Friday, July 18, 2008

The Rise of Apostolic Local Churches !



New Apostolic Church

The Rise of Apostolic Local Churches in Our Generation

By Abraham Israel







The local church is a physical expression of the universal church which is known as the “household of God”. And it is also known as the “household [family] of faith”, because faith is the basic ingredient that makes the people of God different from the people of this world [i.e. those who are under the clutches of Satan’s kingdom] (2 Thess 3:2; 2 Cor 5:7).

The Local Church is a part of the Universal Church and the Local Church will have the people as members who already are registered in the Universal Church membership which is in heaven
(Heb 12:22-24; Eph 3:14-15). Just getting a membership in a local church does not qualify a person to be a part of the universal church. [Note: The Universal Church is the invisible Church that is in heaven [all the saints who have died in Christ for the past 2000 years] and in earth [all the saints who are living in Christ now in various Local Churches]. The Local Church [Pentecostal, Evangelical, Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran.......] is a physical expression of this corporate Universal Spiritual Church, gathering in various cities and places under various denominational names, like in the first three chapters of the book of Revelation where Jesus addressed the different Churches with different good qualities and bad. Yet it is still to this one Universal Body named 'The Church [Universal]' that He addressed and promised to build to its fullness even to the end of this age (Matt 16:18; 28:18-20).

To be a part of the universal church, each person need to have the Christ connection in them, which qualifies them to be a part of the local church. This is the reason Apostle Paul says,
“I labor with birth pangs until Christ is formed in you”. In other words Paul was saying, ‘Only the formation of Christ in you qualifies you and gives you a standing before God and His church’. Jesus also says in the book of John, “My sheep hears my voice and I know them and they follow Me.” The members of the local church should hear the voice of Jesus and should follow Him and this is the most important qualification for a member of a local church. The local churches should be heavily depending on this doctrine and it should be the emphasis for each of its members. This is also the chief reason why the Bible calls Jesus as the High priest and the Chief Apostle (Heb 3:1).

He is the Corner stone above which the church is built by Him through the Apostles and Prophets who will build the church upon Jesus Christ
(Matt 16:16-18, 19-20). Here we can see Jesus giving out a prophetic utterance to Peter who was going to be a Chief Apostle to the Jews. Jesus emphasized here that He will build His church on the Big Rock [i.e. Jesus Himself] through the revelation of His Name to Peter [the rock].

The Apostles and Prophets are going to play a chief role in building up the end-time glorious church. The Apostles and Prophets will be the chief architects in designing God’s building of the universal church of which many local churches will be the integral part of it. They will lay the chief corner stone foundation which is Christ, strongly in the church of the end-time. God is restoring and raising Apostles for this purpose
(1 Corinthians 3:11, 10). These Apostles are wise master builders who will lay the foundation according to the grace of God given to them. God will work effectively in them for the fulfillment of the apostleship ministry (Galatians 2:8).

The Prophets will work along with them shoulder to shoulder in giving the apostles and the church the direction in which they can move. The Apostles are those master builders who will move with the blue-print from heaven in doing all things in order and in God’s way. The Prophets will confirm every step the Apostles take and will work in unison, encouraging each other.

These Apostles and Prophets will play a very important role in our generation for city-wide, nation-wide and nations-wide areas to be transformed by the power of the living God.

The house churches or in other words, we can call it as cell groups are very important in the city-wide transformation
(Acts 20:20). When an Apostle starts a city wide transformation, they will concentrate in developing the cell-groups and will equip them with a change in life-style which is able to make much impact in the society [Action speaks louder than words]. They will teach the doctrine of Christ heart to heart and it will get imparted in to their hearers. Then they will teach the contemporary ways of living in Christ by being an example themselves (Acts 2:42).

The Apostles will be will be freely flowing in the Spirit and will be able to do signs and wonders which will start to make an impact in the city and in the churches. The more people see it done, the more the fear of God will come upon every lethargic soul in the city
(Acts 2:43; 19:11). It is God who woks these miracles and no one can ape a creative miracle, especially the kingdom of darkness (Matt 12:22-30; John 3:2; 5:36; 10:20, 21; Mark 9:39).

It is very important for the Apostles, Prophets and all the ministers of God to get united and be in unity, this is the place where the grace of God will be experienced by the whole church and this will impact the city
(Acts 4:32-33). When this is maintained, the whole church will experience the abundance of God and will not have any lack (v 34, 35).

This unity will be released among the ministers of God not as a cause to achieve a means, but by the genuine move of God in the city
[i.e. by “the unity in the Spirit”]. The only thing each member of the body needs to strive is not to let the enemy create some confusion among this unit but to keep or continue in the “unity of the Spirit”.

In today’s world the deacons of the church are working in the market places, who are when equipped and filled with full of the Holy Spirit and faith will rise up to become powerful market place Apostles, Prophets, Teachers, Evangelists and Pastors
(Eph 4:11-12).

These are some of the initial ways through which the Apostle will start to move towards a city-wide transformation. When God starts to increases His anointing over an obedient Apostle, this will even stir up the whole city to stop, take notice and get excited to find what is happening. Then a true Apostle will point the people towards the way of the living God who does all these things in His time
(Acts 3:6-10; 5:12-16; 19:11-20).

When the church returns back to the old apostolic order, there is every chance for us to see a city-wide, nation-wide and international-wide transformation. Like in those days of Paul, people themselves will feel the impact of the power of God and will confess
“…These are those who have turned the world upside-down, they have come here too…” (Acts 17:6). In our generation this will happen by the grace of God.

When these things begin to happen, even the national and international political arena will begin to experience the mighty hand of God in their political life of nations
(Acts 12:20-23). God will start to influence the political arena through the Apostles (Acts 19:31, 13:7). And “the word of God will grow and get multiplied” (Acts 12:24). God will act and will continue to influence even the arena of politics just for the word of God to be multiplied and go forth in power and make an impact for this generation to be transformed! Praise the Lord!





Word Study - Apostolic / Apostle

Word Study - Apostolic / Apostle
English word apostolic
Etymology
Latin apostolicus, Greek ἀποστολικός (apostolikós): compare with French apostolique.

Pronunciation
enPR: ăʺpu̇stŏʹlĭk
(
RP) IPA: /ˌæpəˈstɒlɪk/
(US)
IPA: /ˌæpəˈstɑːlɪk/
Audio (US)help, file
Adjective : apostolic

pertaining to an
apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit - [an apostolical mission, the apostolic age, according to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles , apostolic faith or practice].

Related terms

Apostolic church = the Christian church; — so called on account of its apostolic foundation, doctrine, and order. The churches of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem were called apostolic churches.

Translations

pertaining to the apostles
Finnish:
apostolinen
according to the doctrines of the apostles
Finnish:
apostolinen
References
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Retrieved from "
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/apostolic"


pro·phet·ic

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(pr -f t k) also pro·phet·i·cal (- -k l)

adj.
1. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy: prophetic books.

2. Foretelling events as if by divine inspiration: casual words that proved prophetic.
pro·phet i·cal·ly adv.
pro·phet i·cal·ness n.

Adj.
1. prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
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Word – Study (Apostle) / New Testament (Greek)

Strongs # : G651
Hb/Gk Word :
apostolē
Pronunciation :
ä-po-sto-lā'
English Equivalent :
apostleship

Strongs # : G652
Hb/Gk Word :
apostolos
Pronunciation :
ä-po'-sto-los
English Equivalent : apostle,
messenger, he that is sent

Strongs # : G2491
Hb/Gk Word : Iōannēs
Pronunciation : ē-ō-ä'n-nās
English Equivalent : John (the Baptist), John (the apostle), John (Mark), John (the chief priest)

Strongs # : G5376
Hb/Gk Word :
Philippos
Pronunciation :
fē'-lēp-pos
English Equivalent :
Philip (the apostle), Philip (the evangelist), Philip (Herod), Philippi (an adjunct of Caesarea), Philip (the tetrarch)

Strongs # : G5570
Hb/Gk Word :
pseudapostolos
Pronunciation :
psyüd-ä-po'-sto-los
English Equivalent :
false apostle

Apostle, Apostleship

apostolos
apostole


1. Apostle, Apostleship

apostolos is, lit., "one sent forth" (apo, "from," stello, "to send"). "The word is used of the Lord Jesus to describe His relation to God, Heb_3:1; see John_17:3. The twelve disciples chosen by the Lord for special training were so called, Luke_6:13; Luke_9:10. Paul, though he had seen the Lord Jesus, 1_Cor_9:1; 1_Cor_15:8, had not 'companied with' the Twelve 'all the time' of His earthly ministry, and hence was not eligible for a place among them, according to Peter's description of the necessary qualifications, Acts_1:22. Paul was commissioned directly, by the Lord Himself, after His Ascension, to carry the Gospel to the Gentiles.

"The word has also a wider reference. In Acts_14:4,14, it is used of Barnabas as well as of Paul; in Rom_16:7 of Andronicus and Junias. In 2_Cor_8:23 (RV, margin) two unnamed brethren are called 'apostles of the churches;' in Php_2:25 (RV, margin) Epaphroditus is referred to as 'your apostle.' It is used in 1_Thess_2:6 of Paul, Silas and Timothy, to define their relation to Christ." [ From Notes on Thessalonians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 59-60.]
See also :
apostolos in other topics


2. Apostle, Apostleship

apostole "a sending, a mission," signifies an apostleship, Acts_1:25; Rom_1:5; 1_Cor_9:2; Gal_2:8.

Note: Pseudapostoloi, "false apostles," occurs in 2_Cor_11:13.
An appellation of Jesus [a name or title] - Heb_3:1

APOSTLES
- Luke_6:13
Names of APOSTLES
-
Matt_10:2-4 ; Mark_3:16-19 ; Luke_6:13-16 ; Acts_1:13,26
Selection of APOSTLES
-
Matt_4:18-22 ; Matt_9:9,10 ; Matt_10:2-4 ; Mark_3:13-19 ; Luke_6:13-16 ; John_1:43
Commission of APOSTLES
-
Matt_10 ; Matt_28:19,20 ; Mark_3:14,15 ; Mark_6:7-11 ; Mark_16:15 ; Luke_9:1-5 ; Luke_22:28-30 ; John_20:23 ; John_21:15-19 ; Acts_1 ; Acts_2 ; Acts_10:42
Unlearned
-
Matt_11:25 ; Acts_4:13
Miraculous power given to APOSTLES
-
Matt_10:1 ; Mark_3:15 ; Mark_6:7 ; Mark_16:17 ; Luke_9:1,2 ; Luke_10:9,17 ; Acts_2:4,43 ; Acts_5:12-16 ; 1_Cor_14:18 ; 2_Cor_12:12
Authority of APOSTLES

See COMMISSION OF, above -
Matt_16:19 ; Matt_18:18 ; Matt_19:28
Inspiration of APOSTLES
-
Matt_10:27 ; Matt_16:17-19 ; Luke_24:45 ; Acts_1:2 ; Acts_13:9
Duties of APOSTLES

See COMMISSION OF, above - Luke_24:48 ; John_15:27 ; Acts_1:8,21,22 ; Acts_2:32 ; Acts_3:15 ; Acts_4:33 ; Acts_5:32 ; Acts_10:39-41 ; Acts_13:31 ; 2_Pet_1:16,18 ; 1_John_1:1-3
See MINISTERS

Moral state of, before Pentecost
-
Matt_17:17 ; Matt_18:3 ; Matt_20:22 ; Luke_9:54,55
Slow to receive Jesus, as Messiah
-
Matt_14:33
Forsake Jesus
-
Mark_14:50
Fail to comprehend the nature and mission of Jesus, and the nature of the kingdom he came to establish
-
Matt_8:25-27 ; Matt_15:23 ; Matt_16:8-12,21,22 ; Matt_19:25 ; Mark_4:13 ; Mark_6:51,52 ; Mark_8:17,18 ; Mark_9:9,10,31,32 ; Mark_10:13,14 ; Luke_9:44,45 ; Luke_18:34 ; Luke_24:19,21 ; John_4:32,33 ; John_10:6 ; John_11:12,13 ; John_12:16 ; John_13:6-8 ; John_14:5-9,22 ; John_16:6,17,18,32 ; John_20:9 ; John_21:12 ; Acts_1:6
See BARNABAS

Christian MINISTER

(a sacred teacher)-Called
MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS
MINISTERS OF Christian MINISTER
OVERSEERS
PASTORS
PREACHERS
PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS
SERVANTS
TEACHERS
WATCHMEN
WITNESSES
WORKERS TOGETHER WITH GOD
Compared to sowers
Teachers of schools
Hired
Exempt from taxation
Non-partisan in politics
Influential in public affairs
Expostulate with rulers
Tact of Christian MINISTER
Recreations for Christian MINISTER
Say good-bye to the congregation
Personal bearing of Christian MINISTER
Preach without authority
Patience of Christian MINISTER
Work of, will be tried
Responsibility of Christian MINISTER
Speaking evil of, forbidden
Marriage of Christian MINISTER
Incorruptible
Love of, for the ekklesia (the body of Christ), exemplified by Paul
Kindness to:
Fear of Christian MINISTER
Examples to the flock
Intolerance of Christian MINISTER
Message of, rejected
Inconsistent
God's care of Christian MINISTER
Their calling glorious
Discouragements of Christian MINISTER
Defended
Beloved
Sent forth in teams of two
See MINISTER, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF, below-CALL OF Christian MINISTER
CHARACTER AND ATTRIBUTES OF Christian MINISTER
CHARGE DELIVERED TO Christian MINISTER
COURAGE OF Christian MINISTER
DUTIES OF Christian MINISTER
DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO Christian MINISTER
EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF Christian MINISTER
FAITHFUL
FALSE AND CORRUPT
INSTANCES OF Christian MINISTER
HOSPITALITY TO Christian MINISTER
ORDINATION OF Christian MINISTER
PRAYER FOR, ENJOINED
PRAYER FOR, EXEMPLIFIED
PROMISES TO, JOYS OF Christian MINISTER
SUCCESS ATTENDING
TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF Christian MINISTER
FALSELY ACCUSED
INSTANCES OF PERSECUTION
ZEALOUS
(a sacred teacher)-Called

AMBASSADORS FOR CHRIST -
2_Cor_5:20
ANGELS OF THE CHURCH -
Rev_1:20 ; Rev_2:1
APOSTLES -
Luke_6:13 ; Rev_18:20
APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST -
Titus_1:1
DEFENDERS OF THE FAITH -
Php_1:7
ELDERS -
1_Tim_5:17 ; 1_Pet_5:1
EVANGELISTS -
Eph_4:11 ; 2_Tim_4:5
FISHERS OF MEN -
Matt_4:19 ; Mark_1:17
LABORERS -
Matt_9:38 ; with Philemon_1:1
LABORERS IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST -
1_Thess_3:2
LIGHTS -
John_5:35
MEN OF GOD -
Deut_33:1 ; 1_Tim_6:11
MESSENGERS OF THE CHURCH -
2_Cor_8:23
MESSENGERS OF THE LORD OF HOSTS
-
Mal_2:7

GOD - Isaiah_61:6 ; 2_Cor_6:4
OF THE LORD -
Joel_2:17
CHRIST -
Rom_15:16 ; 1_Cor_4:1
OF THE SANCTUARY -
Ezek_45:4
OF THE GOSPEL -
Eph_3:7 ; Col_1:23
OF THE WORD -
Luke_1:2
OF THE NEW TESTAMENT -
2_Cor_3:6
OF THE CHURCH -
Col_1:24,25
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS -
2_Cor_11:15
OVERSEERS
-
Acts_20:28
PASTORS
-
Jer_3:15 ; John_21:16-18 ; Eph_4:11
PREACHERS
-
Rom_10:14 ; 1_Tim_2:7
PREACHERS OF RIGHTEOUSNFSS
-
2_Pet_2:5

Influential in public affairs

Designate kings -
1_Sam_9:15,16 ; 1_Sam_10:1 ; 1_Sam_16:1-13
Recommend civil and military appointments -
2_Kings_4:13

Sent forth in teams of two

Disciples -
Mark_6:7
Paul and Barnabas -
Acts_13:2,3
Judas and Silas -
Acts_15:27
Barnabas and Mark -
Acts_15:37,39
Paul and Silas -
Acts_15:40
Paul and Timothy -
Acts_16:1-4
Paul and Titus -
2_Cor_8:19,23
Timothy and Erastus -
Acts_19:22
Titus and a companion -
2_Cor_12:18
See MINISTER, TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF
-CALL OF -
Ex_28:1 ; Num_3:5-13 ; 1_Sam_3:4-10 ; 1_Kings_19:16,19 ; 1_Chron_23:13 ; Isaiah_6:8-10 ; Jer_1:5 ; Amos_2:11 ; Jonah_1:1,2 ; Jonah_3:1,2 ; Matt_4:18-22 ; Matt_9:9 ; Mark_1:17-20 ; Mark_2:14 ; Luke_10:1,2 ; John_1:43 ; Acts_13:2,3 ; Acts_20:24 ; Acts_22:12-15 ; Acts_26:14-18 ; Rom_1:1 ; Rom_10:14,15 ; 1_Cor_1:1,27,28 ; 1_Cor_9:16-19 ; 2_Cor_1:1 ; 2_Cor_5:18-20 ; Gal_1:15,16 ; Eph_3:7,8 ; Eph_4:11,12 ; Col_1:1,25-29 ; Col_4:17 ; 1_Tim_1:12-14 ; 1_Tim_2:7 ; 2_Tim_1:11 ; Titus_1:3 ; Heb_5:4

See
PRIESTS
See
LEVITES
See
CALL, PERSONAL
See
EXCUSES

- Lev_10:3-11 ; Lev_21:6 ; Num_16:9,10 ; Deut_32:1-3 ; 1_Sam_2:35 ; 1_Sam_12:7 ; 2_Chron_6:41 ; 2_Chron_29:11 ; Ezra_7:10 ; Psalm_68:11 ; Prov_11:30 ; Isaiah_6:5-8 ; Isaiah_32:20 ; Isaiah_52:11 ; Jer_1:7,8 ; Jer_3:15 ; Jer_20:9 ; Ezek_34:1-31 ; Mal_2:6,7 ; Matt_10:16-24 ; Matt_11:25,26 ; Matt_13:51,52 ; Matt_20:25-28 ; Matt_23:8-11 ; Matt_24:45 ; Luke_6:39 ; Luke_10:21 ; Luke_12:42-44 ; Luke_22:27 ; Luke_24:49 ; John_3:27,34 ; John_4:36-38 ; John_10:2-5,11-15 ; John_13:13-17 ; John_15:20,21 ; John_17:16-18,20 ; Acts_1:8 ; Acts_4:8,31 ; Acts_6:3,4 ; Acts_20:22-24 ; Rom_2:21-23 ; 1_Cor_1:23,27-30 ; 1_Cor_2:2 ; 1_Cor_3:7-10 ; 1_Cor_4:10-13 ; 1_Cor_9:16-23,27 ; 1_Cor_15:10 ; 2_Cor_2:15-17 ; 2_Cor_3:6-10 ; 2_Cor_4:1-10 ; 2_Cor_5:11,18-20 ; 2_Cor_6:3-7 ; 2_Cor_10:1,2,8 ; 2_Cor_13:10 ; Gal_2:8 ; Gal_6:17 ; Php_3:17 ; 1_Thess_2:3-12 ; 1_Tim_3:1-15 ; 1_Tim_5:17,21 ; 1_Tim_6:11,13,14,20,21 ; 2_Tim_1:6-8,13,14 ; 2_Tim_2:1-7,14-16,20-26 ; 2_Tim_3:14,16,17 ; Titus_1:5-9,13,14 ; Titus_2:1,7,8,15 ; Titus_3:1,2,8,9 ; Heb_5:1-3,12-14 ; Heb_13:6,7,9,17 ; James_3:1,13,16,17 ; 1_Pet_4:10,11

DUTIES OF Christian MINISTER

- Ex_4:12 ; Lev_10:8-11 ; Josh_1:8 ; 2_Kings_17:27,28 ; 2_Chron_29:11 ; Isaiah_40:1-3,9,11 ; Isaiah_52:11 ; Isaiah_57:14 ; Isaiah_58:1 ; Isaiah_62:6,7 ; Jer_1:7,8,17-19 ; Jer_4:15 ; Jer_6:27 ; Jer_15:19-21 ; Jer_23:4,22,28 ; Jer_26:2 ; Ezek_2:6-8 ; Ezek_3:8-10,17-21,27 ; Ezek_6:11 ; Ezek_33:1-9 ; Ezek_34:2-31 ; Ezek_44:23 ; Joel_1:13-15 ; Joel_2:17 ; Jonah_1:2 ; Nahum_1:15 ; Hab_2:2 ; Mal_2:7 ; Matt_7:6 ; Matt_10:7,11-13,16,25,27,28 ; Matt_16:19 ; Matt_18:5,6,18 ; Matt_20:25-28 ; Matt_28:19,20 ; Mark_10:43-45 ; Luke_9:48 ; Luke_22:32 ; Luke_24:48 ; John_3:34 ; John_4:35-38 ; John_15:27 ; John_20:23 ; John_21:15-17 ; Acts_1:21,22 ; Acts_5:20 ; Acts_6:2,4 ; Acts_10:42 ; Acts_16:4 ; Acts_18:9,10 ; Acts_20:28 ; Acts_22:15 ; Acts_26:16-18 ; Rom_1:14,15 ; Rom_12:3-8 ; 1_Cor_1:16 ; 1_Cor_4:1,2,21 ; 1_Cor_9:16,17 ; 2_Cor_1:24 ; 2_Cor_4:1,2,5 ; 2_Cor_5:14,18,20 ; 2_Cor_6:3-10 ; 2_Cor_7:4-9,12,15 ; 2_Cor_8:23 ; 2_Cor_10:8 ; 2_Cor_12:15,19 ; 2_Cor_13:2,10 ; Gal_1:10 ; Eph_3:8-10 ; Eph_4:11,12 ; Eph_6:20 ; Col_4:17 ; 1_Thess_2:4-8,10-12 ; 1_Thess_3:2 ; 1_Thess_5:12 ; 1_Thess_3:4 ; 1_Tim_1:3,4,11,18,19 ; 1_Tim_2:7 ; 1_Tim_4:6,7,12-16 ; 1_Tim_5:1-3,7-11,19-22 ; 1_Tim_6:3,4,10-14,17-21 ; 2_Tim_1:6-8 ; 2_Tim_2:2-7,14-16,23-25 ; 2_Tim_4:1,2,5 ; 1_Pet_5:1-4 ; 2_Pet_1:12-16

See
MINISTER, CHARGE DELIVERED TO
DUTIES OF THE CHURCH TO Christian MINISTER
-
Deut_1:38 ; Deut_3:28 ; Deut_31:7 ; Mal_2:7 ; 1_Cor_11:1,2 ; 1_Cor_16:15,16 ; Php_3:17 ; Col_4:10 ; 1_Thess_5:12,13 ; Heb_13:7,17,18
EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF Christian MINISTER
-
Num_18:20 ; Deut_10:9 ; Deut_14:27 ; Deut_18:1,2 ; Josh_13:14,33 ; Josh_18:7 ; Jer_31:14 ; Ezek_44:28 ; Matt_10:9,10 ; Mark_6:8 ; Luke_10:7,8 ; Luke_22:35,36 ; John_4:36 ; Acts_20:33,34 ; 1_Cor_9:1-23 ; 2_Cor_1:14,15 ; 2_Cor_11:7-9 ; 2_Cor_12:13-18 ; Gal_6:6 ; Php_4:10-18 ; 1_Thess_2:5,6,9 ; 1_Thess_3:7-9 ; 1_Tim_5:18 ; 3_John_1:7

See
PRIESTS
See
LEVITES
See EMOLUMENTS (BENEFITS) OF
FAITHFUL

INSTANCES OF

Moses -
Deut_4:26 ; Deut_30:19 ; Heb_3:2,5
Micaiah -
2_Chron_18:12,13
Azariah -
2_Chron_26:16-20
Balaam -
Num_22:18,38 ; Num_23:8,12 ; Num_24:12-14
Nathan -
2_Sam_12:1-14
Isaiah -
Isaiah_22:4,5 ; Isaiah_39:3-7
Jeremiah -
Jer_17:16 ; Jer_26:1-15 ; Jer_28 ; Jer_37:9,10,16-18
John the Baptist -
Matt_3:2-12 ; Mark_6:18-28 ; Luke_3:7-9,19
Peter -
Acts_8:18-23
Paul -
Acts_20:26,27 ; Col_1:7
The apostles -
Acts_3:12-26 ; Acts_4:9-13,19,20,31 ; Acts_5:21,29-32

- Deut_13:1-5 ; Deut_18:20-22 ; 1_Kings_12:31 ; 2_Chron_29:34 ; 2_Chron_30:15 ; Neh_13:29 ; Prov_19:27 ; Isaiah_3:12 ; Isaiah_5:20 ; Isaiah_8:19,20 ; Isaiah_9:14-16 ; Isaiah_28:7 ; Isaiah_29:10,11 ; Isaiah_30:10 ; Isaiah_43:27,28 ; Isaiah_44:20 ; Isaiah_56:10-12 ; Jer_2:8 ; Jer_5:13,14,30,31 ; Jer_6:13,14 ; Jer_8:10,11 ; Jer_10:21 ; Jer_12:10 ; Jer_13:20 ; Jer_14:13-16 ; Jer_23:1,2,11,14-16,21,25-39 ; Jer_27:9-18 ; Jer_48:10 ; Jer_50:6 ; Lam_2:14 ; Lam_4:13,14 ; Ezek_13:1-23 ; Ezek_14:9,10 ; Ezek_22:25,26,28 ; Ezek_34:1-31 ; Ezek_44:8,10 ; Hosea_4:6,8-13 ; Hosea_5:1 ; Hosea_6:9 ; Hosea_9:7,8 ; Amos_2:11,12 ; Mic_2:11 ; Mic_3:5-7,11 ; Zeph_3:4 ; Zech_10:3 ; Zech_11:4,5,16,17 ; Zech_13:2-5 ; Mal_1:6-10 ; Mal_2:1-3,8,9 ; Matt_5:19 ; Matt_7:15,22,23 ; Matt_15:9,14 ; Matt_20:20-27 ; Matt_23:3,4,13 ; Matt_24:4,5,24,26,48-51 ; Mark_9:33-35 ; Mark_10:35-37 ; Mark_13:21,22 ; Luke_6:39 ; Luke_9:46 ; Luke_11:35,46-52 ; Luke_12:45,46 ; Luke_21:8 ; Luke_22:24 ; John_3:10 ; John_5:43 ; John_10:1,5,8,10-13 ; Acts_20:29,30 ; Rom_2:19-25 ; Rom_16:17,18 ; 1_Cor_3:1-4,10-16,21 ; 1_Cor_11:18,19 ; 2_Cor_2:17 ; 2_Cor_11:1-31 ; Gal_1:6-8 ; Gal_5:10 ; Eph_4:14 ; Php_1:15,16 ; Php_3:2 ; Col_2:4,8,18,19 ; 1_Tim_1:3-7,19 ; 1_Tim_4:1-3,7 ; 1_Tim_6:3-5,20,21 ; 2_Tim_2:14-18 ; 2_Tim_3:6-9,13 ; 2_Tim_4:3 ; Titus_1:10-14 ; Titus_3:10,11 ; Heb_13:9 ; 2_Pet_2:1-22 ; 2_Pet_3:16 ; 1_John_2:18,26 ; 1_John_4:1-3,5 ; 2_John_1:7-10 ; 3_John_1:10 ; Jude_1:4-11 ; Rev_2:1,2,12,14,15,18,20-23

INSTANCES OF Christian MINISTER

Aaron - Num_12:1-12
Nadab and Abihu -
Lev_10:1,2
Korah, Dathan, and Abiram -
Num_16
Eli's sons -
1_Sam_2:12-17,22,25,28,29
Samuel's sons -
1_Sam_8:1-3 ; 1_Chron_6:28
The old prophet of Beth-el -
1_Kings_13:11-32
Jonathan -
Judg_17:7-13 ; Judg_18
Noadiah -
Neh_6:14
Priests under Jehoash -
2_Kings_12:7 ; 2_Chron_24:5,6
Hezekiah -
2_Chron_30:3,5
Priests and Levites -
Ezra_2:61,62 ; Ezra_9:1,2 ; Ezra_10:18-24 ; Neh_13:4-13,28,29 ; Zech_7:5,6
Hananiah -
Jer_28
Jonah -
Jonah_1:1-6
Rulers in the temple -
Matt_16:6-12 ; Matt_23:16 ; Luke_12:1
Caiaphas -
Matt_26:2,3,57,63-65 ; John_11:49-51 ; John_18:14
Judas Iscariot -
Matt_26:14-16,21-25,47-50 ; Matt_27:3-5 ; John_12:4-6 ; Acts_1:18
Simon the sorcerer -
Acts_8:9-11
Judaizers -
Acts_15:1 ; Gal_3 ; Gal_4 ; Gal_5 ; Gal_6
Diotrephes -
3_John_1:9
Elymas (Bar-Jesus) -
Acts_13:6-11
Hymenaeus -
1_Tim_1:20 ; 2_Tim_2:17
Philetus -
2_Tim_2:17,18
HOSPITALITY TO Christian MINISTER

Woman of Zarephath to Elijah -
1_Kings_17:10-16
The Shunammite woman to Elisha -
2_Kings_4:8-10
The foreigners to Paul -
Acts_28:1-10
Simon the tanner to Peter -
Acts_9:43
The Philippian jailer -
Acts_16:33,34

Aquila and Priscilla (Prisca)

To Paul -
Acts_18:3
To Apollos -
Acts_18:26

Justus to Paul -
Acts_18:7
Philip the evangelist to Paul -
Acts_21:8-10

ORDINATION OF Christian MINISTER

Of Matthias -
Acts_1:26
Of the seven servants (or, deacons; Greek: diakonoi) -
Acts_6:5,6
Of Paul and Barnabas -
Acts_13:3
Timothy -
1_Tim_4:14
See
PRIESTS
See
LEVITES
REVIVALS
INSTANCES OF REVIVALS

Under Joshua -
Josh_5:2-9
Samuel -
1_Sam_7:1-6
Elijah -
1_Kings_18:17-40
Jehoash and Jehoiada -
2_Kings_11 ; 2_Kings_12 ; 2_Chron_23 ; 2_Chron_24
Hezekiah -
2_Kings_18:1-7 ; 2_Chron_29 ; 2_Chron_30 ; 2_Chron_31
Josiah -
2_Kings_22 ; 2_Kings_23 ; 2_Chron_34 ; 2_Chron_35
Asa -
2_Chron_14:2-5 ; 2_Chron_15:1-14
Manasseh -
2_Chron_33:12-19
In Nineveh -
Jonah_3:4-10
At Pentecost, and times after Pentecost -
Acts_2:1-42,46,47 ; Acts_4:4 ; Acts_5:14 ; Acts_6:7 ; Acts_9:35 ; Acts_11:20,21 ; Acts_12:24 ; Acts_14:1

TRIALS AND PERSECUTIONS OF Christian MINISTER
ZEALOUS

Titus -
2_Cor_8:16,17
Epaphroditus -
Php_2:25-30
Epaphras -
Col_4:12,13
Tychicus -
Col_4:7
John, in his vision -
Rev_5:4,5
See
ZEAL


See PAUL
PAUL
Also called SAUL
From the tribe of Benjamin,
Personal appearance of PAUL
Born in the city of Tarsus
Educated at Jerusalem in the school of Gamaliel
A zealous Pharisee
A Roman citizen
Persecutes the Christians; present at, and gives consent to, the stoning of Stephen
Sent to Damascus with letters for the arrest and return to Jerusalem of Christians
His vision and conversion
Is immersed
Called to be an apostle
Preaches in Damascus for the first time
Is persecuted by the Jews
Escapes by being let down from the wall in a basket; goes to Jerusalem
Received by the disciples in Jerusalem
Goes to Caesarea
Sent to the Gentiles
Has Barnabas as his companion
Teaches at Antioch (in Syria) for one year
Conveys the contributions of the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Jerusalem
Returns with the apostle John to Antioch (of Syria)
Visits Seleucia
Visits much of the island of Cyprus
Preaches at Salamis
Preaches at Paphos
Sergius Paulus, governor of the country, is a convert of PAUL
Contends with Elymas (Bar-Jesus) the sorcerer
Visits Perga in Pamphylia
John (Mark), a companion of, departs for Jerusalem
Visits Antioch (in Pisidia), and preaches in the synagogue
His message received gladly by the Gentiles
Persecuted and expelled
Visits Iconium, and preaches to the Jews and non-Jews; is persecuted; escapes to Lystra; goes to Derbe
Heals an immobile man
The people attempt to worship him
Is persecuted by certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and is stoned
Escapes to Derbe, where he preaches the gospel, and returns to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthens the souls of the disciples, exhorts them to continue in the faith, and helps to appoint elders
Re-visits Pisidia, Pamphylia, Perga, Attalia, and Antioch, in Syria, where he lived
Contends with the Judaizers against their circumcision "theology"
Refers the question of circumcision to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem
He declares to the apostles at Jerusalem the miracles and wonders God had performed among the Gentiles by them
Returns to Antioch, accompanied by Barnabas, Judas, and Silas, with letters to the Gentiles
Makes his second tour of the congregations
Chooses Silas as his companion, and passes through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations
Visits Lystra; circumcises Timothy
Goes through Phrygia and Galatia; is forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in Asia; visits Mysia; attempts to go to Bithynia, but is restrained by the Spirit
Goes to Troas, where he has a vision of a man saying, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us; "immediately proceeds to Macedonia
Visits Samothracia and Neapolis; comes to Philippi, the chief city of Macedonia; visits a place of prayer at the side of the river; preaches the word; the merchant, Lydia, from Thyatira, is converted and immersed
Reproves the soothsayer; causes the evil spirit to come out of the girl who practises divination
Persecuted, beaten, and cast into prison with Silas; sings songs of praise in the prison; an earthquake shakes the prison; he preaches to the alarmed jailer, who believes, and is immersed along with his household
Is released by the civil authorities on the grounds of his being a Roman citizen
Is welcomed at the household of Lydia
Visits Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica; preaches in the synagogue
Is persecuted
Escapes to Berea by night; preaches in the synagogue; many honorable women and several men believe
Persecuted by the Jews who come from Thessalonica; is escorted by some of the brethren to Athens
Debates on Mars' Hill (at the meeting of the Areopagus Council) with Greeks
Visits Corinth; lives with Aquila and his wife, Priscilla (Prisca), who were tentmakers; joins in their trade
Reasons in the synagogue every Sabbath; is rejected by the Jews; turns to the Gentiles; makes his home with Justus; continues there for eighteen months, teaching the word of God
Persecuted by Jews, drawn before the deputy, charged with wicked lewdness; accusation dismissed; takes his leave after many days, and sails to Syria, accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla
Visits Ephesus, where he leaves Aquila and Priscilla; enters into a synagogue, where he reasons with the Jews; starts on his return trip to Jerusalem; visits Caesarea; crosses over the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples
Returns to Ephesus; immerses in the name of the Lord Jesus, and lays his hands upon the disciples, who are baptized with the Holy Spirit; preaches in the synagogue; remains in Ephesus for two years; heals the sick people
Rebukes the exorcists; casts an evil spirit out of a man, and many believe, bringing their evil books of sorcery to be burned
Sends Timothy and Erastus into Macedonia, but he himself remains in Asia for a period of time
The spread of the gospel through his preaching interferes with the makers of idols; he is persecuted, and a great uproar of the city is created; the town clerk appeases the people; dismisses the accusation against Paul, and disperses the people
Proceeds to Macedonia after strengthening the congregations in that region; comes into Greece and lives for three months; returns through Macedonia, accompanied by Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus
Visits Troas; preaches until daybreak; restores to life the young man (Eutychus) who fell from the window
Visits Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium, and Miletus, hastening to Jerusalem, to be there by Pentecost day
Sends for the elders of the congregation of Ephesus; relates to them how he had preached in Asia and his temptations and afflictions, urging repentance toward God
Declares he was going bound in spirit to Jerusalem; exhorts them to take heed to themselves and the flock over whom the Holy Spirit had made them overseers; kneels down, prays, and leaves
Visits Coos, Rhodes, and Patara; boards a ship bound for Tyre
Waits at Tyre for seven days; is brought on his way by the disciples to the outskirts of the city; kneels down and prays; boards the ship; comes to Ptolemais; greets the brethren, and stays for one day
Departs for Caesarea; enters the house of Philip the evangelist; is admonished by the prophet Agabus not to go to Jerusalem; nevertheless, he proceeds to Jerusalem
Is received by the brethren gladly; talks about the things that had been done among the Gentiles through his ministry
Enters the temple courtyard; the people are stirred up against him by some Jews from Asia; an uproar is created; he is thrust out of the temple area; the commander of the Roman garrison intervenes and arrests him
His defense
Is confined in the fortress
Is brought before the Sanhedrin; his defense
Is returned to the fortress
Is encouraged by a vision from God, promising him that he will give testimony in Rome
Jewish leaders conspire against his life
This plan is thwarted by his nephew
Is escorted to Caesarea by a military guard
Is confined in Herod's Judgment Hall in Caesarea
His trial before Governor Felix
Remains in custody for two years
His trial before Governor Festus
Appeals to be heard by Caesar
His examination before Herod Agrippa II
Is taken to Rome in the custody of Julius, a centurion, and a detachment of soldiers; boards a ship, accompanied by other prisoners, and sails by way of the coasts of Asia; stops at Sidon, and at Myra
Transferred to a ship of Alexandria; sails by way of Cnidus, Crete, Salamis, and the Fair Havens
Predicts misfortune to the ship; his counsel not heeded, and the voyage resumes
The ship encounters a storm; Paul encourages and comforts the officers and crew; the soldiers advise putting the prisoners to death; the centurion interferes, and all on board (consisting of two-hundred and seventy-six persons) survive
The ship is wrecked, and all on board take refuge on the island of Melita (Malta)
Kind treatment by the inhabitants of the island
Is bitten by a viper and miraculously unharmed
Heals the ruler's father and others
Is delayed in Melita (Malta) for three months; proceeds on the voyage; delays at Syracuse; sails by Rhegium and Puteoli
Meets some brethren who accompany him to Rome from Appii Forum; arrives at Rome; is delivered to the captain of the guard; is permitted to live by himself in custody of a soldier
Summons the local Jewish leadership; states his position; is kindly received; expounds the gospel; testifies to the kingdom of heaven
Lives in his own rented house for two years, preaching and teaching
Supports himself
Sickness of, in Asia
His resolute determination to go to Jerusalem despite repeated warnings
Caught up to the third heaven
Has "a thorn in the flesh,"
His independence of character
Persecutions of PAUL
Zeal of PAUL
PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY PAUL
Also called SAUL
-
Acts_8:1 ; Acts_9:1 ; Acts_13:9
From the tribe of Benjamin,
-
Rom_11:1 ; Php_3:5
Personal appearance of PAUL
-
2_Cor_10:1,10 ; 2_Cor_11:6
Born in the city of Tarsus
-
Acts_9:11 ; Acts_21:39 ; Acts_22:3
Educated at Jerusalem in the school of Gamaliel
-
Acts_22:3 ; Acts_26:4
A zealous Pharisee
-
Acts_22:3 ; Acts_23:6 ; Acts_26:5 ; 2_Cor_11:22 ; Gal_1:14 ; Php_3:5
A Roman citizen
-
Acts_16:37 ; Acts_22:25-28
Persecutes the Christians; present at, and gives consent to, the stoning of Stephen
-
Acts_7:58 ; Acts_8:1,3 ; Acts_9:1 ; Acts_22:4
Sent to Damascus with letters for the arrest and return to Jerusalem of Christians
-
Acts_9:1,2
His vision and conversion
-
Acts_9:3-22 ; Acts_22:4-19 ; Acts_26:9-15 ; 1_Cor_9:1 ; 1_Cor_15:8 ; Gal_1:13 ; 1_Tim_1:12,13
Is immersed
-
Acts_9:18 ; Acts_22:16
Called to be an apostle
-
Acts_22:14-21 ; Acts_26:16-18 ; Rom_1:1 ; 1_Cor_1:1 ; 1_Cor_9:1,2 ; 1_Cor_15:9 ; Gal_1:1,15,16 ; Eph_1:1 ; Col_1:1 ; 1_Tim_1:1 ; 1_Tim_2:7 ; 2_Tim_1:1,11 ; Titus_1:1,3
Preaches in Damascus for the first time
-
Acts_9:20,22
Is persecuted by the Jews
-
Acts_9:23,24
Escapes by being let down from the wall in a basket; goes to Jerusalem
-
Acts_9:25,26 ; Gal_1:18,19
Received by the disciples in Jerusalem
-
Acts_9:26-29
Goes to Caesarea
-
Acts_9:30 ; Acts_18:22
Sent to the Gentiles
-
Acts_13:2,3,47,48 ; Acts_22:17-21 ; Rom_11:13 ; Rom_15:16 ; Gal_1:15-24
Has Barnabas as his companion
-
Acts_11:25,26
Teaches at Antioch (in Syria) for one year
-
Acts_11:26
Conveys the contributions of the Christians in Antioch to the Christians in Jerusalem
-
Acts_11:27-30
Returns with the apostle John to Antioch (of Syria)
-
Acts_12:25
Visits Seleucia
-
Acts_13:4
Visits much of the island of Cyprus
-
Acts_13:4
Preaches at Salamis
-
Acts_13:5
Preaches at Paphos
-
Acts_13:6
Sergius Paulus, governor of the country, is a convert of PAUL
-
Acts_13:7-12
Contends with Elymas (Bar-Jesus) the sorcerer
-
Acts_13:6-12
Visits Perga in Pamphylia
-
Acts_13:13
John (Mark), a companion of, departs for Jerusalem
-
Acts_13:13
Visits Antioch (in Pisidia), and preaches in the synagogue
-
Acts_13:14-41
His message received gladly by the Gentiles
-
Acts_13:42,49
Persecuted and expelled
-
Acts_13:50,51
Visits Iconium, and preaches to the Jews and non-Jews; is persecuted; escapes to Lystra; goes to Derbe
-
Acts_14:1-6
Heals an immobile man
-
Acts_14:8-10
The people attempt to worship him
-
Acts_14:11-18
Is persecuted by certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, and is stoned
-
Acts_14:19 ; 2_Cor_11:25 ; 2_Tim_3:11
Escapes to Derbe, where he preaches the gospel, and returns to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to Antioch, strengthens the souls of the disciples, exhorts them to continue in the faith, and helps to appoint elders
-
Acts_14:19-23
Re-visits Pisidia, Pamphylia, Perga, Attalia, and Antioch, in Syria, where he lived
-
Acts_14:24-28
Contends with the Judaizers against their circumcision "theology"
-
Acts_15:1,2
Refers the question of circumcision to the apostles and elders at Jerusalem
-
Acts_15:2,4
He declares to the apostles at Jerusalem the miracles and wonders God had performed among the Gentiles by them
-
Acts_15:12
Returns to Antioch, accompanied by Barnabas, Judas, and Silas, with letters to the Gentiles
-
Acts_15:22,25
Makes his second tour of the congregations
-
Acts_15:36
Chooses Silas as his companion, and passes through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the congregations
-
Acts_15:36-41
Visits Lystra; circumcises Timothy
-
Acts_16:1-5
Goes through Phrygia and Galatia; is forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach in Asia; visits Mysia; attempts to go to Bithynia, but is restrained by the Spirit
-
Acts_16:6,7
Goes to Troas, where he has a vision of a man saying, "Come over into Macedonia, and help us; "immediately proceeds to Macedonia
-
Acts_16:8-10
Visits Samothracia and Neapolis; comes to Philippi, the chief city of Macedonia; visits a place of prayer at the side of the river; preaches the word; the merchant, Lydia, from Thyatira, is converted and immersed
-
Acts_16:11-15
Reproves the soothsayer; causes the evil spirit to come out of the girl who practises divination
-
Acts_16:16-18
Persecuted, beaten, and cast into prison with Silas; sings songs of praise in the prison; an earthquake shakes the prison; he preaches to the alarmed jailer, who believes, and is immersed along with his household
-
Acts_16:19-34
Is released by the civil authorities on the grounds of his being a Roman citizen
-
Acts_16:35-39 ; 2_Cor_6:5 ; 2_Cor_11:25 ; 1_Thess_2:2
Is welcomed at the household of Lydia
-
Acts_16:40
Visits Amphipolis, Apollonia, and Thessalonica; preaches in the synagogue
-
Acts_17:1-4
Is persecuted
-
Acts_17:5-9 ; Acts_1:1-4
Escapes to Berea by night; preaches in the synagogue; many honorable women and several men believe
-
Acts_17:10-12
Persecuted by the Jews who come from Thessalonica; is escorted by some of the brethren to Athens
-
Acts_17:13-15
Debates on Mars' Hill (at the meeting of the Areopagus Council) with Greeks
-
Acts_17:16-34
Visits Corinth; lives with Aquila and his wife, Priscilla (Prisca), who were tentmakers; joins in their trade
-
Acts_18:1-3
Reasons in the synagogue every Sabbath; is rejected by the Jews; turns to the Gentiles; makes his home with Justus; continues there for eighteen months, teaching the word of God
-
Acts_18:4-11
Persecuted by Jews, drawn before the deputy, charged with wicked lewdness; accusation dismissed; takes his leave after many days, and sails to Syria, accompanied by Aquila and Priscilla
-
Acts_18:12-18
Visits Ephesus, where he leaves Aquila and Priscilla; enters into a synagogue, where he reasons with the Jews; starts on his return trip to Jerusalem; visits Caesarea; crosses over the country of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening the disciples
-
Acts_18:18-23
Returns to Ephesus; immerses in the name of the Lord Jesus, and lays his hands upon the disciples, who are baptized with the Holy Spirit; preaches in the synagogue; remains in Ephesus for two years; heals the sick people
-
Acts_19:12
Rebukes the exorcists; casts an evil spirit out of a man, and many believe, bringing their evil books of sorcery to be burned
-
Acts_19:13-20 ; 1_Cor_16:8,9
Sends Timothy and Erastus into Macedonia, but he himself remains in Asia for a period of time
-
Acts_19:21,22
The spread of the gospel through his preaching interferes with the makers of idols; he is persecuted, and a great uproar of the city is created; the town clerk appeases the people; dismisses the accusation against Paul, and disperses the people
-
Acts_19:23-41 ; 2_Cor_1:8 ; 2_Tim_4:14
Proceeds to Macedonia after strengthening the congregations in that region; comes into Greece and lives for three months; returns through Macedonia, accompanied by Sopater, Aristarchus, Secundus, Gaius, Timothy, Tychicus, and Trophimus
-
Acts_20:1-6
Visits Troas; preaches until daybreak; restores to life the young man (Eutychus) who fell from the window
-
Acts_20:6-12
Visits Assos, Mitylene, Chios, Samos, Trogyllium, and Miletus, hastening to Jerusalem, to be there by Pentecost day
-
Acts_20:13-16
Sends for the elders of the congregation of Ephesus; relates to them how he had preached in Asia and his temptations and afflictions, urging repentance toward God
-
Acts_20:17-21
Declares he was going bound in spirit to Jerusalem; exhorts them to take heed to themselves and the flock over whom the Holy Spirit had made them overseers; kneels down, prays, and leaves
-
Acts_20:22-38
Visits Coos, Rhodes, and Patara; boards a ship bound for Tyre
-
Acts_21:1-3
Waits at Tyre for seven days; is brought on his way by the disciples to the outskirts of the city; kneels down and prays; boards the ship; comes to Ptolemais; greets the brethren, and stays for one day
-
Acts_21:4-7
Departs for Caesarea; enters the house of Philip the evangelist; is admonished by the prophet Agabus not to go to Jerusalem; nevertheless, he proceeds to Jerusalem
-
Acts_21:8-15
Is received by the brethren gladly; talks about the things that had been done among the Gentiles through his ministry
-
Acts_21:17-25
Enters the temple courtyard; the people are stirred up against him by some Jews from Asia; an uproar is created; he is thrust out of the temple area; the commander of the Roman garrison intervenes and arrests him
-
Acts_21:26-33
His defense
-
Acts_21:33-40 ; Acts_22:1-21
Is confined in the fortress
-
Acts_22:24-30
Is brought before the Sanhedrin; his defense
-
Acts_22:30 ; Acts_23:1-5
Is returned to the fortress
-
Acts_23:10
Is encouraged by a vision from God, promising him that he will give testimony in Rome
-
Acts_23:11
Jewish leaders conspire against his life
-
Acts_23:12-15
This plan is thwarted by his nephew
-
Acts_23:16-22
Is escorted to Caesarea by a military guard
-
Acts_23:23-33
Is confined in Herod's Judgment Hall in Caesarea
-
Acts_23:35
His trial before Governor Felix
-
Acts_24
Remains in custody for two years
-
Acts_24:27
His trial before Governor Festus
-
Acts_25:1-12
Appeals to be heard by Caesar
-
Acts_25:10-12
His examination before Herod Agrippa II
-
Acts_25:13-27 ; Acts_26
Is taken to Rome in the custody of Julius, a centurion, and a detachment of soldiers; boards a ship, accompanied by other prisoners, and sails by way of the coasts of Asia; stops at Sidon, and at Myra
-
Acts_27:1-5
Transferred to a ship of Alexandria; sails by way of Cnidus, Crete, Salamis, and the Fair Havens
-
Acts_27:6-8
Predicts misfortune to the ship; his counsel not heeded, and the voyage resumes
-
Acts_27:9-13
The ship encounters a storm; Paul encourages and comforts the officers and crew; the soldiers advise putting the prisoners to death; the centurion interferes, and all on board (consisting of two-hundred and seventy-six persons) survive
-
Acts_27:14-44
The ship is wrecked, and all on board take refuge on the island of Melita (Malta)
-
Acts_27:14-44
Kind treatment by the inhabitants of the island
-
Acts_28:1,2
Is bitten by a viper and miraculously unharmed
-
Acts_28:3-6
Heals the ruler's father and others
-
Acts_28:7-10
Is delayed in Melita (Malta) for three months; proceeds on the voyage; delays at Syracuse; sails by Rhegium and Puteoli
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Acts_28:11-13
Meets some brethren who accompany him to Rome from Appii Forum; arrives at Rome; is delivered to the captain of the guard; is permitted to live by himself in custody of a soldier
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Acts_28:14-16
Summons the local Jewish leadership; states his position; is kindly received; expounds the gospel; testifies to the kingdom of heaven
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Acts_28:17-29
Lives in his own rented house for two years, preaching and teaching
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Acts_28:30,31
Supports himself
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Acts_18:3 ; Acts_20:33-35
Sickness of, in Asia
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2_Cor_1:8-11
His resolute determination to go to Jerusalem despite repeated warnings
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Acts_20:22,23 ; Acts_21:4,10-14
Caught up to the third heaven
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2_Cor_12:1-4
Has "a thorn in the flesh,"
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2_Cor_12:7-9 ; Gal_4:13,14
His independence of character
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1_Thess_2:9 ; 1_Thess_3:8
Persecutions of PAUL
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1_Thess_2:2 ; Heb_10:34
Zeal of PAUL

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ZEAL, OF PAUL