Reading for August 3rd

 Read Acts 15.36-16.10. In 15.36-22.29: the journeys of Paul. In 15.36-16.10: The mission moves to Europe. In verses 36-41: These verses resume the narrative of Paul's travels (13.1-14.28), which had been interrupted by the Jerusalem council (15.1-35), and introduce his second missionary journey (15.39-18.22)). In verse 37: According to Col 4.10, John called Mark was a relative of Barnabas. in verse 38:  Mark's earlier departure (13.13) is now interpreted as a desertion. In verses 40-41: Silas and Judas were chosen earlier by the Jerusalem authorities to represent the agreement that validated the mission of Paul and Barnabas (15.27), and Syria and Cilicia were crucial areas for the message (15.23; Gal 1.21). In 16.1: Derbe and Lystra were the sites of the mission in 14.6-21. Timothy is also mentioned in 17.14-15; 18.5; 19.22; 20.4; Rom 16.21; 1 Cor 4.17; 16.10; Phil 1.1; 2.19; Col 1.1). In verses 3-4: Timothy as a Jew (v. 1: son of a Jewish woman), without compromising the decisions ... reached by the apostles an elders about the gentiles (15.19). In verses 6-7: The Holy Spirit and the Spirit of Jesus appear to be alternative terms for the same divine agency that is now redirecting the mission by preventing their plans (8.36; 10.47; 11.17). In verses 9-10: Once again a vision (10.3, 10; 11.5; 18.9) is a means of divine communication to the cross a boundary, now beyond Asia Minor to Macedonia in Europe. Comments or Questions..