Acts Episodes - Page 50

Oct. 3, 2023

Acts 20:32

Tuesday, 3 October 2023 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. Acts 20:32 A few small adjustments will bring the words cl...

Oct. 4, 2023

Acts 20:33

Wednesday, 4 October 2023 “I have coveted no one’s silver or gold or apparel. Acts 20:33 The order of the words is reversed in the translation – “Silver or gold or clothing of none I coveted” (CG). Paul just commended those with him to God and ...

Oct. 5, 2023

Acts 20:34

Thursday, 5 October 2023 “Yes, you yourselves know that these hands have provided for my necessities, and for those who were with me. Acts 20:34 The words are out of their original order and should read, “And you yourselves know that to my needs,...

Oct. 6, 2023

Acts 20:35

Friday, 6 October 2023 “I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” Acts 20:35 Paul just noted that h...

Oct. 7, 2023

Acts 20:36

Saturday, 7 October 2023 And when he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. Acts 20:36 The words are more literally rendered, “And having said these things, having bowed his knees, he prayed with them all” (CG). In the p...

Oct. 8, 2023

Acts 20:37

Sunday, 8 October 2023 Then they all wept freely, and fell on Paul’s neck and kissed him, Acts 20:37 The words are more literally rendered, “And there was much weeping of all, and having fallen upon the neck of Paul, they were kissing him” (CG). ...

Oct. 9, 2023

Acts 20:38

Monday, 9 October 2023 sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they would see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship. Acts 20:38 The translation needs several tweaks to align with the Greek, “agonizing especially ...

Oct. 10, 2023

Acts 21:1

Tuesday, 10 October 2023 Now it came to pass, that when we had departed from them and set sail, running a straight course we came to Cos, the following day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. Acts 21:1 The words of the NKJV do not logically foll...

Oct. 11, 2023

Acts 21:2

Wednesday, 11 October 2023 And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. Acts 21:2 To properly get the sense of the verbs, the verse should read, “And having found a ship passing over into Phoenicia, having boarded, w...

Oct. 12, 2023

Acts 21:3

Thursday, 12 October 2023 When we had sighted Cyprus, we passed it on the left, sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo. Acts 21:3 Note: You can listen to today’s commentary courtesy of our friends at “Bibl...

Oct. 13, 2023

Acts 21:4

Friday, 13 October 2023 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days. They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. Acts 21:4 The verse more closely reads, “And having found the disciples, we continued there seven days: who we...

Oct. 14, 2023

Acts 21:5

Saturday, 14 October 2023 When we had come to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And we knelt down on the shore and prayed. Acts 21:5 The ver...

Oct. 15, 2023

Acts 21:6

Sunday, 15 October 2023 When we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned home. Acts 21:6 The words more closely read: “And having embraced one another, we went up into the ship, and they returned to their own” (C...

Oct. 16, 2023

Acts 21:7

Monday, 16 October 2023 And when we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day. Acts 21:7 The words are better rendered, “And we, having completed the voyage from Tyre, came to Ptol...

Oct. 17, 2023

Acts 21:8

Tuesday, 17 October 2023 On the next day we who were Paul’s companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. Acts 21:8 The Greek reads, “And on the morrow, th...