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1476. In Pisidian Antioch

Acts 13:13-52

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... lips), Paul did not take it kindly (see further the disc. on 15:38). Acts gives no indication of any preaching in Perga at this time. We must always keep in mind, of course, the summary nature of the narrative. But if in fact they did not stay there, it has sometimes been supposed that this was due to Paul’s falling sick and needing to hasten inland to a better climate. Ramsay infers from Galatians 4:13 that Paul was struck down by malaria (these coastal lands were notoriously subject to that disease) and ...

1477. Paul and Silas In Prison

Acts 16:16-40

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... the appointment of the “overseers and deacons” of Philippians 1:1. We may be meant to assume that the procedure of 14:23 was followed here as elsewhere, unless Luke himself made the appointments at a later date as Paul’s proxy, for he apparently stayed behind as Paul and Silas and Timothy took their leave. The we-passages only resume when Paul comes this way again in 20:5. Their unhurried departure must be attributed in large part to their physical condition. Both Paul and Silas had been badly knocked ...

1478. In Thessalonica (Acts 17:1–9)

Acts 17:1-9

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... 1 Thess. 2:9; 2 Thess. 3:8); and long enough for the church at Philippi to send him gifts (Phil. 4:16). 17:1 By following the Egnatian Way to the west and the south, they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, apparently without making a long stay in either. The comment that in Thessalonica there was a synagogue implies that there was none in these towns (no evidence of any has ever been found). The two towns may only be mentioned, therefore, as their overnight stopping places, and if we make the further ...

1479. Paul in Ephesus

Acts 19:1-22

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... It would be surprising indeed had an itinerant companion of Paul risen in such short time to be treasurer of the city of Corinth. However, he may have been another Erastus of Corinth with whom Paul later stayed (2 Tim. 4:20). The name was a common one. Meanwhile, as these two traveled northward, Paul himself stayed in the province of Asia a little longer. This reference implies that his work was not confined to the metropolis (cf. vv. 10, 26), whereas the earlier part of the verse makes it clear that his ...

1480. On to Jerusalem

Acts 21:1-16

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... :30; 12:25; 15:3). He now spent a day with the brothers. 21:8–9 The next day they continued to Caesarea. On two occasions at least (9:30; 18:22), and probably more, Paul had passed through Caesarea. Almost certainly he knew Philip and on this occasion stayed with him for a number of days. Philip was last heard of in 8:40 as having come to Caesarea some twenty years earlier. He had apparently made the city his home ever since (see Didache 13 for the “settling” of an itinerant minister). His title, the ...

1481. Arrival at Rome

Acts 28:11-16

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... navigators in the ancient world. The mention of this irrelevant detail is a sure sign that we have an eyewitness account. 28:12 The ship carried them first to Syracuse, the Roman capital of Sicily, a distance of about ninety miles from Malta. Here they stayed for three days, waiting, perhaps, for a wind from the south. 28:13 There is an uncertainty in the Greek text of this verse. One well-supported reading has them “making a circuit” to Rhegium, which is strange, since Rhegium stood in a straight line ...

1482. Paul Preaches at Rome Under Guard

Acts 28:17-31

Understanding Series

David J. Williams

... a challenge and a charter to all who now read it. Luke bids us follow Paul and the others in mission and devotion in the work of establishing “one body of Christ” in all the world. Additional Notes 28:23 To the place where he was staying: Behind this translation lies a Greek word that means primarily “hospitality,” so that the phrase could be rendered they came “for hospitality.” This cannot mean, however, that he provided meals for them, only that they were his guests because he could not go to ...

1483. Final Greetings

Colossians 4:7-18

Understanding Series

Arthur G. Patzia

... of his name comes as no surprise. Paul’s commendation of this fellow prisoner (Philem. 23) comes out of a long personal relationship that the two have had. Epaphras must have come to Ephesus during Paul’s stay in that city (Acts 19) and been converted under Paul’s preaching. Paul’s stay in Ephesus was rather lengthy (three years, according to Acts 20:31), and it included an extensive teaching ministry (“had discussions daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. This went on for two years, so that all ...

1484. Warning Against False Teachers of the Law

1 Timothy 1:1-11

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... begins, “Even as,” a construction that needs a “so now” to complete it. Paul intended either something like what the NIV translates or something like, “Even as I urged you when I was on my way to Macedonia, so now I urge you in writing, stay in Ephesus.” Whether Paul has recently been in Ephesus is a moot point. Guthrie, probably because of how Paul expresses himself in 3:14, suggests that he may have “left Timothy en route for Ephesus, and charged him to abide there” (p. 57). More recently ...

1485. Personal Remarks

2 Timothy 4:9-18

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... he reworks some things in light of subsequent criticisms. Barrett seems to favor this view. 4:9 Many also have seen an inherent tension between vv. 9–18 and the rest of the letter. But that is due to the mistaken notions that Paul has told Timothy to stay on at Ephesus to resist the false teachers (e.g., Scott), which he has not (not in this letter at least) or that 2 Timothy like 1 Timothy is also a “church manual,” or at least a “pastor’s manual,” which neither is. 4:10–11a The notation ...

1486. Final Greetings

2 Timothy 4:19-22

Understanding Series

Gordon D. Fee

... helper” (diakoneō) whom he sent with Timothy from Ephesus to Macedonia some years earlier (Acts 19:22)? And did Paul leave him in Corinth as they passed through the city? Or was he already in Corinth, and Timothy expected him to have joined Paul, but instead he had stayed in Corinth? We simply don’t know. So also with Trophimus. Did Paul get as close as Miletus in trying to return to Ephesus (cf. 1 Tim. 3:14–15)? If so, is it possible that word about Trophimus had not reached Timothy? Or is that the ...

1487. Hebrew Servants

Exodus 21:2-11

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... went free with her husband); “If his master gives him a wife and she bears” children (in which case the wife and children stayed with the owner as his [original] property), or “if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children and do ... not want to go free.’ ” If a bond slave preferred the bondage of his employment (in order to stay with his family) he had to make that decision after the sixth year. Incentive to leave and the “stability” of a life-long ...

1488. The Covenant Confirmed

Exodus 24:1-18

Understanding Series

James K. Bruckner

... ; 19:20/25; 20:21/24:3; 24:9, further up in 24:13/32:15; 34:4/34:29). His fifth climb involved three stages: with the elders; with Aaron and sons part way; with Joshua a bit further (v. 13a); and alone to the top (v. 13b). He stayed on the mountain for forty days (v. 18; 32:15). The text mentions for the first time here that there were seventy elders, having referred to them earlier as “capable men,” chosen at Jethro’s counsel to serve as judges and administrators of the people (18:21–26; see also ...

1489. The Song of Deborah

Judges 5:1-31

Understanding Series

Cheryl A. Brown

... to all of the tribes that lived in or near the area of Canaanite hegemony, as well as others who were farther away; in general, only those who were directly affected participated in the battle, while those who were not directly affected found reasons to stay home. As human nature was, so shall it ever be. 5:19–23 The battle is finally described in beautifully poetic language and imagery, which the NIV captures as well as possible, though the assonance of the Hebrew words is lost in translation. The author ...

1490. Ruth and Boaz on the Threshing Floor

Ruth 3:1-18

Understanding Series

Michael S. Moore

... seems wiser, however, to examine him alongside his canonical-historical contemporaries before guessing at his motives (15). 3:13 Stay here for the night. Boaz goes into protection mode because he does not want Ruth to navigate her way ... , for example, are hazy. Does he want to keep his daughter home indefinitely? Is it his intention to persuade his son-in-law to stay in Bethlehem? Does he know something about the bad reputation of the Gibeahites? And what about his methods? Is he trying, like other biblical ...

1491. The List of the Exiles Who Returned

Nehemiah 7:4-73a

Understanding Series

Leslie C. Allen

... be lax (compare 2 Sam. 4:5–7, esp. in the REB or NJB). But Clines, Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, p. 178, gives reasons why this is a less likely rendering. While the gatekeepers are still on duty: This order seems to indicate that the gates did not stay open after the guards left their posts. The REB, “while the gatekeepers are standing at ease,” again refers to a siesta—but this is not an obvious meaning for the verb. 7:4 Although Nehemiah says that the houses had not yet been rebuilt, there were, of ...

1492. All Night Long

Song of Songs 3:1-11

Understanding Series

Elizabeth Huwiler

... one, 5:2–8. The temporal link suggests a conceptual one as well. If in 2:17 the woman invited the man to stay until daybreak or warned him not to go away until nightfall, it makes sense that she is surprised and disappointed to find him absent in the night ... . If, on the other hand, one takes verse 17 as a request for the man to stay until evening or to leave only until morning, she should not have expected to find him with her at night. In this case, her distress ...

1493. A Letter to the Exiles

Jeremiah 29:1-23

Understanding Series

Tremper Longman III

... . One would think that it would be hard to pray for one’s enemies who had just deported them. However, the command is not totally altruistic. The divine reasoning appeals to the exiles’ self-interest and once again indicates that their stay is not temporary. As Babylon prospers, so will they. Finally, God warns the exiles against the fraudulent hope offered by the false prophets. Interestingly, these prophets are not speaking a divinely-inspired message, but rather they are having or at least reporting ...

1494. Timeout at Tiberias

John 21:1-14

Sermon

King Duncan

... it would. You invited a few friends to church and none of them showed up. You prayed and prayed for a miracle in your life and so far you can’t tell anything is happening. Can you feel Christ putting his hand on your shoulder and telling you to stay focused and faithful--and not give up? Life is not about going from victory to victory. Life is about learning and growing as the Holy Spirit works in our life. Failure is simply part of the process. This is not to say that failure does not hurt. Of course ...

1495. A Widow at the End of Her Rope

1 Kings 17:7-24

Sermon

King Duncan

... soon it dried up. And thus the word of the Lord came to him: “Go at once to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and stay there.” Zarephath was located on the Mediterranean coast between Tyre and Sidon in the heart of pagan territory. In fact, it was not far ... and laid him on the bed. Then he cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, have you brought tragedy even on this widow I am staying with, by causing her son to die?” You think because Elijah is a prophet that he has life all figured out. But he has no ...

1496. Extraordinary Faith

Luke 7:1-10

Children's Sermon

King Duncan

... go, what happened? That's right! It jumped out of my hand. Soared for a moment. Then went flat and fell to the ground. Suppose, however, I filled this balloon with helium and tied the end of the balloon. What would happen? It would soar up to the ceiling and stay up there for weeks, perhaps, until all the helium leaked out. Sometimes by our own power we can blow ourselves up until we look and act very important. (Blow up another balloon.) But it's all hot air. We still can't soar to the ceiling. But when we ...

1497. Jesus Changes Water to Wine

John 2:1-11

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... 11) completes their call and marks an auspicious beginning to the Galilean ministry. After the single miracle at Cana and a short stay at Capernaum, Jesus will go to Jerusalem at the season of Passover and drive the moneychangers from the temple (cf. 2: ... to do: They lead people to believe in Jesus and through faith in him to gain life (see 20:31). The length of Jesus’ stay in Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples cannot be determined from the text. The vagueness of a few days stands in ...

1498. The Last Passover

John 12:1-11

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... of self-purification? Were they Jews from all over Israel, or a more specific group? The fact that the word country in verse 55 is the same word translated “region” in verse 54 suggests that they may have come from the same region where Jesus was staying. That they were looking for Jesus and speculating as to whether he would come to the festival (v. 50) is natural if they were acquainted with him and knew his previous whereabouts. It is not likely that his name was such a household word that people ...

1499. The Empty Tomb and the First Appearance

John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... ”). The point of the words Do not hold on to me is not that Jesus’ body is intangible (in contrast to later, when he invites Thomas to touch his hands and side, v. 27) but simply that because he is on his way to the Father, he cannot stay and talk with Mary. There is time only to give her the message she must deliver to the other disciples. 20:18 Went to the disciples: Though the term “disciple” is reserved for Jesus’ male followers in John’s Gospel, the interweaving of Mary’s story with that ...

1500. The Second Appearance and Its Sequel

John 20:19-23, John 20:24-31

Understanding Series

J. Ramsey Michaels

... Spirit” (20:22) If the empty tomb signified to the beloved disciple Jesus’ departure to the Father, his appearance to the disciples gathered behind locked doors signifies his return. He has come back, not to pay them a brief visit and go away again, but to stay. His return is not a momentary incident but the beginning of a new relationship. “Before long,” he had said, “the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. On that day you will realize that I ...

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