Lessons

Synopsis

After leaving Philippi, Paul, Silas and Timothy, went through Amphipolis and Apollonia arriving in Thessalonica – on the road toward Rome.  In Thessalonica Paul preached in the synagogue telling the Jews of Jesus, proclaiming him as the Messiah.  Some Jews and many Greeks were persuaded.

 

Disbelieving Jews, jealous of the success of God’s work among the Greeks, worked up a crowd.  The church sent Paul and Silas away to Berea, but the Thessalonian Jews followed, found Paul in Berea and worked up a threatening crowd.  Paul left Silas and Timothy in Berea and was ushered by boat to Athens by Berean brothers.

 

Athens was birthplace of philosophy, theatre, and democracy, the cradle of European civilization.  Paul was alone but went daily to the marketplace to reason with the Greeks.  The Athenians took Paul to the Areopagus where Paul spoke to the philosophers where Paul delivered his message and some believed.

Overview

Speaker: W. Mark Lanier

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