by Will | Jun 24, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 14:19-20 (NIV) Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and won the crowd over. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, thinking he was dead. But after the disciples had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he...
by Will | Jun 20, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 14:14-18 (NIV) But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of this, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting: “Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from...
by Will | Jun 19, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 14:8-13 (NIV) In Lystra there sat a man crippled in his feet, who was lame from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, “Stand up on your...
by Will | Jun 18, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 14:1-7 (NIV) At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed. But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the...
by Will | Jun 18, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 13:49-52 (NIV) The word of the Lord spread through the whole region. But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region. So they...
by Will | Jun 14, 2019 | Scripture Meditations
Acts 13:42-47 (NIV) As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to speak further about these things on the next Sabbath. When the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who...