At the end of the book of Acts, Paul finally arrived in Rome where he was placed under house arrest. Just three days after his arrival, Paul called the leading men of the Jews and told them of his arrest because of Jews in Jerusalem, but mainly to tell them that he was wearing his […]

Acts 26 tells of one last hearing that Paul received in Caesarea of Syria before he was sent to Rome to be tried by the Emperor. The hearing was before a local governor named Festus, and a visiting king named Agrippa who apparently had knowledge of the Jewish Scriptures and customs. Paul proceeded as on […]

Paul the apostle wrote to the Thessalonians (1 Thess. 5:24): Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. That’s a major theme of the last section of the book of Acts, Chapters 23-28. After Paul’s testimony of Jesus before the Jews in Jerusalem caused an uproar – twice – […]

After bidding farewell to the elders at the church at Ephesus (Acts 20), Paul determined to go to Jerusalem despite being warned very strongly twice that he would meet danger there if he went. Indeed, while in Jerusalem, some Jews from Asia Minor spotted Paul and aroused a mob who dragged him out of the […]

In the latter part of his instruction to the elders of the church in Ephesus (Acts 20:25-35), Paul makes two prophecies. The first was that all of them would see his face no more (v. 25), a statement that brought considerable grief to the elders (v. 38). Their response was evidence of the truth of […]

Acts 20 records a busy time in the latter portion of Paul’s third missionary journey. It began with his exhorting the disciples in Ephesus after the breakup of the riot there (v. 1). Then he gave “much exhortation” to believers in Macedonia (v. 2), before spending three months in Greece, doubtless in ministry (v. 3). […]

Paul’s lengthy and fruitful ministry in Ephesus and the surrounding province of Asia resulted in many turning from evil practices and idolatry to disciples of the Lord Jesus. As it says in Acts 19:20 – “So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing.” As a result, a group of tradesmen whose businesses […]

In Acts 19 we read that God was working extraordinary miracles in Ephesus by the hands of Paul the apostle, including healings and the casting out of demons (vv. 11-12). Some so-called Jewish exorcists attempted to duplicate the miracles by naming the name of Jesus over persons who had evil spirits, saying: “I adjure you […]

In Acts 19 we continue to see the sovereignty of God at work in building His church. Some time after Apollos left Ephesus, Paul came to that city “and found some disciples” (Acts 19:1). From verses 2 and 3 we learn that these disciples: 1) had believed – they believed the accurate teaching concerning Jesus, […]

The first part of Acts 18 described the founding of the church in Corinth despite intense opposition from many Jews. These Jews even tried to convict Paul of wrongdoing before a local judge, but the judge would have none of it. It was a fulfillment of Jesus’ promise to Paul in verse 10: “for I […]