Chapter eighteen concludes the final leg of Paul’s second tour. After a disappointing response to the gospel in Athens, Paul moved west to Corinth, where he found a friendship with Aquila and Priscilla, Jews who had just been expelled from Rome (Acts 18:1-4). Not only did he share the gospel with them and the other […]
Chapter seventeen continues the second missionary tour. It seems that Luke and Timothy stayed at Philippi while Paul and Silas walked the 100 miles to Thessalonica (Acts 17:1-9). Unlike Philippi, Thessalonica was big enough for a synagogue, and Luke noted that the apostles spent three Sabbaths there. Overall, they were probably in Thessalonica for a
Chapters sixteen through eighteen record Paul’s second tour. Paul and Silas visited the churches Paul had established previously (Acts 15:41; 16:1-5), especially encouraging the Gentile believers with the good decision from the Jerusalem Council. Along the way, they found young Timothy and invited him to join them as an apprentice. Because of their ministry and
