Tag: exodus

  • Exhortation from the Jew of Jews Saulos Tarseus :שָׁאוּל

    Saul’s sermon in the synagogue of Antioch We must leave behind us any notion that Paul’s exhortation to the Jews in Antioch Pisidia would have much effect by proclaiming the Gospel as Paul had to the Roman ruler Sergius Paulos in Paphos Cypress or to the faithful ‘Christians’ of the church at Antioch in Syria.…

    Born: Saul of Tarsus, c. 5 AD, Tarsus, Cilicia, Roman Empire (in 21st-century Turkey) Died: c. 64/65 AD, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
  • An Invitation to Exhortation

    NOTE: Reading time of this post is longer than average due to extended passages of Scripture usually excerpted and linked being included in full. – RH Exhortation – paraklēsis – is probably not what you think it is. After Barnabas and Saul reach Pisidian Antioch we will look closer at its role in preaching AND…

    invitation from arch-synagogue to Saul
  • Opposed to the Gospel at the Gate: Bar-Jesus

    Bar-Jesus is another name for a Jewish influencer on Cypress: Elymas the magician. Acts 13: When they arrived at Cypress Cypress is Greek, NOT Roman Paphos Aphrodite of Cyprus Bar-Jesus Bar-Jesus tries to turn the Missionaries away A Contemporary Caution Idolatry, Charlatans & Faith ACTS of the Apostles 13: True visions and True Power Acts 13:…

    Island of Cypress & Roman cities, including its Roman capital where Bar-Jesus sought to keep Paul from seeing the Proconsul