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Barnabas and Saul Commissioned for Missionary Service
Chapter 13 marks a major division in the book of Acts. The first twelve chapters have recorded the events concerning the spread of Christianity in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria. Now we find where the Gospel is taken to the uttermost part of the earth. At least forty cities are men …

Saul (Paul) Confronts a Sorcerer at Cyprus
Paul and Barnabas took another young man, John Mark, with them, and they sailed for the island of Cyprus, arriving on the eastern costal village of Salamis (v. 4). They went from synagogue to synagogue where they preached the Word of God (v. 5). Day after day they walked, stoppin …

Paul and Barnabas Say Farewell to John Mark
So far the order has always been Barnabas and Saul (Acts 13:2). It was Barnabas who had set out as the leader of this expedition. But now it is Paul and Barnabas. Paul has assumed the leadership of the expedition; and the lovely thing about Barnabas is that there is no word of co …

Paul Preaches the Gospel Including Christ’s Resurrection
This chapter contains an extremely important passage, because it is the only full-length report of a sermon by Paul that we possess. When carefully compared with the sermon of Peter in Acts 2, the main elements in it are seen to be precisely the same. Paul insists that the coming …

Gentiles Receptive to Paul’s Message – Jews Become Envious
The Gentiles were very receptive to Paul’s message and wanted him to tell them more (vv. 42-43). The next Sabbath a great crowd, which probably was predominately Gentile, gathered to hear Paul (v. 44). This made the Jews very envious and angry (v. 45). In fact, the Jewish leaders …