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