Introduction To The Acts Of The Apostles

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INTRODUCTION TO THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES

INTRODUCTION

IN WRITING THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESTO THEOPHILUS(WHO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF THE GOSPELOFLUKE),LUKETHEPHYSICIANCONTINUED DESCRIBING THE EVENTS WHICH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AT THE END OF THE FORTY(40)DAYSJESUS CHRIST WAS UPON THE EARTH BEFORE HIS SECONDASCENSIONTO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER.

ADDITIONALLY, LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE DESCRIBED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF GOD UPON THE EARTH ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND THE EXPANSION OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND THE CHURCH OF GOD FROM JERUSALEM, INTO JUDAEA, INTO SAMRIA AND INTO THE GENTILE WORLD.

THE USE OF THEMAPSOFTHEJOURNEYSOFTHEAPOSTLEPAULDURING HIS CONVERSION AND DURING HIS THREEMISSIONARYJOURNEYSAND FINALJOURNEYASAPRISONERTO ROME, ITALY, WILL BE HELPFUL IN PROVIDINGUNDERSTANDING TO THE DESCRIPTION OF LUKE THE PHYSICIAN OF THE EXPANSION OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE INTO THE GENTILE REGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE STARTED THE BUILDING OF HIS CHURCH IN THE GOSPELS WITH THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES AND THOSE WHO WERE CALLED TO BE DISCIPLES, WHO WOULD HAVE ACCEPTED THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND WEREWATERBAPTIZEDDURINGTHE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST.

THE BOOKOFACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESIS ABOUT THE CONTINUATION OF THE BUILDING OF THE TRUE SPIRITUAL CHURCH OF GOD WHICH WAS ESTABLISHEDUPON THE EARTH ON THEDAYOFPENTECOSTAT JERUSALEM (THE FULFILMENT OF THE FEAST OF WEEKS), WHICH WAS THE FIRST OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT UPON THE JEWS ONLY

(FIRST WAVE LOAF FROM THE HOUSE OF JUDAH),

UNDER THE NEW COVENANT BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

THIS IS THETRUESPIRITUALCHURCHOFGOD WHICH THOSE WHO ARE BEING CALLED TO BE TRUE DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST ARE BEING BAPTIZED INTO TODAY.

THE WRITER LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE DESCRIBED THE EVENTS OF JESUS CHRIST DURING HIS 40DAYSAFTER HIS RESURRECTION AND FIRSTASCENSIONTO GOD THE FATHER, EMPHASIZING THE TRUE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF KINGDOM OF HEAVEN WHICH WAS THEN EXPANDED TO THE JEWS IN THE REGIONS OF JUDAEA, THEN TO THE SAMARITANS AND THEN TO THE GENTILES IN THE REGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE BY THE APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST WHO WERE LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Acts1:8(KJV)8Butyeshallreceivepower,afterthat theHolyGhostiscomeuponyou:ANDYESHALLBEWITNESSESUNTOMEBOTHINJERUSALEM,ANDINALLJUDAEA, AND IN SAMARIA, AND UNTO THE UTTERMOST PARTOF THE EARTH.

IN THE BOOKOFACTSTHE GOSPEL MESSAGE WAS CARRIED BY THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE GENTILES AND TO THECHILDRENOFISRAEL,WHO WERE THOSE JEWSBELONGING TO THE SCATTERED OR MIGRATED DESCENDANTS OF THEHOUSEOFJUDAHAND THOSE ISRAELITESBELONGING TO THE SCATTERED DESCENDANTS OF THE TEN TRIBES OF THEHOUSE OF ISRAEL.

Acts9:15(KJV)15ButtheLordsaiduntohim,Gothyway:forheisachosenvessel unto me, to bear my namebeforetheGentiles,ANDKINGS,ANDTHE CHILDRENOF ISRAEL:

THE EXAMINATION OF THEPRACTICEOFWORSHIPAND THEDAYFORGATHERINGSTOWORSHIPIN THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESIS THE EVIDENCE THAT

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THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD ESTABLISHED BY JESUS CHRIST WAS KEEPING THE SEVENTH DAY SABBATH, AND THE GATHERING TO WORSHIP IS FAR DIFFERENT TO WHAT IS CALLED WORSHIP TODAY, IN WHICH HOURS OF SINGING HAVE BEEN EMPHASIZED ABOVE SPENDING HOURS IN THE TRUTH OF SCRIPTURES.

IN THE BOOKOFACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESTHE PRINCIPLEFORNAMINGTHECHURCHESOF GOD IS SEEN BY THE NAME CHURCH OF GOD (THE CHURCHES BELONGS TO GOD) FOLLOWED BY THE LOCATION OF THE TOWN OR CITY WHICH IS ALSO EVIDENT IN THE EPISTLES.

THE NAMING CONVENTIONS AND MINISTRIES OF MEN IS NOT ACCEPTED BY JESUS CHRIST, BECAUSE THE CHURCH OF GOD BELONGS TO GOD THE FATHER.

GOD’S PRINCIPLE FOR THE NAMING OF THE TRUE CHURCH OFGODTODAY IS THE NAME “THECHURCHOFGOD” FOLLOWED BY THE LOCATIONWHERE THE DISCIPLES ARE GATHERING TOGETHER IN WORSHIP.

THOSE WHO BELONG TO THE TRUE JESUS CHRIST BELONGS TO THESPIRITUALCHURCHOFGODIN THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND NO ONE CAN BUILD ANY OTHER CHURCH BELONGING TO GOD USINGANYOTHERNAMEORMINISTRYTHAN THE NAME OF “THE CHURCH OF GOD”.

Acts 20:28 (KJV) 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves,andtoalltheflock,overthe which the Holy Ghost hath made youoverseers,tofeedTHECHURCHOFGOD,

which he hath purchased with his own

blood.

KEY QUESTIONS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES:

WHO WAS LUKE THE PHYSICIAN?
WHAT IS THE SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE THAT LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE HAD DUAL CITIZENSHIP OF BOTH

JEWISH AND ROMAN BACKGROUNDS?

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HOW DOES ONE UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
WHEN DID LUKE THE PHYSICIAN COMPLETE THE WRITING OF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE?
WHEN DID THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN BEGAN WRITING HIS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS DESCRIBED BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN IN THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
WHEN DID LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WRITE THE GOSPEL OF LUKE?
WHEN DID LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WRITE THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
WHAT IS THE SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE TO PROVE THE TRUE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE EPISTLES OF THE

APOSTLE PAUL DURING HIS THREE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS?

WHICH EPISTLES DID THE APOSTLE PAUL WRITE IN ACTS OF THE APOSTLES WHILE HE WAS A PRISONER IN ROME, ITALY?
WHICH EPISTLES WERE WRITTEN TO THE SCATTERED ISRAELITE BRETHREN TO ADDRESS EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED IN ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
WHICH EPISTLE WAS WRITTEN FROM THE JEWISH OR HEBREW APOSTLES FROM JERUSALEM TO THE GENTILE BRETHREN IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?
HOW DID LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DIE?

WHO WAS LUKE THE PHYSICIAN?

THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWERE WRITTEN BY LUKETHEPHYSICIANWHO BECAME A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST AND ACCOMPANIED THE APOSTLE PAUL ON HIS SECOND AND THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEYS AS WELL AS HIS JOURNEY TO ROME, ITALY AS A PRISONER.

THERE IS NO SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE DIRECTLY STATING THAT LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WAS THE AUTHOR OF BOTH THEGOSPELOF LUKE AND THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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THE WRITER OR SCRIBE LUKETHEPHYSICIANWAS IDENTIFIED BY HIS PROFESSION AS A PHYSICIAN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS A JEWISH DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST TO THE GENTILESAND WAS NOT ONE OF THE ORIGINAL DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST DURING HIS THREE AND A HALF YEARS MINISTRY.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE LEFT HIS PRACTICE AS A PHYSICIAN (WHICHREQUIREDHIMPAYINGATTENTIONTODETAILS)TO BECOME AN EYEWITNESS AND WRITER OF THE EVENTS OF THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL DURING THE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AND EVEN SACRIFICING HIS LIFE IN BECOMING SHIPWRECKED ON THE JOURNEY WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL AS A PRISONER TO ROME, ITALY.

IN WRITING THEGOSPELOFLUKE AND THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES,THELUKETHEPHYSICIAN HAD TO DEPEND ON THE HOLY SPIRIT AS HE SEARCHED OUT THE DETAILS FROM THEORIGINALAPOSTLESANDDISCIPLESWHO WERE IN THE THREE AND HALF YEARS MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND WHO WERE PRESENT AT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF GOD ON THE DAYOFPENTECOSTAND ALSO DURING THE EARLY ADDITIONS TO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT JERUSALEM INTO JUDAEA AND INTO SAMARIA AND THEN INTO THE GENTILE REGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

THEGOSPELOFLUKEAND THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWERE WRITTEN FOR GENTILEBRETHRENIN THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WROTE BOTH THE GOSPELOFLUKEAND THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESTO AGENTILEDISCIPLENAMED THEOPHILUS, WHICH IS FROM THE GREEK NAME “THEOPHILOS” MEANING “FRIEND OF GOD” OR “LOVEDOF GOD”.

THEOPHILUSSEEMED TO BE AHIGH-RANKINGOFFICIALIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO BE A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST AND REQUESTED THE DETAILS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE

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SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF JESUS CHRIST FROM LUKE THE PHYSICIAN.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN JOURNEYED WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL AND WROTE ALL THE DETAILS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL’S EXPERIENCES AS HE CARRIED THE GOSPEL MESSAGE INTO THE GENTILE WORLD.

Luke1:1-3(KJV)1Forasmuchasmanyhavetakenin handtosetforthinorderadeclarationofthose things which are most surely believed amongus,

Luke1:2(KJV)2Evenastheydeliveredthemunto us, which from the beginning wereeyewitnesses,andministersof the word;

Luke1:3(KJV)3Itseemedgoodtomealso,havinghad perfectunderstandingofallthingsfromthevery first, to write unto thee in order, most excellentTheophilus,

Luke1:4(KJV)4THATTHOUMIGHTESTKNOWTHE CERTAINTY OF THOSE THINGS, WHEREINTHOU HAST BEEN INSTRUCTED.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES ON THE PHRASE “MOSTEXCELLENT” REFERRING TO HIGH RANKING ROMAN OFFICIALS.

Acts23:26(KJV)26ClaudiusLysiasuntoTHEMOST EXCELLENT GOVERNOR FELIX sendeth

greeting.

Acts24:3(KJV)3Weacceptitalways,andinall places, MOST NOBLE FELIX, with all

thankfulness.

Acts26:25(KJV)25Buthesaid,Iamnot

mad,MOST NOBLEFESTUS;butspeak forth

the wordsof truthandsoberness.

THE WRITER LUKETHEPHYSICIANHAD TO BEDILIGENTIN HIS INVESTIGATION PAYING ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS FROM THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES (WHOWEREALL

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HEBREWS) LED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT, TO ENSURE WHAT HE WAS WRITING TO THEOPHILUSWAS CERTAINLY THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL AND THERE WAS NO BARRIER TO THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL MESSAGE BECAUSE OF THE HEBREW LANGUAGE.

IN ACTS1:1-3, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN FOLLOWED UP THEFORMERTRUTHOFTHEGOSPELOFLUKE TO THEOPHILUS BY WRITING THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THEAPOSTLES.

HE WOULD HAVE AGAIN DILIGENTLY INVESTIGATED THE EVENTS DURING THE 40DAYSBEFORE JESUS CHRIST SECOND ASCENSION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD THE FATHER.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ALSO ACCOMPANIED THE APOSTLE PAUL ON HIS SECOND AND THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEYS AND EVEN INTO PRISON IN ROME.

Acts1:1-3(KJV)1TheformertreatisehaveI made, O Theophilus, of all thatJesusbeganbothto doandteach,Acts1:2(KJV)2Untilthedayinwhichhewastaken up,afterthathethroughtheHolyGhosthadgiven commandmentsuntotheapostleswhomhehad chosen:

Acts 1:3 (KJV) 3 To whom also he shewedhimself alive after his passion bymanyinfallibleproofs,beingseenofthemforty days, and speaking of the things pertainingto the kingdomof God:

WHATISTHESCRIPTURALEVIDENCETHATLUKETHEPHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE HAD DUAL CITIZENSHIP OF BOTH

JEWISH AND ROMAN BACKGROUNDS?

THERE IS SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE THAT LUKETHEPHYSICIANHAD DUALCITIZENSHIPOF BEING AJEWAND ALSO HAD ROMANCITIZENSHIPLIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL AND MAY HAVE BEEN A PHYSICIAN WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

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LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD THE MOST DETAILS OF THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AMONGTHEJEWSIN JERUSALEM AND JUDAEA AND MOST DETAILS OF RELATED EVENTS WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE WHICH WERE OCCURRING AT THE SAME TIME DURING THE 3 1/2 YEARS OF THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST.

ADDITIONALLY, FOR LUKE THE PHYSICIAN TO OBTAIN THE DETAILS FROM THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST WHO WERE IN HIS THREE AND HALF YEARS (3 ½) MINISTRY, LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD TO BE A JEW OR HEBREW AND A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.

NO GENTILE WAS CALLED UNTIL ACTS CHAPTER 10 WRITTENBY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN AND THEREFORE LUKE COULD NOTHAVE BEEN A GENTILE.

EVIDENCETHATLUKETHEPHYSICIANWASAJEWLIKETHEAPOSTLE PAUL AND HAD ROMAN CITIZENSHIP.

TO UNDERSTAND THE FEAST OF THE LORD, LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN KEEPING THE FEAST OF THE LORD UNDER THE LAW OF MOSES BEFORE HE BECAME A DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN SEEMED TO HAVE GROWN UP AND WOULD HAVE ALSO BEEN TRAINED IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD THE MOST DETAILS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING IN THE OFFICIAL REALM OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE DURING THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST.

IN THEGOSPELOFLUKE,LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD THE MOST DETAILS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE OFFICIALAUTHORITYINTHEROMANEMPIREAS WELL AS THE JEWISHRELIGIOUSPRIESTHOOD.

PARALLEL ACCOUNTS IN MATTHEW, MARK AND JOHN DID NOT HAVE THE DETAILS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROMAN AUTHORITY OVER THE PROVINCES AS IN THE GOSPEL OF LUKE.

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SOME EXAMPLES OF EVIDENCE OF SUCH DETAILS WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE ARE IN THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURES IN THE ACCOUNT OF THEGOSPELOFLUKE, WHICH ARE NOT FOUND IN IN THE PARALLEL GOSPELS OF THE SAME EVENTS.

Luke 2:1-4 (KJV) 1 Andit came to passinthosedays, that there went out a decree fromCaesarAugustus,thatalltheworldshouldbe taxed.

Luke2:2(KJV)2(Andthistaxingwasfirstmadewhen Cyreniuswas governorof Syria.)Luke2:3(KJV)3Andallwenttobetaxed,everyoneintohis owncity.

Luke2:4(KJV)4AndJosephalsowentupfromGalilee,outofthecityofNazareth,into Judaea, unto the city of David,whichiscalledBethlehem;(becausehewas of the house and lineage of David:)

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD THE MOST DETAILS OF SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS OCCURRING AMONG THE JEWISH LEVITICAL PRIESTHOOD AND WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE GOVERNMENTAL SYSTEM DURING THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST.

Luke 3:1-2 (KJV) 1 NOW IN THE FIFTEENTHYEAROFTHEREIGNOFTIBERIUSCAESAR,PONTIUS PILATE BEING GOVERNOR OF JUDAEA,ANDHERODBEINGTETRARCHOF GALILEE, AND HIS BROTHER PHILIPTETRARCHOFITURAEAANDOFTHEREGIONOF TRACHONITIS, AND LYSANIAS THETETRARCHOF ABILENE,

Luke3:2(KJV)2ANNASANDCAIAPHASBEINGTHE HIGH PRIESTS,THE WORDOF GODCAMEUNTOJOHNTHESONOFZACHARIASINTHE WILDERNESS.

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Luke 3:19-20 (KJV) 19ButHerodthe tetrarch,being reproved by him for Herodias hisbrotherPhilip’swife,andforallthe evilswhichHerodhad done,

Luke3:20(KJV)20Addedyetthisabove

all,thathe shut upJohninprison.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES THAT LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE CONVERSATIONS AND EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE SIMULTANEOUSLY IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO JOHN MARK AND MATTHEW WHO REFERRED TO THE SAME INCIDENT WITH MORE DETAIL IN THEGOSPELOFMARKAND THE GOSPELOFMATTHEWWHICH IS EVIDENCE THAT JOHNMARKAND MATHEWWOULD HAVE BEEN TWO OF THE DISCIPLES LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE DISCUSSED THE EVENTS WHICH OCCURRED DURING THE MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST.

Matt14:1-12(KJV)1AtthattimeHerodthe tetrarchheardof the fameof Jesus,

Matt14:2(KJV)2Andsaiduntohisservants,ThisisJohntheBaptist;heisrisenfrom the dead; and therefore mighty worksdo shew forth themselvesinhim.

Matt14:3(KJV)3ForHerodhadlaidholdon John,andboundhim,andputhiminprisonforHerodias’sake,hisbrotherPhilip’swife.

Matt14:4(KJV)4ForJohnsaiduntohim,It is➔notlawfulfor theeto haveher.Matt14:5(KJV)5Andwhenhewouldhaveputhim to death, he feared the multitude,becausethey countedhimasa prophet.Matt14:6(KJV)6ButwhenHerod’sbirthdaywas kept,thedaughterofHerodiasdancedbefore them,andpleasedHerod.

Matt14:7(KJV)7Whereuponhepromisedwithan oathtogiveherwhatsoevershewould ask.

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Matt14:8(KJV)8Andshe,beingbeforeinstructedofhermother,said,GivemehereJohnBaptist’sheadina charger.

Matt 14:9 (KJV) 9 And the king was sorry:neverthelessfortheoath’ssake,andthem whichsatwithhimatmeat,hecommandedittobe givenher.

Matt14:10(KJV)10Andhesent,andbeheaded

Johninthe prison.

Matt14:11(KJV)11Andhisheadwasbroughtinacharger,andgiventothedamsel:andshe broughtit to hermother.

Matt 14:12 (KJV) 12 Andhisdisciplescame,and tookupthebody,andburiedit,andwentand toldJesus.

Mar6:16-29(KJV)16ButwhenHerodheardthereof, he said, It is John, whom I

beheaded:heis risenfromthe dead.

Mar6:17(KJV)17ForHerodhimselfhadsent forthandlaidholduponJohn,andboundhiminprisonforHerodias’sake,hisbrotherPhilip’swife:forhehadmarriedher.

Mar 6:18 (KJV) 18 For John had said unto Herod, Itis not lawful forthee to havethybrother’swife.

Mar 6:19 (KJV) 19 ThereforeHerodiashad a quarrelagainsthim,andwouldhavekilledhim;butshe couldnot:

Mar6:20(KJV)20ForHerodfearedJohn,knowingthathewasajustmanandan holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, andheardhimgladly.

Mar6:21(KJV)21Andwhenaconvenientdaywas come,thatHerodon hisbirthdaymadea supper to his lords, high captains,andchiefestates of Galilee;

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Mar6:22(KJV)22AndwhenthedaughterofthesaidHerodias came in, and danced, andpleasedHerodandthemthatsatwithhim,the king said unto the damsel, Ask of mewhatsoeverthouwilt,andIwillgiveit thee.

Mar 6:23 (KJV) 23 And he sware unto her,Whatsoeverthoushaltaskofme,Iwill give it thee, unto the half of mykingdom.

Mar6:24(KJV)24Andshewentforth,andsaidunto hermother,WhatshallIask?Andshe said,The headof Johnthe Baptist.

Mar6:25(KJV)25Andshecameinstraightwaywith haste unto the king, and asked,saying,Iwillthatthougivemebyand byinachargertheheadofJohnthe Baptist.

Mar6:26(KJV)26Andthekingwasexceeding sorry;yetforhisoath’ssake,andfortheirsakes whichsatwithhim,hewouldnotrejecther.

Mar 6:27 (KJV) 27 Andimmediatelythe kingsentanexecutioner,andcommandedhisheadtobe brought:andhewentandbeheadedhiminthe prison,

Mar6:28(KJV)28Andbroughthisheadina charger,andgaveitto the damsel:andthe damselgaveitto hermother.

Mar6:29(KJV)29Andwhenhisdisciplesheardofit,theycameandtookuphiscorpse,andlaiditina tomb.

Luke9:7-9(KJV)7NowHerodthetetrarchheardofallthatwasdonebyhim:andhewas perplexed, because that it was said ofsome, that John was risen from the dead;

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Luke9:8(KJV)8Andofsome,thatEliashadappeared;andofothers,thatoneofthe oldprophetswas risen again.

Luke9:9(KJV)9AndHerodsaid,JohnhaveI beheaded: but who is this, ofwhom I hear such things? And he desiredto seehim.

THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DETAILS OF THE EVENTS OF THE AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN OBTAINED BY LUKETHEPHYSICIANWHO WOULD HAVE ALSO HAVE INFLUENCE WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE TO OBTAIN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS.

THE DISCIPLES WOULD HAVE FORSAKEN JESUS IN UNGODLY FEAR AND THEREFORE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THESE DETAILS OF EVENTS WITHIN THE ROMAN EMPIRE AUTHORITIES.

Luke 23:6-12 (KJV) 6 When Pilate heard of Galilee,heaskedwhetherthemanwerea Galilaean.

Luke23:7(KJV)7Andassoonasheknewthathe belongeduntoHerod’sjurisdiction,he senthimtoHerod,whohimselfalsowasatJerusalematthattime.

Luke23:8(KJV)8AndwhenHerodsawJesus,he was exceeding glad: for he wasdesiroustoseehimofalongseason, becausehehadheardmanythingsofhim;andhehopedtohaveseensomemiracledonebyhim.

Luke23:9(KJV)9Thenhequestionedwithhiminmanywords;butheansweredhimnothing.

Luke23:10(KJV)10Andthechiefpriestsandscribesstoodandvehementlyaccusedhim.Luke23:11(KJV)11AndHerodwithhismenof war set him atnought, and mockedhim,andarrayedhiminagorgeousrobe,and senthimagainto Pilate.

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Luke23:12(KJV)12ANDTHESAMEDAYPILATE AND HEROD WERE MADEFRIENDS TOGETHER: FOR BEFORE THEY WERE AT ENMITY BETWEENTHEMSELVES.

IN THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES,LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ALSO PROVIDED DETAILS OF THE ROMAN RELIGIOUS SYSTEM BY THE MENTION OF EASTER ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN CALENDAR, WHICH WOULD HAVE OCCURRED AROUND THE SAME TIMING OF THE FEAST OF THE PASSOVER AND THE DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD WHICH WAS IN ACCORDANCE TO THE BIBLICAL CALENDAR.

Acts 12:1-4 (KJV) 1 Now about that timeHerodthekingstretchedforthhishandsto vexcertainofthe church.

Acts 12:2 (KJV) 2 Andhe killedJamesthe brother

of Johnwith the sword.

Acts 12:3 (KJV) 3 And because he saw itpleasedthe Jews,he proceeded furtherto takePeteralso.(Thenwerethedaysof unleavened bread.)

Acts12:4(KJV)4Andwhenhehadapprehendedhim,heputhiminprison,anddeliveredhimto fourquaternionsofsoldierstokeephim;intendingafterEastertobringhimforthto the people.

OTHERRELATEDSCRIPTURESONJEWSWHOHADDUALCITIZENSHIPS OF BOTH JEWISH AND ROMAN.

GAMALIELWAS A JEW AND A DOCTOR OF THE LAW OF MOSES FROM TARSUS IN CILICIA WHO HAD THE APOSTLE

PAUL AS A STUDENT BEFORE HIS CONVERSION AND HAD JEWISH AND ROMAN CITIZENSHIPS.

Acts5:34(KJV)34Thenstoodthereuponeinthecouncil,aPharisee,namedGamaliel,a doctorofthelaw,hadinreputationamongallthe

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people,andcommandedtoputtheapostles

forthalittle space;

Acts22:3(KJV)3Iamverilyamanwhichama Jew,borninTarsus,acityinCilicia,yet brought up in this city at the feetofGamaliel,andtaughtaccordingtothe perfectmannerofthelawofthefathers,andwaszealoustowardGod,asyeallarethis day.

AQUILA WAS A JEW BORN IN PONTUS LIVING IN THE GREEK CITY OF CORINTH HAVING JEWISH, ROMAN AND GREEK CITIZENSHIPS.

Acts18:1-4(KJV)1AfterthesethingsPauldeparted from Athens, and came toCorinth;

Acts18:2(KJV)1AndfoundacertainJewnamed Aquila, born in Pontus, latelycome from Italy, with his wifePriscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart fromRome:)and cameunto them.

Acts18:3(KJV)3Andbecausehewasofthesame craft,heabodewiththem,andwrought:forby their occupationthey weretentmakers.Acts 18:4 (KJV) 4 And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, andpersuadedthe Jewsandthe Greeks.

APOLLOSWAS A JEW BORN IN ALEXANDRIA IN EGYPT AND WAS LIVING IN THE GREEK CITY OF CORINTH WHO HAD

JEWISH AND GREEK CITIZENSHIPS.

Acts 18:24 (KJV) 24 AND A CERTAIN JEW

NAMEDAPOLLOS,BORNATALEXANDRIA,an

eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures,cametoEphesus.

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ALEXANDERTHECOPPERSMITHWAS A JEW LIVING IN EPHESUS WHO HAD BOTH JEWISH AND GREEK CITIZENSHIPS.

THERE WERE JEWSWHO WERE DWELLING IN THE GREEKCITYOF EPHESUS WHO SPOKE THE GREEK LANGUAGE.

Acts19:17(KJV)17ANDTHISWASKNOWNTO ALL THE JEWS AND GREEKS ALSO DWELLINGATEPHESUS;andfearfell

onthemall,andthenameoftheLord

Jesus was magnified.

Acts 19:33-34 (KJV) 33 Andthey drewAlexanderout ofthemultitude,theJewsputting^➔himforward.AndAlexanderbeckonedwiththe

hand,andwouldhavemadehisdefenceuntothe people.

Acts19:34(KJV)34Butwhentheyknewthathe was aJew, all with one voiceaboutthespaceoftwohourscriedout,Greatis Dianaof the Ephesians.

THEAPOSTLEPAULWAS A JEW FROM TARSUS CILICIA WHO HAD JEWISH AND ROMAN CITIZENSHIPS.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS A JEW AND A HEBREW OF HEBREWSAND APHARISEEOF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN AND HAD ROMAN CITIZENSHIP.

Acts 21:39 (KJV) 39 ButPaulsaid,Iam

amanwhichamaJewofTarsus,acityinCilicia,acitizenofnomeancity:and,Ibeseechthee, suffer me to speak unto the people.

Acts22:3(KJV)3Iamverilyamanwhichama Jew,borninTarsus,acityinCilicia,yet brought up in this city at the

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feetofGamaliel,andtaughtaccordingtothe perfectmannerofthelawofthefathers,andwaszealoustowardGod,asyeallarethis day.

Acts22:24-28(KJV)24Thechiefcaptaincommandedhimtobebroughtintothecastle,andbadethatheshouldbeexaminedbyscourging;thathe mightknowwhereforetheycried➔soagainsthim.

Acts 22:25 (KJV) 25 Andasthey boundhimwiththongs,Paulsaiduntothecenturionthatstoodby,Isitlawfulforyoutoscourgea manthat is a Roman,anduncondemned?

Acts22:26(KJV)26Whenthecenturionheardthat, he wentand toldthe chief captain,saying,Take heedwhatthoudoest:forthismanisa Roman.

Acts22:27(KJV)27Thenthechiefcaptaincame,andsaid untohim, TELL ME, ART THOUA ROMAN?HE SAID,YEA.

Acts 22:28 (KJV) 28 Andthe chief captainanswered,With a great sum obtained I thisfreedom.AndPaulsaid,ButIwas free born.

2Cor11:22(KJV)22AretheyHebrews?soamI.Are theyIsraelites?soamI.Aretheytheseedof Abraham?so am I.

Phil3:4-5(KJV)4ThoughImightalsohaveconfidenceintheflesh.Ifanyothermanthinkeththathehathwhereofhemighttrustinthe flesh,Imore:

Phil3:4(KJV)4Circumcisedtheeighthday,ofthe stockofIsrael,ofthetribeofBenjamin,an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law,a Pharisee;

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HOW DOES ONE UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF ACTS OF THEAPOSTLES?

ALL THEEPISTLESWRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE CHURCHES OF GOD ESTABLISHED AT THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ORIGINATEDOUT OF THE APOSTLE PAUL’S THREE MISSIONARY JOURNEYS IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE BOOKOFTHEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESONE NEEDS TO ALSO STUDY AND CONNECT THE DETAILS OF THERELEVANTEPISTLESTO THE CHURCHES OF GOD WHICH WERE BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS IN THE BOOKOFTHEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES.

THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESAND THEEPISTLESMUST BE ADDED TOGETHER FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW GOD THE FATHER AND JESUS CHRIST ARE BUILDING THE TRUE CHURCH OF GOD UPON THE EARTH BY THE HOLY SPIRIT (WHO IS OVER THE CHURCH OF GOD UPON THE EARTH).

WHILE WE STUDY, WE MUST ASK MANY QUESTIONS IN THE SCRIPTURES AND SEARCH OUT THE SPIRIT OF THE SCRIPTURES AND NOT JUST THE LETTER OF THE SCRIPTURES: HOW. WHAT, WHEN, WHY, WHO IN THE SPIRIT OF THE SCRIPTURES.

Isa28:9-10(KJV)9Whomshallheteachknowledge?and whomshallhemaketounderstanddoctrine?themthat areweanedfromthemilk,anddrawnfromthe breasts.

Isa 28:10 (KJV) 10 FOR PRECEPT MUST BE UPON PRECEPT,PRECEPTUPONPRECEPT;LINEUPONLINE,LINEUPONLINE;HEREALITTLE,AND THERE A LITTLE:

2Tim2:15(KJV)15STUDYTOSHEWTHYSELFAPPROVED UNTO GOD, A WORKMANTHAT NEEDETHNOTTOBEASHAMED,RIGHTLYDIVIDINGTHE WORDOF TRUTH.

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UNDERSTANDING THE ORDER OF THE DISPENSATION OF THEGOSPELMESSAGEWILLALSOHELPUSTOUNDERSTANDTHEBOOK OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

THE GOSPEL MESSAGE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD WAS FIRSTGIVEN TO THE APOSTLES OF JESUS CHRIST WHO WERE JEWS OR HEBREWS AND THEREFORE WE MUST ALSO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GIVEN TO THEM.

John4:22(KJV)22Yeworshipyeknownotwhat:weknowwhatweworship:FOR SALVATIONISOFTHE JEWS.

Rom 1:16 (KJV) 16 ForI amnotashamedof the gospelofChrist:foritisthepowerof God unto salvation to everyone that believeth;TOTHEJEWFIRST,ANDALSOTO THE GREEK.

Acts 3:26 (KJV) 26 UNTO YOUFIRSTGOD,HAVING RAISEDUPHISSONJESUS,senthimto

blessyou,inturningawayeveryoneof youfromhis iniquities.

Acts13:46-8(KJV)46ThenPaulandBarnabaswaxedbold,andsaid,ITWASNECESSARYTHATTHEWORDOFGODSHOULDFIRSTHAVEBEENSPOKENTOYOU:butseeingye

putitfromyou,andjudgeyourselvesunworthy of everlasting life, LO, WE TURNTOTHE GENTILES.

Acts13:47(KJV)47ForsohaththeLordcommandedus,saying,IHAVESETTHEETO BEALIGHTOFTHEGENTILES,THATTHOUSHOULDESTBEFORSALVATIONUNTOTHE ENDSOF THE EARTH.

Acts13:48(KJV)48AndwhentheGentilesheard this,theywereglad,andglorifiedtheword

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of the Lord:andas many aswereordained

toeternallifebelieved.

THE APOSTLE PAUL EXPLAINED TO THE BRETHREN IN THE CHURCH OF GOD AT THESSALONICA THAT THE GOSPEL MESSAGE CAME OUT FROM THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN JERUSALEM AND JUDAEA.

1Thess2:11-16(KJV)11Asyeknowhowwe exhortedandcomfortedandchargedeveryone of you, as a father doth hischildren,

1Thess2:12(KJV)12Thatyewouldwalkworthy of God,WHO HATH CALLED YOUUNTOHISKINGDOMANDGLORY.

1Thess2:13(KJV)13ForthiscausealsothankweGodwithoutceasing,because,whenye receivedthewordofGodwhichyeheardofus,yereceiveditnotasthewordofmen,butasitisintruth,thewordofGod,whicheffectuallyworkethalsoinyouthat believe.

1 Thess 2:14 (KJV) 14 FOR YE, BRETHREN,BECAMEFOLLOWERSOFTHECHURCHESOF GOD WHICH IN JUDAEA ARE IN CHRIST JESUS: for ye also have

suffered like things of your owncountrymen, even as they have of the Jews:

1Thess2:15(KJV)15WhobothkilledtheLordJesus,andtheirownprophets,andhave persecuted us; and they please notGod,andare contraryto allmen:

1 Thess 2:16 (KJV) 16 Forbiddingusto speakto the Gentilesthattheymightbesaved,tofilluptheirsinsalway:forthewrathiscomeuponthemtothe uttermost.

WHENDIDLUKETHEPHYSICIANCOMPLETETHEWRITINGOF THE GOSPEL OF LUKE?

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LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE GOSPEL OFLUKETO THEOPHILUSBEFORE HE JOINED THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL IN ACTSCHAPTER 16.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE HAD TO SPEND THE TIME WITH THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST TO WRITE THE DETAILS OF THE EVENTS DURING THE THREE AND HALF YEAR’S MINISTRY OF JESUS CHRIST AND UP TO THE SECOND ASCENSION AND BEFORE THE FULFILMENT OF THE DAY OF PENTECOST.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ENDED THEGOSPELOFLUKEWITH ASUMMARY OF THE EVENTS BEFORE THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH MEANT THAT HE WOULD HAVE JOINED THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AND WOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE TIME TO WRITE A DETAIL ACCOUNT OF THE EVENTS BEFORE THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH HE DID TO THEOPHILUS IN ACTS 1.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD TO BECOME AN EARLY DISCIPLE OF JESUS CHRIST POSSIBLY AFTER THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND WOULD HAVE HAD TO COMPLETE THEGOSPELOFLUKEBEFORE HE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY IN ACTS 16.

THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM, DESCRIBED IN ACTS 15 OF THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES, TOOK PLACE AROUND 48-50AD, SOME 13YEARSAFTER THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST WHICH TOOK PLACE IN 33AD. THIS WAS BETWEEN PAUL’S FIRST AND SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEYS.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES ON LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ENDING THEGOSPELOFLUKEWITH THE SUMMARY OF THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST.

Luke24:47-53(KJV)47Andthatrepentanceandremissionofsinsshouldbepreachedinhisnameamongallnations,beginningatJerusalem.

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Luke24:48(KJV)48Andyearewitnessesof these things.

Luke24:49(KJV)49And,behold,Isendthe promiseofmyFatheruponyou:buttarryyeinthecityofJerusalem,untilyebe enduedwith powerfromon high.Luke24:50(KJV)50Andheledthemoutasfar asTOBETHANY,andhelifteduphishands,and blessedthem.

Luke24:51(KJV)51Anditcametopass,whilehe blessed them, he was parted fromthem,andcarried upintoheaven.

Luke24:52(KJV)52Andtheyworshippedhim,and returned to Jerusalem with greatjoy:

Luke24:53(KJV)53Andwerecontinuallyinthe temple, praising and blessing God.Amen.

WHENDIDTHEWRITERLUKETHEPHYSICIANBEGANWRITINGHISEYEWITNESSACCOUNTSOFEVENTSINTHEBOOK OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?

IN THE EARLIER CHAPTERS OF ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES(1-15), THE WRITER LUKE WAS GATHERING ACCOUNTS OF THE DETAILS OF THE EVENTS FROM THOSE WHO WERE THE ORIGINAL APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES OF JESUS CHRIST.

HOWEVER, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT LUKE THE PHYSICIAN JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL AS A DISCIPLE ON THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY BY HIM USING THE WORDS “WE”AND US”WHICH IS EVIDENCE THAT HE WAS WRITING FIRSTPERSONACCOUNTSOF THE JOURNEYS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

IN ACTS 16:10-16, DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY, WE SEE THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBING HIS FIRST EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OFTHEEVENTSWITHTHEAPOSTLEPAULBY HIM USING THE WORDS “WE” AND “US”

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OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES THAT THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WAS AN EYEWITNESS TO THE REST OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL UNTIL THE APOSTLE PAUL BECAME A PRISONER IN ROME ITALY.

Acts16:9-16(KJV)9Andavisionappearedto Paul in the night; There stood a man ofMacedonia, andprayed him,saying, Come over into Macedonia, and helpus.

Acts16:10(KJV)10Andafterhehadseenthe vision,immediatelyWEENDEAVOUREDTOGOINTOMACEDONIA,assuredlygatheringthattheLordhadcalledUSfortopreachthegospelunto them.

Acts 16:11 (KJV) 11 Therefore loosing from

Troas,WECAMEWITHASTRAIGHTCOURSETO

SAMOTHRACIA, and the next day to

Neapolis;

Acts16:12(KJV)12AndfromthencetoPhilippi,whichisthechiefcityofthatpartof Macedonia,andacolony:ANDWEWEREIN THAT CITY ABIDING CERTAIN DAYS.

Acts16:13(KJV)13ANDONTHESABBATHWE WENTOUTOFTHECITYBYARIVERSIDE,

whereprayerwaswonttobemade;andWESATDOWN,andspakeuntothewomenwhich resortedthither.

Acts 16:14 (KJV) 14 And a certain womannamedLydia,asellerofpurple,ofthecityof Thyatira,whichworshippedGod,heardUS:whose heart the Lord opened, that she attendeduntothethingswhichwerespokenofPaul.

Acts16:15(KJV)15Andwhenshewasbaptized,and her household, she besought US,saying, If ye have judged me to befaithful to the Lord, come into my

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house, and abide there. AND SHE CONSTRAINEDUS.

Acts16:16(KJV)16Anditcametopass,ASWE

WENT TO PRAYER, a certain damsel

possessedwithaspiritofdivinationmetus,whichbroughthermastersmuchgainby soothsaying:

THE APOSTLE PAUL 3^RD MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

Acts 20:6 (KJV) 6 ANDWESAILED AWAYFROM

PHILIPPIafterthedaysofunleavenedbread,andcameuntothemtoTroasinfivedays;whereweabodesevendays.

Acts20:13-16(KJV)13ANDWEWENTBEFORE

TOSHIP,andsaileduntoAssos,thereintendingto take inPaul:forsohad heappointed,mindinghimselfto go afoot.

Acts20:14(KJV)14ANDWHENHEMETWITH USATASSOS,WETOOKHIMIN,AND CAMETOMITYLENE.

Acts20:15(KJV)15ANDWESAILEDTHENCE,AND CAMETHENEXTDAYOVERAGAINSTCHIOS;and THE NEXT DAY WE ARRIVED AT

SAMOS,andtarriedatTrogyllium;AND THE NEXTDAY WE CAMETOMILETUS.

Acts 20:16 (KJV) 16 ForPaulhad determinedto sail by Ephesus, because he would notspendthetimeinAsia:forhehasted,ifit were possible for him, to be atJerusalemthe dayof Pentecost.

Acts 21:1-18 (KJV) 1 Andit came to pass,THATAFTERWEWEREGOTTENFROMTHEM,ANDHADLAUNCHED,WECAMEWITHASTRAIGHT COURSE UNTO COOS, and the day

following unto Rhodes, and from thence

unto Patara:

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Acts21:2(KJV)2AndfindingashipsailingoveruntoPhenicia,WE WENTABOARD,ANDSET FORTH.

Acts21:3(KJV)3NOWWHENWEHADDISCOVERED

CYPRUS,WE LEFTITON THE LEFT HAND,

andsailedintoSyria,andlandedatTyre:fortheretheshipwastounladeher burden.

Acts21:4(KJV)4ANDFINDINGDISCIPLES,WE TARRIED THERE SEVEN DAYS: who

said to Paul through the Spirit, that he shouldnotgo uptoJerusalem.

Acts 21:5 (KJV) 5 AND WHEN WE HADACCOMPLISHEDTHOSEDAYS,WEDEPARTEDANDWENTOURWAY;andTHEYALLBROUGHTUS ON OUR WAY, with wives andchildren,TILLWEWEREOUTOFTHECITY:ANDWEKNEELEDDOWNONTHESHORE,AND PRAYED.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES ON LUKE THE PHYSICIANACCOMPANYING WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL ON HIS MISSIONARY JOURNEYS BY USING THE WORD “WE”.

Acts21:6(KJV)6AndWHENWEhadtakenOURLeaveone of another, WE TOOK SHIP; andtheyreturnedhomeagain.

Acts21:7(KJV)7AndWHENWEhadfinishedour course from Tyre, WE CAME TO

PTOLEMAIS, and saluted the brethren, and abodewiththemoneday.

Acts21:8(KJV)8ANDTHENEXTDAYWETHATWERE OF PAUL’S COMPANY DEPARTED, and

came unto Caesarea: and WEENTEREDINTOTHEHOUSEOFPHILIPTHE

EVANGELIST,which wasone ofthe seven;and abodewithhim.

Acts21:9(KJV)9Andthesamemanhadfour

daughters,virgins,which did prophesy.

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Acts21:10(KJV)10ANDASWETARRIEDTHERE

MANYDAYS,there came downfromJudaea

a certainprophet,namedAgabus.

Acts21:11(KJV)11Andwhenhewascomeuntous, he took Paul’s girdle, andbound his own hands and feet, and said,ThussaiththeHolyGhost,Soshall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the manthatowneththisgirdle,andshall deliverhim intothe handsof the Gentiles.

Acts 21:12 (KJV) 12 ANDWHENWE HEARDTHESE

THINGS,BOTHWE,andtheyofthatplace,besoughthimnottogouptoJerusalem.Acts21:13(KJV)13ThenPaulanswered,Whatmean ye to weep and to break mineheart? for I am ready not to bebound only, but also to die atJerusalemforthe nameof the LordJesus.Acts21:14(KJV)14Andwhenhewouldnotbepersuaded,WECEASED,saying,ThewilloftheLordbe done.

Acts21:15(KJV)15AndafterthosedaysWETOOK UP OUR CARRIAGES, and went up to

Jerusalem.

Acts21:16(KJV)16TherewentwithUS

alsocertainofthedisciplesofCaesarea,and broughtwiththemoneMnasonofCyprus,an olddisciple,with whomwe should lodge.

Acts21:17(KJV)17ANDWHENWEWERECOMETOJERUSALEM,THEBRETHRENRECEIVEDUS GLADLY.

Acts21:18(KJV)18AndthedayfollowingPaulwent inwithUSuntoJames;andallthe elderswere present.

THE APOSTLE PAUL’S JOURNEY TO ROME, ITALY AS A PRISONER OF JESUS CHRIST ACCOMPANIED BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN.

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Acts 27:1-7 (KJV) 1 AND WHEN IT WAS DETERMINEDTHATWESHOULDSAILINTO

ITALY,they deliveredPaulandcertainotherprisonersuntoonenamedJulius,a centurionof Augustus’band.

Acts27:2(KJV)2Andenteringintoashipof Adramyttium,WELAUNCHED,meaningtosailby the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being withus.

Acts 27:3 (KJV) 3 AND THE NEXT DAY WE TOUCHED AT SIDON. And Julius

courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself.

Acts27:4(KJV)4AndwhenWEHADLAUNCHEDfrom

thence,wesailedunderCyprus,becausethe windswerecontrary.

Acts27:5(KJV)5AndwhenWEHADSAILEDoverthe sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, WE CAMEtoMyra,a city of Lycia.

Acts27:6(KJV)6Andtherethecenturionfounda shipofAlexandriasailingintoItaly;andhe putUStherein.

Acts 27:7 (KJV) 7 AND WHEN WE HAD SAILED SLOWLY MANY DAYS, and scarce

were come over against Cnidus, the windnotsufferingUS,WESAILEDunderCrete,over againstSalmone;

THE SACRIFICE OF LUKE THE PHYSICIAN FOR THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST TO BE AN EYEWITNESS OF THE EVENTS OF THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL AND THE JOURNEYS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

Acts27:16-20(KJV)16Andrunningunderacertainisland which is called Clauda, WE HADMUCHWORKTO COME BYTHE BOAT:

Acts 27:17 (KJV) 17 Whichwhen they had taken up,they usedhelps,undergirdingtheship;and,

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fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven.

Acts 27:18 (KJV) 18 ANDWEBEING EXCEEDINGLY

TOSSED WITH A TEMPEST,the nextday they lightened the ship;

Acts27:19(KJV)19 ANDTHETHIRDDAYWECAST OUTWITHOUROWNHANDSTHETACKLINGOF THE SHIP.

Acts27:20(KJV)20Andwhenneithersunnorstars in many days appeared, andnosmalltempestlayonUS,ALLHOPE THATWESHOULDBESAVEDWASTHENTAKEN AWAY.

Acts27:26-29(KJV)26 HowbeitWEmustbe castupona certainisland.

Acts 27:27 (KJV) 27 But when the fourteenthnight was come, AS WE were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to somecountry;

Acts27:28(KJV)28Andsounded,andfoundit twentyfathoms:andwhentheyhadgonealittle further,theysoundedagain,andfoundit fifteenfathoms.

Acts27:29(KJV)29THENFEARINGLESTWE SHOULDHAVEFALLENUPONROCKS,

theycastfouranchorsoutofthestern,and wishedfor the day.

Acts27:37(KJV)37ANDWEWEREINALLINTHESHIPTWOHUNDREDTHREESCOREAND SIXTEENSOULS.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE EVENTS OF THE APOSTLE PAUL’S JOURNEY ON THE ISLAND OF MELITA.

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Acts28:1-2(KJV)1Andwhentheywereescaped,thentheyknewthattheislandwascalledMelita.

Acts 28:2 (KJV) 2 Andthe barbarous peopleshewedUSnolittlekindness:fortheykindleda fire,andreceivedUSeveryone,becauseof the presentrain,andbecauseof the cold.

Acts28:10-16(KJV)10WHOALSOHONOUREDUSWITHMANYHONOURS;ANDWHENWE DEPARTED, THEY LADED US WITH SUCH THINGS ASWERE NECESSARY.

Acts 28:11 (KJV) 11 AND AFTER THREE

MONTHS WE DEPARTED IN A SHIP OF

ALEXANDRIA,whichhadwinteredintheisle,

whose signwas Castor and Pollux.

Acts28:12(KJV)12AndlandingatSyracuse,

WE TARRIEDTHERE THREEDAYS.

Acts28:13(KJV)13ANDFROMTHENCEWEFETCHEDA COMPASS,ANDCAMETORHEGIUM:and

afteronedaythesouthwindblew,ANDWECAMETHE NEXT DAYTOPUTEOLI:

Acts28:14(KJV)14WHEREWEFOUNDBRETHREN,ANDWEREDESIREDTOTARRYWITHTHEMSEVEN DAYS: AND SO WE WENT TOWARDROME.

Acts28:15(KJV)15ANDFROMTHENCE,WHENTHE BRETHRENHEARDOFUS,THEYCAMETO MEET US ASFARAS APPII FORUM,

andThethreetaverns:whomwhenPaul

saw,he thankedGod,and tookcourage.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ARRIVED WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL AT ROME AND EVENTUALLY REMAINED WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON IN ROME, ITALY.

Acts28:16(KJV)16ANDWHENWECAMETO

ROME,the centuriondeliveredthe prisonersto the captain of the guard:butPaulwas suffered

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todwellbyhimselfwithasoldierthat kepthim.

THE WRITER LUKETHEPHYSICIANEVENTUALLY REMAINED WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL WHILE HE WAS IN PRISON IN ROME, ITALY.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES ON LUKE THE PHYSICIAN IN THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE GENTILES IN PRISON WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL IN ROME, ITALY.

Col 4:14 (KJV) 14 LUKE,THE BELOVEDPHYSICIAN,

andDemas,greetyou.

2Tim4:11(KJV)11ONLYLUKEISWITH

ME.TakeMark,and bring himwiththee:

forhe isprofitableto meforthe ministry.

Philemon 1:24 (KJV) 24 Marcus,Aristarchus,Demas,

LUCAS,my fellowlabourers.

WHAT WERE SOME OF THE MAJOR EVENTS DESCRIBED BYLUKETHEPHYSICIANINTHEVARIOUSCHAPTERSOFTHEACTS OF THE APOSTLES?

IN THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWRITTEN BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN, THE CHAPTERS CAN BE SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS:

IN ACTSCHAPTERS1-8, (THE FIRST EIGHT CHAPTERS OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES) THE EXPANSION OF THE CHURCH OF GOD AMONG THE JEWSONLYIN JERUSALEM AND JUDAEA AND FROM JERUSALEM AND JUDAEA TO SAMARIA.

IN ACTSCHAPTERS9-10, THECALLINGOFTHEAPOSTLEPAULTO BE THE APOSTLE TO THE GENTILES AND THE CALLING OFTHEFIRSTGENTILESCORNELIUSANDHISHOUSEHOLDINTO THE CHURCH OF GOD.

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IN ACTS11, THE FIRSTJEWISHANDGENTILECHURCHOFGODESTABLISHEDINANTIOCHINSYRIAWITH THE APOSTLES PAUL AND BARNABAS BEING THE LEAD APOSTLES.

THE DISCIPLES WERE FIRST CALLED CHRISTIANS IN THE CHURCH OF GOD AT ANTIOCH.

IN ACTSCHAPTER12, THE DEATH OF THE FIRST APOSTLE JAMES THE BROTHER OF THE APOSTLE JOHN.

IN ACTSCHAPTERS13-14, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE EVENTS DURING THE FIRSTMISSIONARYJOURNEY OF THE APOSTLES PAUL AND BARNABAS.

IN ACTS15, THECONTENTIONANDTHEMEETINGOFTHECOUNCIL OF THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS AT JERUSALEM ON THE FALSE DOCTRINE BEING PROMOTED BY THE PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST THAT THE GENTILES WERE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO THE LAW OF CIRCUMCISION AND THE LAW OF MOSES TO RECEIVE ETERNAL SALVATION.

THE APOSTLE PAUL AND BARNABAS SEPARATED OVER THE CONTENTION OF JOHN MARK FOR THE SPREADING OF THE GOSPEL.

IN ACTS16,THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN JOINED THE COMPANY OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AND NOW HAD AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF EVENTS DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

IN ACTS 16-18, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE EVENTS DURING THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY OF APOSTLE PAUL.

THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL MINISTRY TO THE GENTILES DURING HIS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

THECHURCHESOFGODTHATWEREESTABLISHEDINTHEGENTILE REGION OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.

CHURCH OF GOD AT PHILIPPI
CHURCH OF GOD AT THESSALONICA

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CHURCH OF GOD AT BEREA
CHURCH OF GOD AT NICOPOLIS
CHURCH OF GOD AT ATHENS
CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE 1 THESSALONIANS AND 2THESSALONIANS WHILE AT THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH.

IN ACTS 18-20, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE APOSTLE PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF GOD AT

EPHESUS.

IN ACTS19-20, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE APOSTLE PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY AND SECOND VISIT TO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT EPHESUS.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WOULD HAVE WRITTEN 1CORINTHIANS

FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT EPHESUS.

IN ACTS20, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND VISIT TO THE CHURCHES IN THE PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA DURING HIS THIRDMISSIONARYJOURNEYFROM WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THE EPISTLE 2 CORINTHIANS.

IN ACTS21, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE RETURN OF THE APOSTLE PAUL TO JERUSALEM AT THE END OF HIS THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY FROM WHICH HE BECAME A ROMAN PRISONER.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS BEING ENCOURAGED BY THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS IN THE HEADQUARTER CHURCH GOD AT JERUSALEM TO ADHERE TO THE LAW OF MOSES WHICH ENDED IN CHRIST AND WAS RESCUED BY THE LORD FROM DEATH AND FROM COMING UNDER A CURSE THROUGH THE ROMAN SOLDIERS.

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IN ACTS22-26, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE EVENTS OF THE TRIAL OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AS A PRISONER IN CAESAREA BEFORE HIS JOURNEY AS A PRISONER TO ROME.

IN ACTS27-28, THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE EVENTS OF THE PERILOUS VOYAGE WHICH THE APOSTLE PAUL FACED ON HIS JOURNEY TO ROME.

IN ACTS28,THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DESCRIBES THE ARRIVAL OF THE APOSTLE PAUL AS A PRISONER IN ROME, ITALY.

THERE IS FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT THE WRITER LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ACCOMPANIED THE APOSTLE PAUL ON THE JOURNEY BY THE USE OF THE WORD “WE”.

THE APOSTLE PAUL BEGAN HIS MINISTRY OF THE GOSPEL AS A PRISONER IN ROME TO THE JEWS FIRST AND WHEN THEY DID NOT RECEIVE THE GOSPEL MESSAGE HE TURNED TO THE GENTILES IN ROME.

Acts28:16(KJV)16ANDWHENWECAMETO

ROME,the centuriondeliveredthe prisonersto the captainof the guard:butPaulwas sufferedtodwellbyhimselfwithasoldierthat kepthim.

Acts28:23-24(KJV)23Andwhentheyhadappointedhim aday, therecame many to himintohislodging;towhomheexpoundedand testifiedthekingdomofGod,persuadingthemconcerningJesus,bothoutofthe lawofMoses,andoutoftheprophets,frommorningtillevening.

Acts28:24(KJV)24Andsomebelievedthethings which were spoken,andsome believed not.

Acts 28:28-29 (KJV) 28 BE ITKNOWNTHEREFORE

UNTO YOU,THATTHE SALVATIONOF GODIS

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SENTUNTO THE GENTILES,ANDTHAT THEY WILL HEARIT.

Acts28:29(KJV)29Andwhenhehadsaidthese words,theJewsdeparted,andhadgreatreasoningamongthemselves.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES

Rom 1:16 (KJV) 16 ForI amnotashamedof the gospelofChrist:foritisthepowerof God unto salvation to everyone that believeth;TOTHEJEWFIRST,ANDALSOTO THE GREEK.

Phil4:22(KJV)22Allthesaintssaluteyou,CHIEFLY THEY THAT ARE OF CAESAR’SHOUSEHOLD.

Heb 13:24 (KJV) 24 Saluteallthem that have the ruleover you, and all the saints. THEY OFITALYSALUTEYOU.

WHENDIDLUKETHEPHYSICIANWRITETHEGOSPELOFLUKE?

THE GOSPELOFLUKEWAS WRITTEN BY LUKETHEPHYSICIANBETWEEN AD48-50,BEFORE LUKETHEPHYSICIANJOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

THE GOSPELOFLUKEHAD TO BE WRITTEN BY LUKETHEPHYSICIANBEFORE HE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY IN ACTS16:10, BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO OBTAIN THE DETAILS OF EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS FROM THE APOSTLES, DISCIPLES AND MARY WHO WERE DWELLING AT JERUSALEM, ON THE BIRTH, EARLYCHILDHOOD, THREEAND HALF (3 ½) YEARS MINISTRY, DEATH ANDRESURRECTION, AND ASCENSIONS OF JESUS CHRIST.

ONCE LUKE THE PHYSICIAN BEGAN THE SECOND MISSIONARYJOURNEYWITH THE APOSTLE PAUL, HE WOULD HAVE HAD

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NOW BEEN FOCUSED ON WRITING HIS EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT FOR THE WRITING OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

THE COUNCIL OF JERUSALEM OCCURRED BETWEEN AD48-50,SOME 15YEARSAFTER THE PASSOVER FULFILMENT AND SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST IN AD 33.

THEREFORE, LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE HAD TO WRITE THEGOSPELOFLUKEBEFORE HE JOINED THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL IN ACTS16:10.

THE APOSTLE PAUL 1ST MISSIONARY JOURNEY TOOK PLACE IN AD 47-48.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SECONDMISSIONARYJOURNEYBEGAN APPROXIMATELY A YEAR LATER BETWEEN AD 49-52.

THE APOSTLE PAUL DIED IN AD63-64, THEREFORE LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE WRITTEN ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESOME 15YEARSAFTER THE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL’SSECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN ENDED THE GOSPEL OF LUKE WITH THE SUMMARY OF EVENTS UP TO THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND BEGAN THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWITH THE DETAILS OF EVENTS TO THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST.

THIS MEANT THAT HE WOULD HAVE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY AND BEGAN GATHERING THE ACCOUNTS OF THE DETAILS OF THE EVENTS AFTER JESUS CHRIST SECOND ASCENSION AND ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST TO THE TWO YEARS OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE APOSTLE PAUL BEFORE HIS DEATH.

WHENDIDLUKETHEPHYSICIANWRITETHEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLES?

LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE BEEN IN ROME, ITALY WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL WHO WAS A PRISONER AND MAY HAVE WITNESSED THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE PAUL BEFORE HE WROTE THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL DIED BY BEING BEHEADED BY THE DECREE OF EMPEROR NERO IN ROME ITALY IN AD63-64,WHICH MEANT THAT LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE WRITTEN THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLEBETWEEN AD64-70AFTER THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WROTE IN ACTS OF THE APOSTLE THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL SPENT 2 YEARS AS A PRISONER IN ROME, ITALY BEFORE HIS DEATH.

THE ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN BETWEEN AD64-70,SOME 30YEARSAFTER THE RESURRECTION AND SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF GOD UPON THE EARTH AT JERUSALEM IN AD33AND A FEW YEARS AFTER HE WOULD HAVE WITNESSED THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

WHEN LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WROTE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN AT THE END OF THE APOSTLE PAUL’S FINAL JOURNEY TO ROME, ITALY AS A PRISONER.

THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN SOME TWO(2)YEARSAFTER THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS IN PRISON IN ROME, ITALY AND BEFORE THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OFLIBERTYAS A PRISONER BECAUSE OF THE HIGH STANDING LUKE THE PHYSICIAN HAD AS A ROMAN CITIZEN WITH SOME OF THE HIGH-RANKING ROMAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING THEOPHILUS.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE OBTAINED DETAIL ACCOUNTS OF EVENTS FROM THE APOSTLE PAUL, BEFORE THE APOSTLE PAUL’S CONVERSION AND EVENTS UP TO THE APOSTLE PAUL’S FIRST MISSIONARY JOURNEY AND OTHER EVENTS BEFORE LUKE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL’S SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

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Acts28:30-31(KJV)30ANDPAULDWELTTWOWHOLE YEARS IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE, AND RECEIVED ALL THAT CAME INUNTOHIM,

Acts28:31(KJV)31PreachingthekingdomofGod,and teaching those things which concern the LordJesusChrist,withallconfidence,no man forbidding him.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE WRITTEN ACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESSOME 30YEARSAFTER THE DAY OF PENTECOST OCCURRED IN AD 33, BECAUSE APOSTLE PAUL DIED AD 62-64.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON AT ROME, ITALY.

Col 4:14 (KJV) 14 LUKE,THE BELOVEDPHYSICIAN,

andDemas,greetyou.

LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL UP UNTIL THE TIME OF THE DEATH OF THE APOSTLE PAUL.

2Tim4:6-11(KJV)6ForIamnowreadytobe offered,andthetimeofmydepartureisat hand.

2Tim4:7(KJV)7Ihavefoughtagoodfight,Ihave finishedmy course,I have keptthe faith:

2Tim4:8(KJV)8Henceforththereislaidupformea crownofrighteousness,whichtheLord,the righteousjudge,shallgivemeatthatday:andnottomeonly,butuntoall themalsothat lovehisappearing.

2Tim4:9(KJV)9Dothydiligencetocomeshortly

unto me:

2Tim4:10(KJV)10ForDemashathforsakenme, having loved this present world, andis departeduntoThessalonica;CrescenstoGalatia,TitusuntoDalmatia.

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2Tim4:11(KJV)11ONLYLUKEISWITH

ME.TAKEMARK,ANDBRINGHIMWITH

THEE:forhe isprofitableto meforthe ministry.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT LUKE THEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE OBTAINED DETAILS FROM JOHN MARK WHILE HE RETURNED TO JERUSALEM DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL’S FIRSTMISSIONARYJOURNEYAND ALSO DETAILS OF EVENTS BEFORE THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHURCH OF GOD ON THE DAY OF PENTECOST AND THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH OF GOD, WHILE JOHN MARK WAS ALSO VISITING THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON IN ROME, ITALY.

OTHER RELATED SCRIPTURES ON ONLYJOHN MARK ENDING THEGOSPELOFMARKWITH THE MENTION OF THE EVENTS OF THE SECOND ASCENSION OF JESUS CHRIST AS IN THEGOSPEL OF LUKE.

JOHN MARK WHO WROTE THEGOSPELOFMARKWAS THE YOUNG MAN WHO WROTE ABOUT HIMSELF FLEEING NAKED.

Mar14:50-52(KJV)50Andtheyallforsookhim,

and fled.

Mar14:51(KJV)51Andtherefollowedhimacertainyoungman,havingalinenclothcastabouthisnakedbody;andtheyoungmenlaid holdon him:

Mar14:52(KJV)52Andheleftthelinencloth,and fledfromthemnaked.

Mar 16:19-20 (KJV) 19 SO THEN AFTER THE LORD HAD SPOKEN UNTO THEM, HE WAS RECEIVEDUPINTOHEAVEN,ANDSATONTHE RIGHT HANDOF GOD.

Mar16:19-20(KJV)19Andtheywentforth,and preachedeverywhere,theLordworkingwiththem,andconfirmingthewordwithsignsfollowing.Amen.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL AND BARNABAS CONTENTION OVER CARRYING JOHN MARK IN THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY AFTER HE LEFT THE WORK IN PAMPHYLIA.

Acts 13:13 (KJV) 13 Now when Paul and his companyloosedfromPaphos,theycameto Perga in Pamphylia: and Johndeparting from them returned toJerusalem.

Acts15:36-40(KJV)36AndsomedaysafterPaul said unto Barnabas, Let us go againandvisitourbrethrenineverycitywherewehavepreachedthewordof the Lord,and see howthey do.

Acts15:37(KJV)37ANDBARNABASDETERMINEDTO TAKE WITH THEM JOHN, WHOSE SURNAME WASMARK.

Acts15:38(KJV)38BUTPAULTHOUGHTNOTGOODTOTAKEHIMWITHTHEM,WHODEPARTEDFROMTHEMFROMPAMPHYLIA,AND WENT NOT WITH THEM TO THE WORK.

Acts15:39(KJV)39Andthecontentionwasso sharpbetween them,thatthey departed asunderonefromtheother:andsoBarnabastookMark,and saileduntoCyprus;

Acts15:40(KJV)40AndPaulchoseSilas,and departed,beingrecommendedbythebrethrenunto the graceof God.

JOHN MARK CAME AND JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON AND WOULD HAVE SPENT TIME WITH LUKE THE PHYSICIAN.

Col4:10-14(KJV)10Aristarchusmyfellowprisonersalutethyou,andMARCUS,SISTER’SSONTO BARNABAS, (TOUCHING WHOM YE RECEIVEDCOMMANDMENTS:IFHECOMEUNTOYOU,RECEIVEHIM;)

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Col4:11(KJV)11AndJesus,whichiscalledJustus, who are of the circumcision.Theseonlyaremyfellowworkersuntothe kingdomofGod,whichhavebeenacomfortunto me.

Col4:12(KJV)12Epaphras,whoisoneofyou,a servant of Christ, saluteth you, alwayslabouring fervently for you in prayers,thatyemaystandperfectandcompleteinallthe willof God.

Col4:13(KJV)13ForIbearhimrecord,thathehathagreatzealforyou,andthem that are in Laodicea, and them inHierapolis.

Col4:14(KJV)14Luke,thebelovedphysician,

andDemas,greetyou.

WHATISTHESCRIPTURALEVIDENCETOPROVETHETRUECHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF THE EPISTLES OF THEAPOSTLE PAUL DURING HIS THREE MISSIONARY

JOURNEYS?

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THE MOST EPISTLES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT ARISING OUT OF ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

ALTHOUGH THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWAS WRITTEN BY LUKE THE PHYSICIAN THE FOLLOWING EPISTLES WERE WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL TO THE GENTILE CHURCHES OF GOD AND TO GENTILE BRETHREN DURING HIS SECOND AND THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEYS.

THE ORDER OF THE EPISTLES WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL PROVEN BY SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE:

EPISTLESWRITTENTOTHEGENTILECHURCHOFGODATTHESSALONICADURINGTHEAPOSTLEPAUL’S SECONDMISSIONARY JOURNEY.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE ONLY TWO (2) EPISTLES DURING HIS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL JOURNEYED FROM ATHENS TO CORINTH FROM WHERE HE WROTE 1 THESSALONIANS AND 2THESSALONIANSDURING HIS STAY AT THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH FOR A YEAR AND SIX MONTHS.

1.EPISTLE OF 1 THESSALONIANS: WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL WHILE AT CORINTH.

2.EPISTLE OF 2 THESSALONIANS: WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL WHILE AT CORINTH.

Acts 18:1-5 (KJV) 1 AFTER THESE THINGSPAUL DEPARTED FROM ATHENS, AND CAMETOCORINTH;

Acts18:2(KJV)2AndfoundacertainJewnamed Aquila, born in Pontus, latelycome from Italy, with his wifePriscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart fromRome:)and cameunto them.

Acts18:5(KJV)5ANDWHENSILASAND

TIMOTHEUSWERECOMEFROMMACEDONIA,

Paulwaspressedinthespirit,andtestifiedto the Jewsthat Jesuswas Christ.

Acts18:11(KJV)11ANDHECONTINUEDTHEREA YEARANDSIXMONTHS,teachingthe

wordof Godamongthem.

1 Thess 1:7-8 (KJV) 7 SO THAT YE WEREENSAMPLES TO ALL THAT BELIEVE INMACEDONIAANDACHAIA.

1Thess1:8(KJV)8FORFROMYOUSOUNDED OUTTHE WORDOF THE LORDNOTONLY

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INMACEDONIAANDACHAIA,butalso

in every place your faith to God-wardisspreadabroad;sothatweneednotto speakanything.

1Thess3:1-6KJV)1WHEREFOREWHENWECOULDNOLONGERFORBEAR,WETHOUGHTITGOODTO BE LEFTATATHENSALONE;

1 Thess 3:2 KJV) 2 AND SENT TIMOTHEUS,OURBROTHER,ANDMINISTEROFGOD,AND OUR FELLOWLABOURER INTHE GOSPELOFCHRIST,TOESTABLISHYOU,AND TO COMFORT YOU CONCERNINGYOURFAITH:

1Thess3:3KJV)3Thatnomanshouldbemovedbythese afflictions: for yourselves knowthatwe are appointedthereunto.

1Thess3:4KJV)4Forverily,whenwewerewithyou,wetoldyoubeforethatwe shouldsuffertribulation;evenasitcameto pass,andye know.

1Thess3:5KJV)5Forthiscause,whenIcouldnolongerforbear,Isenttoknowyourfaith,lestbysomemeansthetempterhave temptedyou,andourlabourbein vain.

1Thess3:6KJV)6BUTNOWWHENTIMOTHEUSCAME FROM YOU UNTO US, AND BROUGHT US GOOD TIDINGS OF YOURFAITH AND CHARITY, AND THATYE HAVE GOOD REMEMBRANCE OF USALWAYS,DESIRINGGREATLYTOSEEUS,ASWEALSOTO SEE YOU:

1Thess3:7(KJV)7Therefore,brethren,wewere comforted over you in all our afflictionanddistressbyyourfaith:

EPISTLESWRITTENTOTHEGENTILECHURCHESOFGODDURING THE APOSTLE PAUL’S THIRD MISSIONARYJOURNEY.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE FIVE (5) EPISTLES DURING HIS THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

THE APOSTLE PAUL SPENT THREE(3)YEARSATEPHESUSDURING HIS THIRD MISSIONARY JOURNEY AFTER PASSING THROUGH THE CHURCHES OF GOD IN GALATIA.

IT WAS DURING THESE THREE (3) YEARS THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THEEPISTLETOTHEGALATIANSFROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT EPHESUS FOLLOWED BY THEEPISTLEOF1 CORINTHIANS.

Acts19:10(KJV)10Andthiscontinuedbythe spaceoftwoyears;sothatalltheywhich dweltinAsiaheardthewordoftheLordJesus,bothJewsandGreeks.

Acts20:31(KJV)31Thereforewatch,andremember,thatby the space of three yearsI ceasednotto warneveryonenightanddaywithtears.

1. EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS: WRITTEN FROM EPHESUS

Gal6:11(KJV)11YeseehowlargealetterIhave writtenunto youwith mine ownhand.

2. EPISTLE OF 1 CORINTHIANS: WRITTEN FROM EPHESUS

1Cor16:8(KJV)8ButIwilltarryatEphesus

until Pentecost.

1 Cor 16:21 (KJV) 21 The salutationof me Paulwith mine ownhand.

3. EPISTLETOTITUS:WRITTEN FROM NICOPOLIS IN THE PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA.

4. EPISTLE OF 2 CORINTHIANS: WRITTEN FROM NICOPOLIS IN THE PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA.

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THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE BOTH THE EPISTLE TO TITUS AND THEN THEEPISLTEOF2CORINTHIANSWHILE AT NICOPOLISIN MACEDONIA, WHERE HE WOULD HAVE SPENT THE WINTER MONTHS (DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY- 3MONTHS) BEFORE JOURNEYING TO GREECE (CORINTH).

IT WAS AT NICOPOLIS IN MACEDONIA THAT TITUS WOULD HAVE JOINED THE APOSTLE PAUL WHO SENT FOR HIM FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CRETE.

TITUSWOULD HAVE PASSED THROUGH THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH AND BROUGHT THE NEWS OF THE SPIRITUAL STATE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH, BEFORE THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THE EPISTLE OF 2 CORINTHIANS.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WOULD THEN JOURNEY TO CORINTH AFTER HE WROTE THEEPISTLEOF2CORINTHIANSAND AFTER THE WINTER ENDED.

Acts 20:1 (KJV) 1 And after the uproar was ceased,Paulcalleduntohimthedisciples,and embraced them, AND DEPARTED FOR TO GOINTOMACEDONIA.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THE EPISTLETOTITUSWHO WAS AT THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CRETE WHILE HE WAS AT NICOPOLIS IN THE PROVINCE OF MACEDONIA

Titus3:12-13(KJV)12WhenIshallsendArtemasuntothee,orTychicus,BEDILIGENTTO COMEUNTOMETONICOPOLIS:FOR I HAVE DETERMINEDTHERETO WINTER.

Titus3:13(KJV)13BringZenasthelawyerandApollos on their journey diligently, thatnothingbe wantingunto them.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE TO TIMOTHYTHAT TITUSHAD LEFT THE MINISTRY WHICH IS EVIDENCE THAT THEEPISTLEOF

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TITUS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE THE EPISLES OF 1 TIMOTHY AND

2 TIMOTHY.

2Tim4:10(KJV)10ForDemashathforsakenme, having loved this present world, andis departeduntoThessalonica;CrescenstoGalatia,TITUSUNTODALMATIA.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE IN THE EPISTLE OF 2 CORITHIANSTO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH THAT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET TITUSAT THE CHURCHOFGODATTRAOSBUT DID NOT FIND TITUS AND THERFORE JOURNEYED INTO MACEDONIA.

2 Cor 2:12-13 (KJV) 12 Furthermore,when I cametoTroastopreachChrist’sgospel,anda doorwas openedunto meofthe Lord,

2Cor2:13(KJV)13Ihadnorestinmyspirit,BECAUSE I FOUND NOT TITUS MY BROTHER:BUTTAKINGMYLEAVEOFTHEM,I WENT FROM THENCEINTOMACEDONIA.

TITUS WHO JOURNEYED TO THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH FROM CRETE, WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE APOSTLE PAUL, BROUGHT A REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH TO THE APOSTLE PAUL WHO WAS NOW AT NICOPOLIS IN MACEDONIA.

2 Cor 7:5-7 (KJV) 5 FOR, WHEN WEWERE COME INTO MACEDONIA, our flesh

hadnorest,butweweretroubledoneveryside;withoutwerefightings,withinwere fears.

2 Cor 7:6 (KJV) 6 NeverthelessGod,that comforteththosethatarecastdown,comfortedusbythe comingof Titus;

2Cor7:7(KJV)7Andnotbyhiscomingonly,butbytheconsolationwherewithhewascomfortedinyou,whenhetoldusyourearnestdesire,yourmourning,your

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fervent mind toward me; so that I

rejoiced the more.

2Cor7:13-14(KJV)13Thereforewewerecomfortedinyourcomfort:yea, andexceedinglyTHEMOREJOYEDWEFORTHEJOYOFTITUS,BECAUSEHISSPIRITWASREFRESHEDBYYOUALL.

2Cor7:14(KJV)14ForifIhaveboastedanythingto himofyou,Iamnotashamed;butaswespakeallthingstoyouintruth,even so our boasting, which Imade beforeTitus,is founda truth.

5.EPISTLETOTHEROMANS:WRITTEN FROM THE CHURCH OF GOD AT CORINTH (GREECE) WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL SPENT THREE (3) MONTHS.

THE FINAL EPISTLE WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE PAUL BEFORE HIS ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT WAS THE EPISTLETOTHEROMANS.

Acts20:2-3(KJV)2Andwhenhehadgoneoverthoseparts,andhadgiventhemmuchexhortation,HE CAMEINTOGREECE,Acts20:3(KJV)3ANDTHEREABODETHREE

MONTHS.AndwhentheJewslaidwaitfor him,ashewasabouttosailintoSyria,he purposedto returnthroughMacedonia.

WHICHEPISTLESDIDTHEAPOSTLEPAULWRITEINACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESWHILEHEWASAPRISONERINROME,ITALY?

IN ACTS28:30-31, WHEN THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS A PRISONER IN HIS OWN HIRED HOUSE IN ROME, ITALY, THE HEADQUARTER RELIGIOUS SYSTEM IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE, HE WROTE THE FOLLOWING EPISTLES TO THEGENTILECHURCHESOFGODAND PERSONALEPISTLESTOTHOSEFAITHFULDISCIPLESIN THE GENTILE CHURCHES OF GOD AND FINALLY THEEPISTLE

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TOTHEHEBREWS WHO WERE THE HEBREW BRETHREN IN THE CHURCHES OF GOD AT JERUSALEM AND IN JUDAEA.

EPISTLESWRITTENWHILETHEAPOSTLEPAULWASAPRISONER IN ROME, ITALY.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE SIX(6)EPISTLESTO GENTILE CHURCHES OF GOD AND TO BRETHREN AND ONE EPISTLE TOTHE HEBREWS WHILE AS A PRISONER IN ROME, ITALY.

THE ORDER OF THE WRITING OF THE EPISTLES:

1. EPISTLETOTHEEPHESIANS–TIMOTHY WAS NOT YET IN PRISON WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL.

2. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS – TIMOTHY WAS ACCOMPANYING THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON.

3. EPISTLE TO THE COLOSSIANS – TIMOTHY WAS ACCOMPANYING THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON.

4. EPISTLETOPHILEMON– TIMOTHY WAS ACCOMPANYING THE APOSTLE PAUL IN PRISON.

BOTH THE EPISTLES TO THE COLOSSIANS AND TO PHILEMON WERE CARRIED TOGETHER BY TYCHICUS.

5.EPISTLETOTHEHEBREWS– THE ONLYEPISTLE THAT THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE TO THE HEBREWBRETHREN IN THE CHURCHESOFGODINJERUSALEMANDJUDAEA WAS THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.

TIMOTHY WAS SET AT LIBERTY (SET FREE) FROM BEING IN PRISON WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL AT THE TIME OF THE WRITING OF THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS.

THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS WERE WRITTEN BEFORE 1 TIMOTHY AND 2 TIMOTHY.

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Heb13:23-24(KJV)23KNOWYETHATOURBROTHERTIMOTHYISSETATLIBERTY;WITHWHOM,IFHE COMESHORTLY,I WILL SEEYOU.

Heb13:23-24(KJV)23Saluteallthemthathavethe ruleoveryou,andallthesaints.TheyofItalysaluteyou.

6.FIRSTEPISTLETOTIMOTHY– TIMOTHY WAS SET AT LIBERTY FROM PRISON WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL.

7. SECONDEPISTLETOTIMOTHY– TIMOTHY WAS SET AT LIBERTY FROM PRISON WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL. THE APOSTLE PAUL WAS NEARING HIS DEATH AND WAS REQUESTING TIMOTHY TO COME TO HIM WITH ALL DILIGENCE.

2Tim4:6-8(KJV)6FORIAMNOWREADYTO BE OFFERED, AND THE TIME OF MYDEPARTUREIS AT HAND.

2Tim4:7(KJV)7Ihavefoughtagoodfight,Ihave finishedmy course,I have keptthe faith:

2Tim4:8(KJV)8Henceforththereislaidupformea crownofrighteousness,whichtheLord,the righteousjudge,shallgivemeatthatday:andnottomeonly,butuntoall themalsothat lovehisappearing.

2Tim4:9-13(KJV)9DOTHYDILIGENCETOCOME

SHORTLYUNTOME:

2Tim4:10(KJV)10ForDemashathforsakenme, having loved this present world, andis departeduntoThessalonica;CrescenstoGalatia,TitusuntoDalmatia.

2Tim4:11(KJV)11OnlyLukeiswithme.

TakeMark,andbringhimwiththee:for

he isprofitableto meforthe ministry.

2 Tim 4:12 (KJV) 12 AndTychicushave I sentto

Ephesus.

2Tim4:9-13(KJV)9TheclokethatIleftat

TroaswithCarpus,WHENTHOUCOMEST,

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BRING WITH THEE, and the books, but especiallythe parchments.

WHICHEPISTLESWEREWRITTENTOTHESCATTEREDISRAELITE BRETHREN TO ADDRESS EVENTS WHICHOCCURRED IN ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?

THE EPISTLEOFJAMES(THE SON OF ALPHAEUS), PETER, JUDEAND THEEPISTLESOFJOHNWERE WRITTEN LONG AFTER THE EVENTS OF THEACTSOFTHEAPOSTLESAND WERE WRITTEN TO CORRECT THEERROROFDOCTRINEAT THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS AT JERUSALEM IN ACTS15, AND IN REPENTANCE FOR ALLOWING THE PHARISEES WHO BELIEVED IN JESUS CHRIST TO UNDERMINE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE APOSTLE PETER.

THE EPISTLES WERE WRITTEN TO THE SCATTERED TWELVE

(12) TRIBES BELONGING TO THE DESCENDANTS OF THE SCATTERED TEN (10) TRIBES OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND THE SCATTERED BRETHREN BELONGING TO THE HOUSE OF JUDAH.

EPISTLE OF JAMES
EPISTLES OF PETER
EPISTLE OF JUDE
EPISTLES OF JOHN
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WHICHEPISTLEWASWRITTENFROMTHEJEWISHORHEBREWAPOSTLESFROMJERUSALEMTOTHEGENTILEBRETHREN IN THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES?

THE EPISTLE TO THE GENTILES FROM THE APOSTLES AND ELDERS FROM THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE APOSTLE AND ELDERS IN ACTS15LEAD BY JAMES THE SON OF ALPHAEUS, WAS THE ONLYEPISTLETHAT WAS WRITTEN TO THE GENTILE BRETHREN IN CHURCHES OF GOD IN THE REGIONS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE OUTSIDE JERUSALEM AND

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JUDAEA BY THE JEWISHORHEBREWAPOSTLESFROM JERUSALEM.

Acts15:13-20(KJV)13Andaftertheyhadheldtheir peace, James answered, saying,Menand brethren,hearkenunto me:

Acts15:14(KJV)14SimeonhathdeclaredhowGod at the first did visit the Gentiles, to takeout ofthem a peopleforhisname.Acts15:15(KJV)15Andtothisagreethewordsof the prophets;asit is written,

Acts15:16(KJV)16AfterthisIwillreturn,andwillbuildagainthetabernacleofDavid,whichis fallendown;andIwillbuildagaintheruinsthereof,andI will setitup:

Acts15:17(KJV)17Thattheresidueofmenmight seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called,saiththeLord,whodoethallthese things.

Acts15:18(KJV)18KnownuntoGodareall

hisworksfromthe beginning of the world.

Acts15:19(KJV)19Whereforemysentenceis,that wetroublenotthem,whichfromamongthe Gentilesare turnedtoGod:

Acts15:20(KJV)20BUTTHATWEWRITEUNTO

THEM, that they abstain from pollutions of idols,andfromfornication,andfromthings strangled,andfrom blood.

THE EPISTLE WRITTEN BY THE APOSTLE JAMES AND THE OTHER APOSTLES AND ELDERS WAS READ IN THE GENTILECHURCHOFGODAT ANTIOCH IN SYRIA, WHERE BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

Acts 15:30-32 (KJV) 30 SO WHEN THEY WERE DISMISSED,THEYCAMETOANTIOCH:ANDWHEN THEY HAD GATHERED THE MULTITUDETOGETHER,THEY DELIVEREDTHE EPISTLE:

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Acts15:31(KJV)31WHICHWHENTHEYHADREAD,

THEY REJOICEDFORTHE CONSOLATION.

Acts15:32(KJV)32AndJudasandSilas,beingprophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, andconfirmedthem.

Acts16:4(KJV)4Andastheywentthroughthe cities,THEYDELIVEREDTHEMTHEDECREESFORTOKEEP,THATWEREORDAINEDOFTHE APOSTLESANDELDERSWHICHWERE ATJERUSALEM.

HOW DID LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DIE?

THERE IS NO SCRIPTURAL EVIDENCE ON THE DEATH OF LUKE THE PHYSICIAN, BUT THERE ARE VARYING ARTICLES WRITTEN THAT DESCRIBES HOW LUKE THE PHYSICIAN WOULD HAVE DIED ACCORDING TO TRADITIONS.

ONESUCHARTICLESTATESTHATLUKETHEPHYSICIANDIED AS AN OLD MAN AT THE AGE OF 84.

QUOTING FROM ONE SUCH ARTICLE ON THE DEATH OF LUKETHE PHYSICIAN THE ARTICLE STATES:

“ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THE APOSTLE LUKE DIED OF OLD AGE, LIVING TO 84 YEARS OLD. HE SUPPOSEDLY DIED IN BOEOTIA, A REGION IN CENTRAL GREECE. MANY THEOLOGIANS AND AUTHORS CLAIMED THAT LUKE WAS BURIED IN A TOMB IN THEBES, THOUGH IT HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND TO DATE. “

“ACCORDING TO CHRISTIAN TRADITION, THEAPOSTLELUKEDIED OF OLD AGE IN BOEOTIA, GREECE AT THE AGE OF 84.

LUKE WAS A PHYSICIAN AND A DISCIPLE OF PAUL, AND HE WROTE THE GOSPEL OF LUKE AND THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.

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ANOTHER ARTICLE STATES THE LUKE THE DIED BY BEINGHANGED ON AN OLIVE TREE.

QUOTING FROM THE ARTICLE ON THE DEATH OF LUKETHE PHYSICIAN, THE ARTICLE STATES:

“HE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN A MARTYR, REPORTEDLYHAVING BEEN HANGED FROM AN OLIVE TREE, THOUGH SOME BELIEVE OTHERWISE.”

“AS TO SAINT LUKE THE EVANGELIST’S DEATH, THE TRADITION GIVES A CLUE AS TO HOW APOSTLE LUKE DIED, OR RATHER IT ANSWERS THE QUESTION “HOW WAS APOSTLE LUKE KILLED?” HEWAS CRUCIFIEDONTHEBRANCHESOFANOLIVETREEBYPAGANS. REGARDING “WHEREISAPOSTLELUKEBURIED?”, HE DIED IN BOEOTIA AGED 84.”

https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Lu… Luke the Evangelist – Wikipedia

ANOTHER ARTICLE STATES THE LUKE THE PHYSICIAN DIEDBY BEING BEHEADED BY THE ORDER OF EMPEROR NERO.

THIS SEEMS MORE LIKELY SEEING THAT LUKETHEPHYSICIANWOULD HAVE BEEN WITH THE APOSTLE PAUL AT THE TIME OF THE APOSTLE PAUL’S DEATH WHICH WAS BY THE ORDER OF EMPEROR NERO.

QUOTING FROM THE ARTICLE ON THE DEATH OF LUKETHE PHYSICIAN, THE ARTICLE STATES:

“NERO THEN ORDERS THAT LUKE BE BEHEADED AND HIS BODY PLACED IN A BAG WITH STONES AND CAST INTO THE SEA.”

https://www.nasscal.com › martyrdo… Martyrdom of Luke – NASSCAL

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THE APOSTLE PAUL’S JOURNEYS AFTER HIS CONVERSIONAND BEFORE HIS THREE (3) MISSIONARY JOURNEYS.

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THEAPOSTLEPAULFIRSTMISSIONARYJOURNEY

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THEAPOSTLEPAULONHISSECONDMISSIONARYJOURNEYWENTFROMBEREATONICOPOLISNOTSEENONTHISMAP.

THE APOSTLE PAUL WROTE THE EPISTLE TO TITUS FROMCITY OF NICOPOLIS BY THE SEAS (ACTS 17:14) INMACEDONIA ON HIS SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY.

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THEAPOSTLEPAULTHIRDMISSIONARYJOURNEY

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THEAPOSTLEPAULFINALJOURNEYASAPRISONERTOROME,ITALY.

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THEAPOSTLEPAULFINALJOURNEYASAPRISONERTOROME,ITALY.

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THE MAP OF CRETE WHERE THE APOSTLE PAUL WOULDHAVE STOPPED AND MET BRETHREN ON HIS FINAL JOURNEYAS A PRISONER TO ROME.

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MAP SHOWING CITIES DURING THE APOSTLE PAUL

MISSIONARY JOURNEYS.

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