Reading for May 18th

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 verse 36-4: These verses resume the narrative of Paul's travels (13.1-13.38),
which had been interrupted by the Jerusalem council. (15.1-350, and introduce second missionary journey (15.39-18.22).
In verse 37: According to Col 410, John called Mark was a relative of Barnabas.
In verse 38: Mark's earlier departure (13.13) is now interpreted as a desertion.
In verse 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 for the message (15.23; Gal 1.21).
In 16.1: Derbe and Lystra were the sites of the mission in 14.16-21.
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 verse 3-4: Timothy's circumcision is intended to make him acceptable as a Jew (v. 1: son of a Jewish woman), with out compromising the decisions ... reacted by the apostles and 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 directing 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 cross a boundary, now beyond Asia Minor to Macedonia in Europe.
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