Episodes

Saturday, 17 June 2023“so that they should seek the Lord, in the hope that they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; Acts 17:27More literally, the verse reads, “to seek the Lord, if perhaps, indeed, they m...

Sunday, 18 June 2023“for in Him we live and move and have our being, as also some of your own poets have said, ‘For we are also His offspring.’ Acts 17:28Paul has stated that God has ordained the boundaries of the nations so that people should ...

Monday, 19 June 2023“Therefore, since we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, something shaped by art and man’s devising. Acts 17:29A more literal translation is “Therefore, bei...

Tuesday, 20 June 2023“Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent, Acts 17:30A closer translation would be, “Therefore, indeed, having overlooked these times of ignorance, God now commands all m...

Wednesday, 21 June 2023“because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.” Acts 17:31Paul just finished his word...

Thursday, 22 June 2023And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, while others said, “We will hear you again on this matter.” Acts 17:32Paul, while speaking to those at Athens, noted that God had appointed a Man through wh...

Friday, 23 June 2023So Paul departed from among them. Acts 17:33As simple as the sentence is, the translation is lacking in three ways. It says, “And so, Paul went out from their midst.”The previous verse described the mocking reaction of so...

Saturday, 24 June 2023However, some men joined him and believed, among them Dionysius the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. Acts 17:34More appropriately, the verse reads, “But some men, having joined him, believed: among ...

Sunday, 25 June 2023After these things Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. Acts 18:1Note: The order of the words in the NKJV doesn’t follow the Greek. It should read, “And after these things, Paul having departed from Athens came to ...

Monday, 26 June 2023And he found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome); and he came to them. Acts 18:2In the previo...

Tuesday, 27 June 2023So, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and worked; for by occupation they were tentmakers. Acts 18:3A more literal translation would be, “And because being of the same trade, he stayed with them and worke...

Wednesday, 28 June 2023And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. Acts 18:4The verse more literally reads, “And he was reasoning in the synagogue on every Sabbath, persuading both Jews and Greeks” (CG). ...

Thursday, 29 June 2023When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ. Acts 18:5The words of this verse should read, “And when both Silas and Timothy came down...

Friday, 30 June 2023But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his garments and said to them, “Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” Acts 18:6The verbs are in the wrong tense in the NKJV....

Saturday, 1 July 2023And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. Acts 18:7The translation is more correctly rendered, “And having departed th...

Sunday, 2 July 2023Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8In the previous verse, Paul moved his teaching to the house of ...

Monday, 3 July 2023Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; Acts 18:9In the last verse, Paul spoke, people believed, and then they were baptized. With that, it next says, “Now th...

Tuesday, 4 July 2023“for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I have many people in this city.” Acts 18:10The Lord has come to Paul in a vision at night and told him to not be afraid, but to speak and not keep silent. His ...

Wednesday, 5 July 2023And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. Acts 18:11The last two verses detailed Paul’s vision of the Lord. He was informed that he was to keep on speaking and he was given reassura...

Thursday, 6 July 2023When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat, Acts 18:12The previous verse noted that Paul continued in Corinth for a year and six months, teaching ...

Friday, 7 July 2023saying, “This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.” Acts 18:13In the previous verse, the Jews had stood against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat of Gallio. Their words are now given, “saying, ‘Thi...

Saturday, 8 July 2023And when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or wicked crimes, O Jews, there would be reason why I should bear with you. Acts 18:14Paul has been taken before the jud...

Sunday, 9 July 2023“But if it is a question of words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves; for I do not want to be a judge of such matters.” Acts 18:15Gallio has just stated to the Jews that if the matter they had presented was som...

Monday, 10 July 2023And he drove them from the judgment seat. Acts 18:16Gallio just completed his words to the Jews about their appeal against Paul. He wants nothing to do with it. Therefore, Luke next records, “And he drove them from the judgm...