Day 2 - Religion 212 Gary L. Poll
Chapter 8
Verse | Result | |
Acts 2: 37-38, 41 | Baptism--what shall we do? | |
Acts 8:12 | Baptism--People of Samaria | |
Acts 8:13 | Baptism--Simon of Samaria | |
Acts 8: 36-38 | Baptism--Eunuch of Ethiopia | |
Acts 9:18 | Baptism--Saul/Paul - Saul hasn't eaten for 3 days, but is baptized before he eats. | |
Acts 10:47-48 | Baptism--Cornelius baptism commanded | |
Acts 16:14-15 | Baptism--Lydia | |
Acts 18:8 | Baptism--Corinthians | |
Acts 16:30-33 | Baptism--Jailer | |
Acts 19:5 | Baptism--Re-baptism | |
Acts 22:16 | Baptism--Paul teaching |
Is Baptism Essential for Salvation? - Scott & Sheri Gordon
Top Ten Things About Paul (The Graeco-Roman Equivalent of the Hebrew Saul)
1. Born in Tarsus in Cilicia (Acts 21:39) to Jewish parents of the tribe of Benjamin (Romans 11:1).
2. Sent to Jerusalem, where he had relatives (Acts 22:3; 5:34; 23:!6)for schooling where he was taught by a prominent Pharisee named Gamaliel.
3. As a young man he persecuted Christians and held the coat of those who stoned Stephen.
4. While en route to Damascus, representing the Sanhedrin, to arrest Christians, he was visited by the Savior. The experience left Saul blind and humbled. He had his sight restored and was baptized by Ananias, a probable target of Saul's persecution.
5. Certainly married, as he obeyed all Jewish requirements. (Galatians 1:14; Philippians 3:6)
6. Saul immediately began doing missionary work in Damascus, convincing many Jews that Jesus was the Christ. His success in Damascus caused other Jews to look on his as a traitor and they sought to kill him. He escaped to the deserts of Arabia for a time. (Gal. 1:17-18)
7. May have had a physical disability or infirmity (2 Cor. 12:7; 10:10)
8. Three years after his conversion he went to Jerusalem where the members feared him. Barnabas stuck up for him and introduced him to the apostles. He spent 15 days with Peter and James, the Lord's brother!
9. Because those in Jerusalem sought to kill him, Saul returned to his home town of Tarsus.
10. Men and women are called to serve the Lord not as a reward for what they have already done, but for what they are able to do in the future if given the proper opportunity. Saul was suited by temperament, training, lineage, and experience to serve the Lord at a time when the church was about to reach out to the Gentile world. He was a Jew by lineage, trained as a Pharisee, learned and strict in the law of Moses and the traditions of his fathers, a Roman citizen ((Acts 16:37) politically acquainted with the ways of the Greeks, reared in the Gentile city of Tarsus, and skilled in both Hebrew and Greek ((Acts 21:37-40). Above all, he had a determined, dedicated soul. His greatest asset was a capacity to love both man and God. For the 30 years remaining to him, he gave the Lord his complete devotion. The prophet Joseph described Saul as being 'about 5 ft. high, very dark hair, dark complexion, dark skin, large Roman nose, sharp face, small black eyes, penetrating as eternity, round shoulders, a whining voice, except when elevated, and then it almost resembled the roaring of a lion. He was a good orator, active and diligent, always employing himself in doing good to his fellow man. (RJMatthews, Unto All Nations)
Vs. 27 - Candace - derived from a Nubian word meaning "queen mother". An ancient hereditary title used by the Ethiopian queens before the fourth century, as Caesar was used by the Roman emperors or Pharaoh by the Egyptians.
Chapter 9
Vs. 1 - One reason that Paul and other persecuted the Early Christian Church was that tradition prevailed over Revelation. There was a belief that there would be no further revelation after Sinai. "The Torah declares concerning itself, It is not up in heaven. That is to say, once the Torah was given on Mount Sinai, we pay no heed to heavenly voices but, as the Torah ordains further, we follow the opinion of the majority. (Ogden p. 51- taken from Steinberg, Basic Judaism, p. 68-69)
Vs. 2 - Damascus is about 150 miles NE from Jerusalem - The Decapolis ("Ten Cities"; Greek: deka, ten; polis, city) was a group of ten cities on the eastern frontier of the Roman Empire in Judea and Syria. The ten cities were not an official league or political unit, but they were grouped together because of their language, culture, location, and political status. The Decapolis cities were centers of Greek and Roman culture in a region that was otherwise Semitic (Nabatean, Aramean, and Jewish). With the exception of Damascus, the "Region of the Decapolis" was located in modern-day Jordan, one of them located west of the Jordan River in Israel. Each city had a certain degree of autonomy and self-rule. The New Testament gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke mention that the Decapolis region was a location of the ministry of Jesus. The Decapolis was one of the few regions where Jesus travelled in which Gentiles (people who are not Jewish) were in the majority. Most of Jesus' ministry focused on teaching to Jews. Mark 5:1-10 emphasizes the Decapolis' Gentile character when Jesus encounters a herd of pigs, an animal forbidden by Kashrut, the Jewish dietary laws.Vs. 6 - A great motto for life.
Vs. 10 - Ananias (Ἁνανίας) is the Greek form of Hananiah (Hebrew for "Yahweh is gracious") Why did the Lord use the local leader rather than just do it himself? Irony - The man Saul was on his way to arrest is the man who teaches, heals and baptizes him.
Vs. 15 - Why Paul? Men and women are called to the service of the Lord, not as a reward for what they have already done, but for what they are able to do in the future if given the proper opportunity.
Vs. 16 - See 2 Cor. 11:24-29
Vs. 18 - Did Saul need to be baptized?
Vs. 20 - Who does Paul teach is the Father of Jesus?
Vs. 33- Æ comes from Medieval Latin, where it was an optional ligature in some words, for example, "Æneas". It is still found as a variant in English and French, but the trend has recently been towards printing the A and E separately. Similarly, Œ and œ, while normally printed as ligatures in French, can be replaced by component letters if technical restrictions require it.
Chapter 10
Vs. 1 - Caesarea is the Roman capital of Judea. Joppa was 40 miles south.
Matthew 10:5-6 and 15:24- Jesus and apostles were to teach exclusively the House of Israel.
Matthew 28:19-20 and Isaiah 49:6, but the members of the Church were not ready for this revelation.
Vs. 24 - THE HOLY GHOST HAS NO OTHER EFFECT THAN PURE INTELLIGENCE. IT IS MORE POWERFUL IN EXPANDING THE MIND, ENLIGHTENING THE UNDERSTANDING AND STORING THE INTELLECT WITH PRESENT KNOWLEDGE, OF A MAN WHO IS OF THE LITERAL SEED OF ABRAHAM, THAN ONE WHO IS A GENTILE, THOUGH IT MAY NOT BE HALF AS MUCH VISIBLE EFFECT UPON THE BODY FOR AS THE HOLY GHOST FALLS UPON ONE OF THE LITERAL SEED OF ABRAHAM, IT IS CALM AND SERENE, AND HIS WHOLE SOUL AND BODY ARE ONLY EXERCISED BY THE PURE SPIRIT OF INTELLIGENCE; WHILE THE EFFECT OF THE HOLY GHOST UPON A GENTILE, IS TO PURGE OUT THE OLD BLOOD, AND MAKE HIM ACTUALLY OF THE SEED OF ABRAHAM. THAT MAN THAT HAS NONE OF THE BLOOD OF ABRAHAM NATURALLY MUST HAVE A NEW CREATION BY THE HOLY GHOST. IN SUCH A CASE, THERE MAY BE MORE OF A POWERFUL EFFECT UPON THE BODY AND VISIBLE TO THE EYE THAN UPON AN ISRAELITE, WHILE THE ISRAELITE AT 1ST MIGHT BE FAR BEFORE THE GENTILE IN PURE INTELLIGENCE. (TPJS p. 149-50; 242-44) also 3 Nephi 9:20
Chapter 11
Effects of Revelation
Chapter 12
Vs. 1 - Herod Agrippa I = grandson of Herod the Great
Vs. 3 - Use of the word Easter her is an anachronism; the Greek is pascha from the Hebrew Pesach, which mean Passover. Christians made Passover into a commemoration of the resurrection.
Vs. 12 - John Mark is probably the Gospel writer, whose mother was Mary and who was later a scribe & companion to Peter.
Vs. 17 - James is either the half brother of Jesus or the son of Alpheus
Vs. 21-23 - On the 2nd day honoring Rome's conquest of Britain, Herod Agrippa, suddently fell ill and died. Luke views the death as justice of God.
Chapter 13
TOP TEN THINGS ABOUT PAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY
1. SAUL AND BARNABAS LEFT FROM ANTIOCH WITH JOHN MARK, AFTER HAVING BEEN called and SET APART.
2. SAUL STARTED GOING BY THE NAME OF PAUL WHILE ON THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR JOURNEY IN CYPRUS. (Probably because Paul was a more acceptable Greek name.) Also in Cyprus, Paul seems to take over as the leader, rather than Barnabus
3. SAUL SMOTE A SORCERER (NAMED ELYMAS) IN CYPRUS BLIND.
4. JOHN MARK, WHO WAS A COUSIN OR NEPHEW TO BARNABAS, LEFT THE MISSION AND RETURNED TO JERUSALEM BEFORE THEY SERVED IN ASIA MINOR.
5. THEY SET A PATTERN OF ALWAYS GOING FIRST TO THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUE WHEN THEY ARRIVED IN A CITY.
6. THE JEWS WERE SLOW TO LISTEN AND QUICK TO PERSECUTE. THEY ALWAYS OFFERED THE STRONGEST OPPOSITION.
7. PAUL AND BARNABAS VISITED THE CITIES OF PISIDIAN ANTIOCH, ICONIUM, LYSTRA AND DERBE WHICH WERE ALL LOCATED IN MODERN DAY TURKEY.
8. THEIR EXPERIENCES INCLUDED BEING STONED AND LEFT FOR DEAD AND BEING WORSHIPED AS GODS.
9. AFTER VISITING THE ABOVE NAMED CITIES, THEY VISITED THEM AGAIN IN REVERSE ORDER.
10. ON THE RETURN VISITS THEY ORDAINED PEOPLE TO THE PRIESTHOOD.
