his way to Antioch by way of Cenchreae, Ephesus, and Caesarea. His second mission ends in Antioch and he very quickly begins his third mission by going through the regions of Galatia and Phrygia.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 45

This post covers Acts 18:1-17. In it, Paul visits Corinth and stays for 1 year, 6 months. He preaches to Jews and Gentiles and many convert.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 44

This post covers Acts 17:16-34. In it, Paul speaks on the Areopagus with the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers. Paul conveys the ideas of Genesis to them in Greek thought and pivots at the end to Jesus' resurrection and coming judgment.

Bible Study: The Acts of the Apostles, Part 43

This post covers Acts 17:10-15. In it, Paul, Silas, and Timothy are sent to Berea by the Thessalonian brothers. There, they preach in the synagogue until Jews from Thessalonica agitate. They are then sent off to Athens.