Episodes

Wednesday, 24 May 2023explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus whom I preach to you is the Christ.” Acts 17:3The translation is more closely rendered, “opening and presenti...

Thursday, 25 May 2023And some of them were persuaded; and a great multitude of the devout Greeks, and not a few of the leading women, joined Paul and Silas. Acts 17:4A more literal rendering than that of the NKJV needs to be used – “And some of...

Friday, 26 May 2023But the Jews who were not persuaded, becoming envious, took some of the evil men from the marketplace, and gathering a mob, set all the city in an uproar and attacked the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the peopl...

Saturday, 27 May 2023But when they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some brethren to the rulers of the city, crying out, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Acts 17:6In the previous verse, a mob had set the...

Sunday, 28 May 2023“Jason has harbored them, and these are all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king—Jesus.” Acts 17:7In the previous verse, Jason and some of his guests were dragged out of his house to the rule...

Monday, 29 May 2023And they troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city when they heard these things. Acts 17:8In the previous verse, those who came against the believers charged them with “acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying the...

Tuesday, 30 May 2023So when they had taken security from Jason and the rest, they let them go. Acts 17:9In the last verse, the evil men who had gathered a mob were said to have troubled the crowd and the rulers of the city by their sayings. Wit...

Wednesday, 31 May 2023Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. Acts 17:10In the previous verse, security was taken from Jason and those with him and t...

Thursday, 1 June 2023These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so. Acts 17:11The previous verse detailed Pa...

Friday, 2 June 2023Therefore many of them believed, and also not a few of the Greeks, prominent women as well as men. Acts 17:12The NKJV changes the structure of the second clause so that it does not reflect the Greek. The verse more precisely ...

Saturday, 3 June 2023But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul at Berea, they came there also and stirred up the crowds. Acts 17:13In the previous verse, it said that many in Berea believed. Now the n...

Sunday, 4 June 2023Then immediately the brethren sent Paul away, to go to the sea; but both Silas and Timothy remained there. Acts 17:14In the previous verse, the Jews from Thessalonica came to Berea and stirred up the crowds there. With that r...

Monday, 5 June 2023So those who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him with all speed, they departed. Acts 17:15Paul was just conducted out of Berea either to the sea and then to Athen...

Tuesday, 6 June 2023Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. Acts 17:16In the last verse, Paul was brought to Athens and then he had asked for Silas and Timo...

Wednesday, 7 June 2023Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. Acts 17:17The NKJV, though cleaning up the KJV in some areas, is still...

Thursday, 8 June 2023Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?”Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrec...

Friday, 9 June 2023And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? Acts 17:19The previous verse noted the questioning of the Epicureans and Stoics concerning Paul. Along wit...

Saturday, 10 June 2023“For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.” Acts 17:20In the previous verse, Paul was taken to the Areopagus and asked what the new teaching he was presenting m...

Sunday, 11 June 2023For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing. Acts 17:21The translation is more succinct, saying, “Now all Athenians and the visiting s...

Monday, 12 June 2023Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious; Acts 17:22A more literal translation would say, “And Paul, having stood in the midst of the Areopa...

Tuesday, 13 June 2023“for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you: Acts 17:2...

Wednesday, 14 June 2023“God, who made the world and everything in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands. Acts 17:24Again, as with the previous verse, the NKJV cleans up the mess of the KJV, however,...

Thursday, 15 June 2023“Nor is He worshiped with men’s hands, as though He needed anything, since He gives to all life, breath, and all things. Acts 17:25The words more correctly read, “nor is he attended by humans’ hands, further needing anythi...

Friday, 16 June 2023“And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their dwellings, Acts 17:26In the previous verse, Paul noted that G...