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Look what comes up from the depths of the sea.
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Acts 18:19-19:41

And so begins the third Missionary journey....We meet Apollos, a Greek......people would probably listen to one of their own....Apollos had not heard the whole story.  He knew only of the Baptism of repentance that John preached.  Priscilla and Aquila, Paul's tent maker friends, graciously taught the rest of the story to Apollos and he believed and continued to do great things for The Way.

God did some extraordinary miracles through Paul Scripture tells us....but then some Jews tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus improperly (they probably used all the idol gods in addition and were adding Jesus' name as an extra) and the evil spirits turned on them and beat them....this caused people that practiced the evil arts to bring there scrolls of spells to be burned, and this renouncing of the evil arts cause the word of the Lord to spread

Meanwhile, Paul travels to Ephesus.  This is in modern day Turkey (how fitting after Thanksgiving-LOL).  This is a huge center of worship of the fertility goddess Artemis....she apparently fell down from the Heavens.  The Gentiles worshiped her likeness in little silver statues.  A silversmith named Demetrius got his nose out of joint because his income was slowing down with all this talk about worshiping Jesus, so he started a nice little riot.  People showed up at the assembly without really even knowing why they were there and the City Clerk had to bring order so that they would not get in trouble from the higher up Romans.


Do you prefer Artemis the huntress, or Artemis the fertility goddess with many many breasts????

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4 comments:

  1. BonnieNovember 28, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    confused again......are these people worshiping goddesses AND God?

    Andy why would the disciples not allow Paul to speak/

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  2. CarolNovember 29, 2011 at 5:56 AM

    Yep..the people were "hedging" their bets...surely any god that was listening could be worshiped to get some favor and help.

    Paul wanted to go to the theater to speak up and defend his companions, but the other believers wouldn't let him go fearing for his safety.

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  3. A GeorgianDecember 17, 2014 at 9:33 AM

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  4. A GeorgianDecember 17, 2014 at 9:34 AM

    I would like to use your photo of Artemis in my blog, An Amateur's Journey Through the Bible http://bikingfencer.blogspot.com

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