Saturday, 22 July 2023
for he vigorously refuted the Jews publicly, showing from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ. Acts 18:28
In the previous verse, Apollos went off to Achaia. When he went, he was given a letter …
Sunday, 23 July 2023
And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples Acts 19:1
In the previous verse, which ended Chapter 18,…
Monday, 24 July 2023
he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.” Acts 19:2
The previous verse noted that Paul h…
Tuesday, 25 July 2023
And he said to them, “Into what then were you baptized?”So they said, “Into John’s baptism.” Acts 19:3
In the previous verse, Paul asked the disciples he met in Ephesus if they had received the Holy…
Wednesday, 26 July 2023
Then Paul said, “John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on Him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.” Acts 19:4
In the previ…
Thursday, 27 July 2023
When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts 19:5
In the previous verse, Paul noted that John’s baptism was one of repentance and that John told his audience that th…
Friday, 28 July 2023
And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied. Acts 19:6
In the previous verse, the disciples Paul was speaking to were baptized in …
Saturday, 29 July 2023
Now the men were about twelve in all. Acts 19:7
The previous verse noted what occurred after Paul baptized the disciples introduced in verse 19:1. He subsequently laid hands on them, and the Holy S…
Sunday, 30 July 2023
And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. Acts 19:8
The previous verse finished the account concerning th…
Monday, 31 July 2023
But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the Way before the multitude, he departed from them and withdrew the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. Acts 19:9…
Tuesday, 1 August 2023
And this continued for two years, so that all who dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Acts 19:10
In the previous verse, Paul had moved from the synagogue to the sc…
Wednesday, 2 August 2023
Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul, Acts 19:11
The words are rather difficult to translate literally, but a close rendering of the Greek would be, “And miracles – not matched – …
Happy is the person who doesn’t listen to the wicked. He doesn’t go where sinners go. He doesn’t do what bad people do.2 He loves the Lord’s teachings. He thinks about those teachings day and night.3 He is strong, l…
Thursday, 3 August 2023
so that even handkerchiefs or aprons were brought from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. Acts 19:12
The previous verse noted the unusual (not …
Friday, 4 August 2023
Then some of the itinerant Jewish exorcists took it upon themselves to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, “We exorcise you by the Jesus whom Paul preaches.” Acts …
