Tag: jews

  • An Impossible Assignment + Disprove the Resurrection

    NEED an apologetic? LISTEN to one of the best arguments of Christians to refute the nonsense of supposedly “scientific” skepticism about the RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST after 3 days in a guarded grave. SHARE  “So if they were interested in affirming the fact of his death, all they had to do was take the body…

  • Jews in Berea receive and believe the Gospel

    What do Christians mean when they call themselves Bereans? Berean Bible Believer Are YOU one? No doubt you have your own imagery. (Let’s set our pictures of the past aside for a moment and go straight to the source – THE BIBLE – for some context of Paul’s visit to Berea.) Acts of the Apostles…

    Google Earth map of mountains near Berea, Macedonia, Greece. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. Acts 17:11 NIV
  • Three Weeks in Thessalonica- Acts 17

    Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. Acts of the Apostles 17:1 ESV Luke summarizes an 80-90 mile [~130 km] journey from Philippi by these apostles of Christ in a single verse. ~ A.D. 50 – Philippi to Thessalonica (by land)…

    Thessalonica [Θεσσαλονίκη] next destination of Paul, Silas and Timothy when they depart from Philippi on the 2nd missionary journey of Paul.