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   READING THE BOOK OF ACTS: CHAPTER 20 Thursday, December 29, 2022   INTRODUCING ACTS, CHAPTER 20 This chapter records the last stages of Paul’s 3 rd missionary journey. He visited the churches that he and Barnabas had planted in modern-day Turkey. Form there, he traveled southwest to the province of Asia to the church in Ephesus. We read about these experiences in Acts, chapter 19. In Acts 20, Paul is visiting the churches in Macedonia and Greece before returning to Judea. He meets briefly with Philip and evangelist in Caesarea before going to Jerusalem and there getting arrested. For the next two years Paul will remain under house arrest before taking a dangerous sea voyage to Rome. We will see this beginning in Acts. 21.  ( https://www.bibleref.com/Acts/20/Acts-chapter-20.html ) 1) Verses 1-6, Through Macedonia and Greece, Pt. I JEANNIE When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for Macedonia.   2  He traveled throu

    READING THE BOOK OF ACTS: CHAPTER 19 Wednesday, December 8, 2022   INTRODUCING ACTS, CHAPTER 19 Acts 19 is the meat of Paul’s third missionary voyage. He has already revisited the churches in central modern-day Turkey (Acts 18:23). Now he returns to Ephesus for a three-year stay. After firmly establishing the church there, rescuing many from pagan magic and the worship of Artemis, he returns to Macedonia and Greece. A threat on his life sends him back up to Macedonia and across to Troas. He meets briefly with the Ephesian elders to tell them they will not meet again (Acts 20). When he returns to Jerusalem, he is arrested and, eventually taken to Rome. ( https://www.bibleref.com/Acts/19/Acts-chapter-18.html ) 1) Verses 1-11, Paul in Ephesus, Pt. I JEANNIE While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples   2  and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when [ a ]  you believed?” They answered, “No, we hav