Episodes

Tuesday, 11 July 2023Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But Gallio took no notice of these things. Acts 18:17Gallio just drove from his judgment seat those who made a petition ...

Wednesday, 12 July 2023So Paul still remained a good while. Then he took leave of the brethren and sailed for Syria, and Priscilla and Aquila were with him. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea, for he had taken a vow. Acts 18:18The words are mo...

Thursday, 13 July 2023And he came to Ephesus, and left them there; but he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. Acts 18:19In the previous verse, Paul left Corinth along with Priscilla and Aquila. While in Cenchrea, he cut hi...

Friday, 14 July 2023When they asked him to stay a longer time with them, he did not consent, Acts 18:20In the previous verse, Paul entered the synagogue at Ephesus and reasoned with the Jews. He must have had an initial positive effect on them ...

Saturday, 15 July 2023but took leave of them, saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem; but I will return again to you, God willing.” And he sailed from Ephesus. Acts 18:21In the previous verse, Paul did not consent to s...

Sunday, 16 July 2023And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up and greeted the church, he went down to Antioch. Acts 18:22Luke uses participles to keep the motion rolling along. The verse more accurately reads, “And having landed at Caesar...

Monday, 17 July 2023After he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the region of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. Acts 18:23The verse more precisely reads, “And having stayed some time, he departed, ...

Tuesday, 18 July 2023Now a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus. Acts 18:24The words now form an insert into the narrative to introduce a new figure into the Bible. While P...

Wednesday, 19 July 2023This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things of the Lord, though he knew only the baptism of John. Acts 18:25The previous verse introduced Apo...

Thursday, 20 July 2023So he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. When Aquila and Priscilla heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. Acts 18:26In the previous verse, Apollos was noted as having been ...

Friday, 21 July 2023And when he desired to cross to Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him; and when he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace; Acts 18:27The words more correctly read, “And h...

Saturday, 22 July 2023for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. Acts 18:28In the previous verse, Apollos went off to Achaia. When he went, he was given a letter of introduction. Upon his ...

Sunday, 23 July 2023And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples Acts 19:1In the previous verse, which ended Chapter 18, it said that Apollos vigo...

Monday, 24 July 2023he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” Acts 19:2The previous verse noted that Paul had arrived in Ephesus and ...

Tuesday, 25 July 2023And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” Acts 19:3In the previous verse, Paul asked the disciples he met in Ephesus if they had received the Holy Spirit when they believed...

Wednesday, 26 July 2023Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.” Acts 19:4In the previous verse, Paul had asked ...

Thursday, 27 July 2023When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5In the previous verse, Paul noted that John’s baptism was one of repentance and that John told his audience that they should believe on Him w...

Friday, 28 July 2023And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Acts 19:6In the previous verse, the disciples Paul was speaking to were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus...

Saturday, 29 July 2023Now the men were about twelve in all. Acts 19:7The previous verse noted what occurred after Paul baptized the disciples introduced in verse 19:1. He subsequently laid hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them. When...

Sunday, 30 July 2023And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. Acts 19:8The previous verse finished the account concerning those who had been disciples...

Monday, 31 July 2023But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. Acts 19:9The verbs are not well tr...

Tuesday, 1 August 2023And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 19:10In the previous verse, Paul had moved from the synagogue to the school of Tyrannus. Now bein...

Wednesday, 2 August 2023Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, Acts 19:11The words are rather difficult to translate literally, but a close rendering of the Greek would be, “And miracles – not matched – God was working by the han...

Happy is the person who doesn’t listen to the wicked.    He doesn’t go where sinners go.    He doesn’t do what bad people do.2 He loves the Lord’s teachings.    He thinks about those teachings day and night.3 He is strong, like a tree planted by a r...