Saturday, July 26, 2014

Acts 18 - Paul


Acts 18:9-11:

.9But the Lord said to Paul in (the) night by means of a seen-object, "You must not be fearful but you must utter-forth and let you not be silent .10for-this-reason-that I am with you, and not-one-person will put-himself-on you to treat you badly for-this-reason-that there is much people for me in this city." .11And he sat-down a year and six months teaching the word of God among them.

The Lord Jesus Christ had not forgotten about Paul – he wanted Paul to know something from his point of view, and therefore Paul wouldn't become confused or anything else regarding what he was supposed to do next. The Lord spoke to Paul during the night through a seen-object; God's Word does not say that it was a dream. Paul was awake at this time and the Lord presented an object to be seen by him so that he would see and perceive and know what the Lord intended to communicate and make-known to him.

The Lord told Paul:

·         "You must not be fearful (afraid),

·         but on the contrary you must speak and let you not be silent (not keep silence, not stop speaking; the usages of ‘let you’ is a polite command or a very strong suggestion advising Paul not be silent, plus he used a figure of speech ‘speak – not be silent’ to emphasize what he is telling Paul because when Paul would speak then he would not be silent)

·         for this reason (on account of the fact) that emphatically I am (in Greek there is a definite word for ‘I’ plus the verb meaning ‘I am’ giving emphasis – I myself am)

o   in company and association with you,

·         and no-one will put himself (place, set, lay a hand) on you for the purpose of treating you badly (to inflict and affect you with badness)

·         for this reason (on account of the fact) that there is much (a lot of) people for me in this city (Corinth)."

As a result of what the Lord Jesus Christ told Paul, Paul sat down (stayed, settled temporarily) in Corinth for a year and six months more teaching the Word of God among the people. He spent this time instructing the people regarding the word of God (the spoken-account of God's inner thoughts which contain individual words constituting what He speaks to/for mankind - God's Word regarding Himself and His son, the Lord Jesus Christ which is the good-message).

Also, it was during his period of time in Corinth that Paul wrote his letters which we call "I Thessalonians" and "II Thessalonians," and perhaps the Book of "Hebrews".

[Reference: Acts 9:3-6, 16:9, 22:17-21, 23:11; II Thessalonians 3:2.]
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