Tag: Luke

  • Through Many Afflictions Saul and Joseph return to Antioch

    What afflictions, which tribulations will we suffer for our witness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ? ~AD 49 – a return journey [Just a reminder that Paul is a more local name for Saul from Tarsus beyond the imposing Guyik and Taurus mountains and many brothers address Joseph of the island of Cypress by his…

    And after they had proclaimed the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned.. Acts14 - return trip of Paul and Barnabas to the church at Antioch
  • The Lame Walk a Sign from God

    A Sign of Faith in Capernaum ~A.D. 27 – Jesus in Galilee “Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins have been forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’? Gospel of Luke 5:43 LSB “But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,”—He said to…

    Painting Paul and Barnabas in Lystra where Paul told a lame man 'Get up and walk.
  • Acts 14 Pursued through Lycaonia

    Fleeing Persecution After having fled Pisidian Antioch, Roman capital of the Galatian district of Lycaonia, Barnabas and Paul must again go into hiding as they escape persecution in Iconium. Luke’s detailed account of Paul’s first missionary journey in Acts 14 shows us what will frequently take place in many cities throughout the world. His historic…

    Lystra and Derbe in the Taurus Mountains of Turkey