Tag: ethnos
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From now on I will go ethnos
ACTS 18 continued.. ἔθνη – ethnos“Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” ACTS of the Apostles 18:6b ESV – Paul’s curse toward the Jews rejecting the Gospel in Corinth Paul’s persistence in ACHIA for 18 months Our 2nd mission to Jews and the…
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Epistle from the Council of Jerusalem – Acts 15:20
The Council of Jerusalem has come to a decision. They will write an epistle of instruction to the gentile churches. Let’s focus for a moment on a HOT TOPIC of A.D. 50 on which future missions of the apostles hinged. (HOW will JEWS worship with other CULTURES?) Church leaders ANSWERED with an EPISTLE from their…
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Friends, Romans, Brothers: Lend me your ears
An angel of the Lord summoned Jews from Joppa and Romans from Caesarea to hear Peter preach the Gospel for all. Acts 10: of Peter and the Romans in Caesarea In case you missed it, Peter’s Roman Centurion host has just bowed down to him when the Apostle approached the group of believers at his…
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Why DO the nations rage?
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves,and the rulers take counsel together,against the Lord and against his Anointed Psalm 2:1b-2 ACTS of the disciples of the Apostles 4: If you READ this section of Acts 4 carefully, you will discover that unlike the earlier…
