The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 18 Vs. 1 Paul leaves Athens and goes to Corinth. Vs. 2 Paul met a man and his wife recently come from Italy. The man’s name was Aquila and his wife was Priscilla. They had to leave Italy because the king of Rome said all Jews had to leave
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 17 Vs 1 Paul traveled through two cities and then came to Thessalonica. Here Paul went to the Jewish church first to talk to the Jews. Paul always talked to the Jewish people first before he talked to the Gentiles. Vs. 2 For 3 Sabbath days Paul talked
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 16 Vs. 1 Paul goes to Derbe and Lystra.. He met a young man, Timothy. Timothy’s mother was Jewish, his father was Greek. Timothy was well thought of by the people in the area. Paul decided to have Timothy travel with him. Since Paul would be with so many
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 15 Vs.1 Some believers men from the area of Judea were teaching the new believers (non-Jewish believers) that they had to be circumcised after believing in Jesus. All Jewish men were circumcised when they were 8 days old. It was a command given to Abraham in the Old Testament.
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 14 Vs. 1 Paul and Barnabas have gone to another city Iconium. As they preached, many of the Jews and the Gentiles believed what they said about Jesus. Vs.2 But some of the Jews who did not believe began to make trouble for Paul. They tried to get the
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 13 Vs. 1-12 There were a number of leaders now of the believers. At the church in Antioch, there was Barnabas, Simeon (called “the black man”) Lucas who was from Cyrene, Manaen who was the childhood friend of King Herod Antipas, and Saul (Paul). One day when these men
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 12 Vs. 1-4 Herod (Agrippa) is the king over the Jewish area. Herod is a title name—-like king. He is under Caesar the King Emperor of Rome, Italy. Rome rules over many lands. Each area has its own “king” or leader. Herod has not always been well liked by
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 11 Vs. 1-2 Peter went back to Jerusalem. He told them what happened with the Gentiles. Vs. 3 They started to blame him for eating with the Gentiles. Vs. 4-14 Peter told them all about his dream and what God said about eating those meats. Vs. 15 Peter told them
The Acts of the Apostles Chapter 9 Vs. 32-43 Vs. 32-35 Peter is traveling around. He goes to the town of Lydda There was a man there who had palsy for 8 years. Peter said to him “Jesus Christ is making you well. Get up.” The man was healed and got up. The people of
The Acts of the Apostles Acts Chapter 9 Vs. 1-31 Vs. 1,2 Saul had been watching the believers in Jesus. Saul had studied with well-known Jewish teachers. He was very smart and knew much about the scriptures. He was a very sincere Jew. He tried hard to do everything right. He thought that these people