Studies in Acts Paul’s testimony before the Roman Jews (Acts 28:17-31) Having barely recovered from the months-long voyage, Paul turned his thoughts once again to his calling to testify to […]

Studies in Acts (Acts 28:1-16) Hospitality on Malta Paul and the mariners, soldiers, prisoners, and passengers had crawled up on the beach. There they were in their sopping clothes, shaking […]

Studies in Acts                                                                                                                   The Shipwreck (Acts 27:27-44) Land in sight! Since their departure from Crete two weeks had past, drifting about in the tumultuous sea. Meanwhile, the […]

Studies in Acts                                                                                                                   Paul’s Journey to Rome – at last! (Acts 27:1-26) The church in Rome was not established by Paul. It was in existence already when […]

Studies in Acts                                                                                                                   Festus lays Paul’s case before king Agrippa (Acts 25:13 to 26:32) Paul had appealed to the emperor, but what should Festus write concerning the […]

Studies in Acts                                                                                                                   Paul and the Authorities (Acts 24:24-25:12) Private visit from Felix and Drusilla to Paul After the adjournment, Felix did not forget about Paul. Already […]

Studies in Acts                                                                                                                   Bearing Testimony (Acts 24:1-23) Paul was called to proclaim the gospel not only to slaves and free among Jews and Gentiles, but also to […]

Studies in Acts Plots and Plans! (Acts 23:12-35) The attack planned. Several fanatical Jews were enraged that their attempt to kill Paul had failed, and that the Council had not […]

Studies in Acts Struggles with the Sanhedrin (Acts 22:24-23:11) Before the Sanhedrin condemned the Lord Jesus to death, he had overwhelmingly proven to both the leaders and the people that […]

Studies in Acts An Apologia (Acts 22:1-23) How did the mistreated apostle address his audience? The mob had violated the fraternal bond and just now had almost killed him as […]

Studies in Acts Jerusalem in turmoil (Acts 21:27-30) None of the law-observant Jewish Christians provided the occasion for Paul’s arrest. Nor any Judaizers, but Jews from the Roman province of […]

Studies in Acts Jews and Gentiles in Christ (Acts 21:17-26) About twenty-five years before this time, the Lord called Paul to be an apostle. At the cost of much affliction […]

Studies in Acts Paul’s Third Missionary Journey (Acts 21:1-16) Paul’s Third Apostolic Journey: Tyre, Ptolemais, Caesarea, Jerusalem By now it was three years since Paul had left Antioch in Syria […]

Studies in Acts Farewell to Ephesus (Acts 20:13-37) Verses 13-17 If the farewell service in Troas did indeed occur on Sunday evening, then Paul left Troas on Monday morning to […]

Studies in Acts Jerusalem via Macedonia (Acts 20:1-12) Paul’s departure from Ephesus was not due to compulsion, for calm had returned to the city, which enabled the apostle to conclude […]

Studies in Acts A Riot at Ephesus (Acts 19:23-41) Nowhere had Paul been able to proclaim the gospel undisturbed for as long as he did in Ephesus. But near the […]