a paraphrased study
1 - When the riot was over, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and left for Macedonia. 2 And when he had gone through the Macedonian regions, and had given them (those at Philippi, Thessalonia, Berea) much encouragement, he came to Greece. (Luke, the author, was apparently in Greece.) 3 There he spent three months, but a plot was discovered against him by the Jewish leaders as he was about to set sail for Syria, so he returned through Macedonia instead. 4 Sopater, son of Pyrrhus of Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus of Thessalonia, Gaius and Timothy of Derbe, and the Asians, Tychicus and Trophimus, went with him. 5 These went on ahead, and were waiting for us at Troas. 6 But we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and five days later we met up with them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
7 On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul was talking, planning to depart the next day, and his speaking ran on until midnight. 8 We had many lamps lit in the upper room where we were gathered. 9 A young man named Eutychus, was sitting at the window, and fell into a deep sleep as Paul was talking still later, and he fell to the ground from the third story and was taken up as dead! 10 But Paul hurried down, bent over him, and taking him in his arms, said, “Don’t be alarmed, for his life is in him.” 11 And then Paul went up and broke bread, ate, and conversed with them a while longer, until daybreak, and then he departed. 12 And they took the youth away alive, and were very comforted.
13 And going ahead to the ship, we set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there, for so he had arranged, planning himself to go by land. 14 And so he met us at Assos, and we took him on board and went on to Mitylene. 15 Sailing from there we came the following day opposite Chios. The next day we briefly touched at Samos, and the day after that we went to Miletus. 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus, so that he might not have to spend time in Asia, for he was hurrying to be at Jerusalem, if possible, by day of Pentecost.
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Very Brief Outline of Acts:
Jesus returns to where he was with the Father before his advent/visit (his brief first one).
The Holy Spirit/Presence of God is poured out on the believers who were in Jerusalem on the late Spring holy day of Pentecost. Peter speaks, there are 3000 new believers that day.
The good news message spreads, Peter is invited and goes to a Roman’s house and all believe. The first record of non Hebrew believers (besides likely some on Pentecost).
Persecution breaks out.. jail. stoning. Pharisee Saul leads the persecution, but on his way to Damascus with papers for arrests, Jesus makes himself seen but is so bright Paul falls to the ground and is blinded. After two days he is healed and is a believer, and soon is called Paul. He wrote many (to most) of the New Testament letters, but spent a few years (it seems to me) exclusively listening to the Lord. He established many ‘churches’ in what’s called three missionary journeys, and met and worked with Mark and Luke, and quite a few others. (Luke wrote this Book of Acts.) His fourth journey is to Rome to trial as a prisoner. There’s a shipwreck on the way.. He wrote many of his letters while in prison and under ‘house’ arrest. ..And yes he was executed because of what he taught, as were all the original disciples turned apostles, except for probably John, who in his later years wrote three short letters and the vision and book of Revelation.
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