Acts 15:36 – 18:22 González, pgs. 181-210 By Michelle Leann Musgrove 5/30/07 A. The Calling (15:36 – 16:10) 1.
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Transcript Acts 15:36 – 18:22 González, pgs. 181-210 By Michelle Leann Musgrove 5/30/07 A. The Calling (15:36 – 16:10) 1.
Acts 15:36 – 18:22
González, pgs. 181-210
By
Michelle Leann Musgrove
5/30/07
A. The Calling (15:36 – 16:10)
1. Paul & Barnabas Part
Acts 15:37-39
see
Acts 13:13
Related References
Gal 2:13 - Paul says
the disagreement with
Barnabas went far
beyond the matter of
taking Mark with them
or not.
Col 4:10 - John Mark is
Barnabas' cousin
2. Timothy Joins the Mission
Timothy’s Circumcision 16:3
Timothy in the NT
Contradicts Paul’s teaching?
1 Cor 7:18
Gal 5:2
Gal 2:3
Rom 16:21
1 Cor 16:10-11
2 Cor 1:1, 19
Phlm 1:1
1 Thess 1:1
1 Cor 4:17
It seems that Luke
emphasizes Paul’s
faithfulness to the law
to color the narrative
and refute charges
raised in Acts 21:21
in advance
1 and 2 Timothy is
addressed to him:
“my loyal child of the faith”
and “beloved child”
Timothy was a more
important companion of
Paul than Acts suggests
3. The Vision of a Macedonian (16:6-10)
Gal 4:13-14 Paul say it was an infirmity
that forced him to go to Galatia
Acts 16:7 – Luke might be referring to an
infirmity when saying that the Holy Spirit
would not allow the missionaries to speak
in either Asia or Bithynia.
B. Paul & Silas in Philippi (16:11-40)
1. The Beginning of the Mission in Europe
and Lydia Acts 16:11-15
Paul avoids receiving money or material
goods from his disciples or converts
(Acts 20:33-35)
Lydia “prevailed upon us” to accept her
hospitality
Paul would not forget this gesture
Paul refers to the Philippians' generosity
later Read Phil 4:15-16
B. Paul & Silas in Philippi (cont.)
2. Girl with a Spirit of Divination (16:16-24)
Acts frowns on making money by magical
or supernatural means (Acts 8:18-24,
19:25)
3. Jailer in Philippi (16:25-34)
Earthquake: Cf. Matthew 27:51b-54
Also a supernatural event in Acts 4:31
when spirit descends on them
B. Paul & Silas in Philippi (cont.)
4. Missionaries are Absolved and Expelled
(16:35-40)
With dramatic flair the reader suddenly learns
that both Paul and Silas are Roman citizens
protected by law against scourging
Acts 22:25-29 same situation
contrast 2 Cor 11:23-25 where he lists how he
has been persecuted
Paul’s account 1 Thess 2:2 - “but though we
had already suffered and been shamefully
mistreated at Philippi”
Phil 1:3-5 sound more optimistic
C. Thessalonica (17:1-9)
Acts 17:5 compare with Acts 13:45 - such
jealousy seems to refer to the great number of
converts overwhelming the Jewish population
in the synagogue:
“But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were
filled with jealousy; and blaspheming, they
contradicted what was spoken by Paul.”
Compare 1 Thess 2:1-2
D. Athens (17:15-34)
Waiting in Athens (vv. 15-16)
1 Thess 3:1-2
Appealing to the Athenians (vv. 24-31)
Paul describes the work of God, partly based on
Isaiah 42:5
God as creator is an idea common to Jews and
Greeks, see Acts 14:15
Dionysius the Areopagite and Damaris (vv. 32-34)
juxtaposing genders:
Luke 15:3-10 lost coin
Acts 5:1-11 Ananias and Sapphira.
E. Corinth (18:1-17)
Read 1 Cor 2:1-3, 1 Cor 3:1-3
vv. 1-3 Priscilla and Aquila
mentioned in Rom 16:3; 2 Tim 4:19
v. 5 Silas and Timothy arrive in Macedonia
Cf. 2 Cor 11:9
v. 6 “Your blood be on your own heads!”
Cf. Jesus’ death Matt 27:25 - Then the people as a whole
answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
v. 8 Crispus
Cf. 1 Cor 1:14-17