A Final Farewell
Acts Chapter 20 briefly describes Paul’s travels to Macedonia then to Greece, and in Troas, Paul raised a man from the dead, who had fallen from a three story building (verses 7-12). Next Paul feels compelled to go to Jerusalem and so starts his journey. He sends word to the leaders of the Church in Ephesus to meet him along the way. In this final message he will give to these leaders, Paul emphasizes the trials he went through to preach the Gospel, and the importance of receiving the gospel’s message. (more…)
Riot in Ephesus
In the second half of Acts 19, Paul had laid out plans to travel to Macedonia, but before he was able to leave some idol makers stirred the whole city up in a chaotic riot. A man named Demetrius, a silversmith, gathered together his fellow craftsmen and started to complain about how Paul’s teaching was having an effect on the sale of idols (more…)
All of Ephesus Hears the Gospel
In Acts chapter 19 Paul travels to Ephesus and stays, teaching about Jesus Christ for 2 years. In Ephesus, Paul found some more believers who, like Appollos from chapeter 18, did not know of the Holy spirit, but only of the preaching of John the Baptist. (more…)