Tag: gentiles
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Iconium – A Pattern of Persecution
But having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, they went to Iconium. Acts of the Apostles 13:51 LSB Their journey of about 90 miles on a Roman road connecting these two capital cities of Asia Minor through the mountains would typically take about a week on horseback or on foot. Paul and…
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Unworthy of Eternal Life
Acts unworthy of God–seeking men יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 49:6 וַיֹּאמֶר נָקֵל מִֽהְיוֹתְךָ לִי עֶבֶד לְהָקִים אֶת־שִׁבְטֵי יַעֲקֹב ונצירי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְהָשִׁיב וּנְתַתִּיךָ לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם לִֽהְיוֹת יְשׁוּעָתִי עַד־קְצֵה הָאָֽרֶץ׃ ס Acts 13: in Pisidian Antioch This scene unfolds on a second Sabbath when Saul of Tarsus and Joseph of Cypress have been invited back to share their GOOD NEWS of Israel’s Messiah at the synagogue of Pisidian Antioch. On the the previous Sabbath: When the congregation was…
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Who has believed our message?
יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Isaiah) 53 :: מִי הֶאֱמִין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵנוּ וּזְרוֹעַ יְהוָה עַל־מִי נִגְלָֽתָה׃ and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? Paul and Barnabas SENT with the Gospel Now in the church that was at Antioch [Syria].. .. the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” ACTS of the…
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