In acts, jesus sends the holy spirit to empower his disciples as they carry. Barjesus was a counselor for sergius paulus, the roman proconsul. Lessons from sergius paulus bible inspiration the gospel way. Complete bible timeline links interlinear bible bible commentaries bible lexicon topical bible bible summary bible outline bible timeline childrens bible bible hub homepage.
The recording is dramatized, from the king james bible. Sergius paulus was the governor of cyprus during the time of barnabas and sauls evangelistic efforts there cir. It was already clear from acts 9 that paul had been singled out by god as a special. Net bible when they had crossed over the whole island as far as paphos, they found. He was also the author of its companion work, the gospel of luke. The book of acts provides a bridge for the writings of the nt. Sergius paulus converted on cyprus faithlife sermons. When the day of pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Luke acts makes up 28% of the new testamentmore than that written by either paul or john. Archeologists have discovered a stone in rome commemorating his being appointed as one of the keepers of the banks and channel of the river tiber. The first of these inscriptions was found at the city of silo in 1877 just a short distance north of paphos, mentioned by luke in the book of acts, just before pauls encounter with sergius paulus.
So when sergius paulus heard of barnabas and saul, he took them for. This is the holy book of acts, known as the acts of the apostles. Authorship of acts luke is the author of the book acts. Barnabas and paul landed at salamis, the closest cypriot port to seleucia. Cypriots, sorcerers, and sergius associates for biblical research.
Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Luke, the author of the book of acts, is careful to refer to sergius paulus as proconsul. As a second volume to lukes gospel, it joins what jesus began to do and to teach 1. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. This is, in my opinion, the best and most beautiful recording of the.