Acts Chapter 13
THE TRANSITION
"...and unto the uttermost part of the earth"
Galatians 3:8
And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed.
It all started with the Jerusalem Period, then on to Samaria, Judea, now to "the ends of the earth". Peter is now not heard from; Paul takes over as point man.
Acts 13:1
Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- This had happened before with Stephen and others, for ministry to the Jews
- The transition from Jew to Gentile is complete, so now it is church building time
- Paul was told this day would arrive, and so it has
- This kicks off the missions to the Gentiles' lands, the establishment of Gentile churches in Asia Minor, Turkey, Greece, Rome, and throughout the world, eventually westward into England and America, where we benefit from this work today
- Herod the Tetrarch: Herod Antipater, "Herod Antipas" (nickname), same Herod who had John the Baptist and Jesus executed
- He ruled after Herod the Great died in 4 B.C. the Herod who tried to have all children under two slaughtered in Israel
- The Old Testament Scribe, Pharisee and Rabbi who taught the Old Testament only, without Christ, now will have to show Christ IN the OLD Testament to Jew and Gentile
- This is how Jesus did it after the Resurrection
HEROD ANTIPAS
Mark 6:17-28For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother.
Luke 23:7-11
And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him.
Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
Acts 6:4-7
But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:
Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Luke 24:27
And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.
Acts 13:2
As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.
- This is for the purpose of seeking God's will for this new ministry, foreign hitherto until now, to them.
But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 3:1
And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.
Acts 13:3
And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
- The sending church is a Gentile church, in Antioch.
- The first sending of missionaries
- Praying, laying on of hands, simply makes all partners in the work
So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.
- This is the first missionary journey, into the Galatian area
- When people are separated for ministry, they are going, the rest are staying and collecting donations to support them
- Being called is by sovereign grace
- They had hands laid on them by the Church, but the Holy Ghost who spoke to them is the real sender
- The reasons Paul would be in the synagogue on the Sabbath are:
- Available building (no church buildings; church not built yet)
- Ready made audience
- Free access, being Jews
- This was a transition from JEW to Gentile
And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister.
- This is John Mark
- The Synagogue is his springboard, launching point for Paul
And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus:
- God had them prophesy...the enemy has his own prophets
- The timing is right behind the real prophets
- Sorcery, occultic darkness, and false prophecy go hand in hand
- The world and the weak love false teachers, prophets who are generally nice, "harmless", inoffensive to them, and all around nice guys, not realizing that they are the blind leading the blind
- They were warned
- Our only protections against false teachers and prophets is being in the Word, and prayer
- Paul himself even warned of this at the end of his ministry, that false teachers would enter into their number; he called them "grievous wolves"
- Paul even warned of his own nature in 2 Corinthians 13:2 that he would confront the sins he saw head on, even from a distance!
- Afflictive; painful; hard to be borne.
Correction is grievous to him that forsaketh the way. Prov 15. - Causing grief or sorrow.
The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight, because of his son. Gen 21. - Distressing.
The famine was very grievous in the land. Gen 12. - Great; atrocious.
Because their sin is very grievous. Gen 18. - Expressing great uneasiness; as a grievous complaint.
- Provoking; offensive; tending to irritate; as grievous words. Prov 15.
- Hurtful; destructive; causing mischief; as grievous wolves. Acts 20. Luke 6:26
Luke 6:26
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Acts 20:29-31
For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Peter 2:1
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
Acts 13:7
Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.
- The last name is Paul, and this is where God decides to change Saul's name to Paul, verse nine after this one
- Sergio in Latin may mean "Servant" (unknown)
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
- Whenever God is doing something grand, the enemy tries to stifle it, without fail.
- God always wins
- Nothing changes today, when someone wants to go to a Bible Study, inquire of the LORD from a Christian, someone seems to always intervene to prevent it
Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him,
- Saul in Hebrew means "asked for, prayed for", since King Saul was the first King Israel asked for in 1 Samuel
- Paul comes from the Latin, (Roman) family name Paulus, which meant "small" or "humble". Paul was a Roman citizen, so this must be which language meaning it would have had
- It is believed that Paul was a short man
- Paul set his eyes on him............he stared, glared, as if to say, "You! Yeah you!"
Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
Acts 22:25-28
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
Acts 13:10
And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Paul, speaking the truth in love
- Sometimes it is prudent to simply address issues without mincing words
- Paul was known for being harsh
- One thing most Christians are unaware of is that God does not change our personality when we get saved. He simply cleans us up and uses that personality
And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand.
- It must be acknowledged that this is by Paul's admission "the hand of the LORD", not the hand of Paul
- Would to God we had that power at times in our own lives! There would be a long line of blind people!
- He was already deliberately and willingly spiritually blind. This was just physical, temporal
Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord.
- Evidently, Paul did not even have to say much directly. The foreknowledge he had of the Gospel, the apostles doctrine and work, was simply confirmed by this miracle before his eyes.
- The Gospel is the doctrine here and it, and not the miracle seen, amazed him
- This does not happen today, since we have the the Word of God in the Scriptures, complete
- This is a Gentile man, so no tongues are spoken
- God seems to have brought them here for just this one man
Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.
- This whole area was the Galatian territory
- PAPHOS: Southwest part of the island of Cyprus, worship of Aphrodite
- PERGA: Capitol of Pamphylia, today it is in Turkey
- There is no mention of why John departed, but it may be one of two reasons: disagreement, or a calling to Jerusalem
But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down.
- Notice they went into the SYNAGOGUE on the Sabbath, not to CHURCH!
- Thus starts a Gentile ministry in a Jewish setting
- The church is not to keep the Sabbath at all, but the Jews were. Our Sabbath is Jesus Christ, with a study on that here.
Nehemiah 8:5
And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up:
Luke 4:16-20
And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, To preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.
Acts 13:15
And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
- This speech Paul gives is a spark for a rebellion/rejection which is unleashed on Christians that continues throughout the rest of Acts.
- It must have been the look on their face or the fact that they were not regulars, locals, residents
- These are the RULERS of the Synagogue, so remember all that goes with it in the earthly realm-power, prestige, nice clothes, expensive homes, nice trappings, etc.
- Translation of their message:
"We want to make believe we are interested in what you have to say, until you mention Jesus, how He was crucified, the prophecies concerning Him" - the Part about the founding of the nation of Israel, Saul as first king, David as a good king, etc,is great.
Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.
- To the Jew first...is here and now, for the moment, in this synagogue
- "Ye men of Israel", the Jews present
- "and ye that fear God", with the comma, is the proselytes present
The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it.
- This is a direct claim that God chose Israel, they are the chosen people through whom the Messiah he is about to speak of came through, whose land is the land of Israel, granted to them forever.
- In the human realm, God did everything for Israel
- He made them larger than life to Egypt and all of the nations they were to conquer
- He put fear into their hearts so that Israel could simply take over
- He often destroyed the enemies without them, for them
And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness.
- This is the grumbling after the Exodus, during the wandering period
- Through all of their griping, grumbling, God did not let their shoes wear out, etc.
THE MANNERS OF ISRAEL
AGAINST LEADERS
Exodus 32:1And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
AGAINST LACK OF WATER
Exodus 17:2-3
Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
AGAINST LACK OF FOOD
Numbers 11:4-6
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Exodus 16:2-3
And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
AGAINST THE PROMISED LAND
Numbers 13:32-14:4
And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Numbers 14:1
And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
THE LONGSUFFERING OF GOD
Exodus 34:6
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
Numbers 14:18
The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.
Psalms 86:15
But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth.
Jeremiah 15:15
O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke.
Romans 2:4
Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
Romans 9:22
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
1 Peter 3:20
Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water.
2 Peter 3:9
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
2 Peter 3:15
And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you;
THE LONGSUFFERING OF CHRISTIANS
2 Corinthians 6:6
By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
Galatians 5:22
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians 4:2
With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;
Colossians 1:11
Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
1 Timothy 1:16
Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
2 Timothy 3:10
But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
2 Timothy 4:2
Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
Acts 13:19
And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot.
- (Joshua 3:10) The Canaanites, the Girgashites, the Hivites, the Hittites, Amorites, the Perizzites, Jebusites
- This is Joshua, Judges, Kings and Chronicles history
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
Joshua 24:11
And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
Judges 1:3-4
And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Numbers 21:3
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.
Acts 13:20
And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.
- This is, of course, the entire book of Judges
- Because of their collective sins of idolatry, God did not completely wipe out the enemies, but left remnants
- It was because of a vicious cycle of sin, rebellion, moaning, groaning,repentance, deliverance, and finally a return to their idolatry that they were repeatedly judge d by God
- These nations were to be a thorn in their side for their rebellion
THE JUDGES
Judges 2:16-23
Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:
That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.
- JUDGE: Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. 40 years rest.
- 18 yrs under Eglon, Moabite king
- JUDGE: Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, 80 years
- 80 years rest under Ehud
- JUDGE: Shamgar the son of Anath
- JUDGE: Deborah the prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth 40 years rest
- Midianite bondage, 7 years
- JUDGE: Gideon the son of Joash
- 40 years peace under Gideon
- JUDGE: Abimelech the son of (Gideon) Jerubbaal: self-appointed evil judge
- JUDGE: Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar 23 years
- JUDGE: Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel; 22 years
- Philistine, Ammonite bondage 18 years
- JUDGE: Jephthah the Gileadite, 6 years
- JUDGE: Ibzan of Bethlehem, 7 years
- JUDGE: Elon the Zebulonite, 10 years
- JUDGE: Abdon, son of Hillel a Pirathonite, 8 years
- Philistine bondage, 40 years
- JUDGE: Samson the Nazarite, son of Manoah, 20 YEARS
- JUDGE: Samuel (1 Samuel 7:6)
And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years.
- They desired a king because the other nations had kings
- This is the heart of man: ENVY, and the nation of Israel always perfectly portrayed it
- Today we say, "Johnny has a nice new red bike-I WANT ONE!"
- God showed them the kind of king they would get-tall, dark, handsome, physically strong, "the lust of the flesh" (Genesis 3, 2 John 1:15)
- This is contained in 1 Samuel 9, 10
- But God looks on the heart
- Samuel even fell for this when he was told to anoint David, the smallest boy, the youngest, certainly not the tallest. Think of David's lineage today!
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
1 Samuel 9:2
And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
1 Samuel 16:7
But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
Acts 13:22
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
- The result of God choosing the king and not the people is a godly king
- Despite all of his faults, murder, adultery, David was still a man after God's own heart
- Between slaying Goliath, the affair with Bathsheba, having Uriah her husband killed, spoiling Absalom, then cutting Saul slack, cutting Joab slack, being brave beyond words for a small man, and in the lineage of Jesus Christ and having a throne forever promised to be filled, David represents the nation
But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
Acts 13:23
Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
JESUS: THE SON OF KING DAVID
Matthew 1:1-17
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;
And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias;
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.
Luke 3:23-38
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,
Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,
Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,
Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,
Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,
Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Matthew 22:41-46
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The Son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Acts 13:24-25
When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
- This was not the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, as in a new belonging to the Church
- It is an Old Testament baptism, by John the Baptist
- In Acts 19, those baptized under that baptism were RE-baptized in th name of the LORD Jesus Christ
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Luke 3:3
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
Acts 13:26
Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.
- The stock of Abraham was the Jews present right there in front of him
- "whosoever among" is the Gentile, Jewish proselytes
For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him.
- They had Jesus in their prophecies and did read about Jesus throughout their vast history, and ignored Him when He came
- They fulfilled the prophecies about Jesus, without realizing it.
- They still read the prophets today, and ignore Jesus in them to this day
- Isaiah 53, Psalm 22, Isaiah 7:14, Zechariah 12, Daniel 9 all ignored then as now
- This is because mankind's universal bent is away from God, chosen people or not
And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain.
- Jesus was innocent and yet condemned, the Passover Lamb, spotless and clean
- That they DESIRED that he should be slain is an understatement, they actually sought it, demanded it, forced it
- Jesus was prophesied to be such
- Jesus had precursors such as Isaac and the Passover lamb
- The Gospel starts in Genesis 3 and continues through Malachi
THE GOSPEL IN THE O.T. (BRIEFLY)
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Exodus 12:5-7 (PASSOVER)
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
Exodus 17:6
Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Deuteronomy 18:15
The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
THE ENTIRE BOOK OF RUTH
Ruth 4:13.......21-22
So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son........And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
JESUS THE SPOTLESS LAMB
Genesis 22:8
And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Exodus 12:5-7 (PASSOVER)
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
Isaiah 53:1-9
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
John 1:36
And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Acts 13:29
And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre.
- They were done themselves fulfilling prophecies which foretold the Crucifixion
- The prophecies of the Resurrection, Ascension and Return were future to this Crucifixion
- This is Isaiah 53, Psalm 22 which is not answered in synagogues today and ignored if asked, often.
For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.
Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Zechariah 13:6
And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.
Acts 13:30
But God raised him from the dead:
- This could not be fulfilled by any man, and was in spite of the Jews killing their Messiah
- The most documented, legally, historically proven event from 2,000 years ago is the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- This Resurrection completes the process of destroying the stronghold of sin for us, and fulfills Genesis 3:15 after the fall
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Matthew 28:6-7
He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
Mark 16:6
And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.
Acts 13:31
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.
- Their eyewitness account is unimpeachable to this day
- This is your witness also, the Resurrection is as much your hope as it was theirs
- Galilee to Jerusalem is 150 km, close to 100 miles of people to witness the Resurrection
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Paul continues...
1 Corinthians 15:12-19
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Acts 13:32
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- The promise made is from their Old Testament, in verses such as:
Genesis 3:15; Genesis 22:18; Genesis 26:4; Genesis 49:10; Deuteronomy 18:15; 2 Samuel 7:12; Psalm 132:11; Isaiah 4:2; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 9:6; Isaiah 40:10; Jeremiah 23:5; Jeremiah 33:14; Ezekiel 34:23; Ezekiel 37:24; Daniel 9:24-25; - Hundreds to thousands of other verses for this promise
God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
- This verse is on the Resurrection, not the Virgin Birth (context, next verse)
- Psalm verses 7-8, the eighth being about the Gentiles
- The Jews were the children of the founding fathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, David, etc. by genealogy, in the flesh. Their citizenship is on earth, their land is Israel, their capital Jerusalem
- We are the same as adopted children, in the Holy Ghost, in the Church, no citizenship on earth, but pilgrims having their citizenship in Heaven
I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.
Acts 13:34
And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.
- Jesus Christ will reign on the throne of David forever.
Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
2 Chronicles 7:18
Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:42
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
2 Samuel 7:16
And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever.
1 Kings 8:25
Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me.
1 Kings 9:5
Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel.
Acts 13:35
Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
- Holy One is Jesus, who was and is God, and did not stay in the tomb to rot, but was Resurrected after three days
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison;
Acts 13:36
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
- Though the lineage will continue forever, David was a mere, mortal, fleshy, sinful man
- That said, his body of flesh remained on earth, his soul went to Heaven
- That tomb today is venerated, a public tourist attraction on Mt. Moriah
- There is even a Holocaust Museum there and a gilt statue of David there
So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
Acts 13:37
But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption.
- This repeats what was aid in verse 35
Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:
- Paul had the same message to all, always
- The Gospel we preach should be the same
- Death for our sins, Burial, Resurrection
- This is also what Baptism is to represent
Acts 4:12
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
1 Corinthians 15:2-7
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:
After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.
Acts 13:39
And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
- This is the thesis of Romans made in one statement, in a nutshell
Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets;
- The prophets warned of doom, judgment for rejecting God and His salvation
- The prophets were sometimes killed for it
- Most were persecuted in some way, to varying degrees
- None which prophesied doom and gloom were accepted; they (Israelites) had to then therefore endure the captivities first in order to repent
THE REJECTION OF THE PROPHETS
1 Kings 19:1-4
And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets [of BAAL]with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
1 Kings 19:10
And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
1 Kings 19:18
Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Daniel 6:16
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
Matthew 23:29-31
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.
Luke 11:47-51
Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Hebrews 11:32-38
And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Acts 13:41
Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
- That work is judgment which is coming, the Tribulation
- Neither Jew nor Gentile, nor many even in the Body of Christ, believe judgment (Tribulation) is coming
- Many deny the Rapture, but cannot use Scripture to substantiate, with verses in context
And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath.
- The religious, non-believing Jews left the synagogue, seemingly with no fruit from Paul's speaking to them
- It would appear that this was yet another ejection of a man of God
- The Gentiles were then eager and free to pursue the truth on their own
Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
- Walking in Grace as opposed to walking in the Law
- They were persuaded, meaning they understood, were convinced and did it
And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.
- Persecution makes the Church grow
- Revival is happening today like this, but only under persecution
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
- Attention drawn away from those who want it, demand it always fills them with envy
- Religious leaders always want attention, charisma or no charisma
- This envy stems from pride as the root
Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
- The switch to the Gentiles had come previously; this was the official announcement to these Jews
- Again, this is "to the Jew first, and also to the Greek"
- Waxing bold means they said this strongly, loudly, tersely-like a New Yorker would
For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Romans 2:10
But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile:
Acts 13:47
For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
- He quotes their Old Testament Scriptures to them, leaving the conviction to the Holy Spirit
- This verse and others are commands to the Jews, to be a light to the Gentiles.
Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Acts 13:48
And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
- This is a verse on Predestination, God choosing us
- However, we are also responsible to believe, accept the LORD Jesus Christ as our LORD and Saviour as well.
- There is no such thing as automatic salvation for anyone
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
Acts 8:37
And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
Romans 10:10
For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Acts 13:49
And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region.
- The Word spread like wild fire
- The word "publish" occurs twenty nine times in Scripture
- It is a widespread written bit of information, designed to spread
"PUBLISHED"
PUB'LISH, v.t. [L.publico. See Public.]
- To discover or make known to mankind or to people in general what before was private or unknown; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or edict. We publish a secret, by telling it to people without reserve. Laws are published by printing or by proclamation. Christ and his apostles published the glad tidings of salvation.
Th' unwearied sun, from day to day,
Does his Creator's power display;
And publishes to every land
The work of an Almighty hand. - To send a book into the world; or to sell or offer for sale a book, map or print.
- To utter; to put off or into circulation; as, to publish a forged or counterfeit paper.
- To make known by posting, or by reading in a church; as, to publish bands of matrimony. We say also, the persons intending marriage are published; that is, their intention of marriage is published.
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
1 Samuel 31:9
And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people.
2 Samuel 1:20
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Nehemiah 8:15
And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written.
Esther 1:20
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.
Esther 1:22
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.
Esther 3:14
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.
Esther 8:13
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Psalms 26:7
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
Psalms 68:11
The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
Isaiah 52:7
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Jeremiah 4:5
Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities.
Jeremiah 4:15
For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah 4:16
Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 5:20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Jeremiah 46:14
Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
Jeremiah 50:2
Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces.
Amos 3:9
Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof.
Amos 4:5
And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
Jonah 3:7
And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
Nahum 1:15
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.
Mark 1:45
But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
Mark 5:20
And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
Mark 7:36
And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
Mark 13:10
And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
Luke 8:39
Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him.
Acts 10:37
That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts 13:50
But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts.
- The more religious and zealous, the more they persecute
But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium.
- The shaking off of the dust was a testimony against them
- It was leaving the area so much so, so thoroughly, that you brought nothing of the unbelievers with you
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.
Mark 6:11
And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.
Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
- This is the obvious fruit of the spirit
- Joy often is but should not be confused with happiness and smiling, laughing-it is inner peace, contentment
These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.
John 16:24
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
