Acts 1-2: AD30
Saul/Paul becomes a believer (Acts 9)
Spends 3 years in the desert (Galatians 1:15-17)
Barnabas goes to Tarsus to find Saul/Paul
(Barnabas) …left for Tarsus to look for Saul… – Acts 11:25 (NASB)
Saul/Paul goes to Antioch
Acts 13 begins in
(v.1)
Point: The Gospel brings to believers
Antioch was the first Gentile megachurch
Simeon called Niger (v.1) (Niger: black [Strong’s])
Lucius: light, bright, white (OTESD)
But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION (ethnos), A PEOPLE FOR God’s OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. – 1 Peter 2:9-10 (NASB95)
(vv.2-3)
The does the calling
This is the first time it’s recorded that a church sends anyone out to do missionary work
(v.5)
No are
Sometimes God leads by
How God is Different from the Pagan Gods: (v.7)
For God so loved the world… – John 3:16 (NIV)
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God… – Galatians 3:26 (NIV)
Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers.
– 3 John 1:2 (NASB)
False prophets seek to turn someone from the
…a Jewish false prophet… – Acts 13:6 (NASB)
…seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. – Acts 13:8 (NASB)
(vv.9-12)
The first time the name is used in Acts (v.9)
Paul’s first miracle pronouncing on a false prophet (v.11)
Paul’s first recorded convert was a
Paulus was amazed at the (v.12)
Two interesting changes in verse 13:
Paul becomes the
…Paul and his companions sailed… – Acts 13:13 (NIV)
John Mark
…John left them to return to Jerusalem. – Acts 13:13 (NIV)
…Barnabas’ cousin Mark… – Colossians 4:10 (NASB)
Mark doesn’t walk away from the , just the
(AD51) Barnabas wanted to take John, also called Mark, with them, but Paul did not think it wise to take him, because he had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not continued with them in the work. – Acts 15:37-38 (NIV)
(AD66) (Paul) Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service.
– 2 Timothy 4:11-12 (NASB95)