Tag: samaritan
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Philip: Preaching to Good and Bad Samaritans
ACTS of Philip the Evangelist Φίλιππος Philip who? Jesus chose Twelve Apostles at the beginning His ministry in Galilee. The Apostle Philip was one of the Twelve. Philip has been an Apostle for about five years now. The year c. A.D. 32 or 33. When Simon Peter healed a lame man and spoke at Solomon’s…
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Interrupting Jesus 4 – Samaritans & family black sheep
Israel. Let’s get something straight: There was NO Israel in the Roman Empire. (Just take a look at the map). Call it Israel or call it Palestine; you will see that to the Romans, Judeans and Samaritans, Israel does not exist except as part of a long-gone past. A certain hatred existed in the days of…
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The Good Galilean
Mark 10:17-18 And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. Luke 9: A Samaritan Village Rejects…