Tag: Luke

  • 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
  • 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…

    map of Roman Empire - Augustus organization of Legions
  • No Longer Paralyzed: Walking in Lydda

    Paralyzed until Peter’s missionary journey What must it be like to be paralyzed, either from birth or as the result of a traumatic impact of this fragile flesh and bones at any time? We have seen paralyzed men many times in Scripture. And Simon Peter had met paralyzed or lame men at various times in…

    sick laid at Peter's feet in Jerusalem to be healed by falling in his shadow