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Chapter 22—Thessalonica This chapter is based on Acts 17:1-10. After leaving Philippi, Paul and Silas made their way to Thessalonica. Here they were given the privilege of addressing large congregations in the Jewish synagogue. Their appearance bore evidence of the shameful treatment they had recently received, and necessitated an explanation of what had taken place.…

Chapter 21—In the Regions Beyond This chapter is based on Acts 16:7-40. The time had come for the gospel to be proclaimed beyond the confines of Asia Minor. The way was preparing for Paul and his fellow workers to cross over into Europe. At Troas, on the borders of the Mediterranean Sea, “a vision appeared…

Chapter 20—Exalting the Cross This chapter is based on Acts 15:36-41; 16:1-6. After spending some time in ministry at Antioch, Paul proposed to his fellow worker that they set forth on another missionary journey. “Let us go again,” he said to Barnabas, “and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word…

Chapter 19—Jew and Gentile This chapter is based on Acts 15:1-35. On reaching Antioch in Syria, from which place they had been sent forth on their mission, Paul and Barnabas took advantage of an early opportunity to assemble the believers and rehearse “all that God had done with them, and how He had opened the…

Chapter 18—Preaching Among the Heathen This chapter is based on Acts 14:1-26. From Antioch in Pisidia, Paul and Barnabas went to Iconium. In this place, as at Antioch, they began their labors in the synagogue of their own people. They met with marked success; “a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the…

Chapter 17—Heralds of the Gospel This chapter is based on Acts 13:4-52. “Sent forth by the Holy Ghost,” Paul and Barnabas, after their ordination by the brethren in Antioch, “departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.” Thus the apostles began their first missionary journey. Cyprus was one of the places to which…

Chapter 16—The Gospel Message in Antioch This chapter is based on Acts 11:19-26; 13:1-3. After the disciples had been driven from Jerusalem by persecution, the gospel message spread rapidly through the regions lying beyond the limits of Palestine; and many small companies of believers were formed in important centers. Some of the disciples “traveled as…

Chapter 15—Delivered From Prison This chapter is based on Acts 12:1-23. “Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.” The government of Judea was then in the hands of Herod Agrippa, subject to Claudius, the Roman emperor. Herod also held the position of tetrarch of Galilee.…

Chapter 14—A Seeker for Truth This chapter is based on Acts 9:32-43; Acts 10; Acts 11:1-18. In the course of his ministry the apostle Peter visited the believers at Lydda. Here he healed Aeneas, who for eight years had been confined to his bed with palsy. “Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole,” the apostle said;…

Chapter 13—Days of Preparation This chapter is based on Acts 9:19-30. After his baptism, Paul broke his fast and remained “certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that He is the Son of God.” Boldly he declared Jesus of Nazareth to be the long-looked-for Messiah,…