Gary Gleans

                                                                        Acts 17:22-34 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious.   For as I passed along and observed the objects of your worship, I found also an altar with this inscription:   ‘To the unknown god.’   What therefore you worship   as unknown, this I proclaim to you.   The God who made the world and everything in it, being   Lord of heaven and earth,   does not live in temples made by man, nor is he served by human hands,   as though he needed anything, since he himself   gives to all mankind   life and breath and everything.   And   he made from one man every nation of manki...

                                                                                  Acts 17:16-21 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.   So he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.   Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also conversed with him. And some said, “What does this babbler wish to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign divinities”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.   And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching...

                                                                                       Acts 17:10-15 The brothers   immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. Many of them therefore believed, with not a few Greek women of high standing as well as men. But when the Jews from Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul at Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds. Then the brothers immediately sent Paul off on his way to th...

                                                                             Acts 17:1-9 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews.   And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,   explaining and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, “This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.”   And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, as did a great many of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women.   But the Jews   were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, th...

                                                                                  Acts 16:35-40 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the police, saying, “Let those men go.”   And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Therefore come out now and go in peace.” But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now throw us out secretly? No! Let them come themselves and take us out.” The police reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Roman citizens.   So they came and apologized to them. And they took them out and asked them to le...

                                                                                          Acts 16:25-34 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. And immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone's bonds were unfastened. When the jailer woke and saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. But Paul cried with a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here.” And the jailer   called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fe...

                                                                                  Acts 16:16-24 Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.” She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her. When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and...