Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Reading for June 12th

Read Acts 27.26-28.6
In verse 33:Paul intervenes for the fourth time (vv. 10, 21, 31).
In verse 34: On the assurance that they will not lose a hair from your heads, see Lk 21.18; 12.7.
In verses 43-44: So Paul was saved, and so all were saved (27.24).
In 28.3: A viper (Lk 3.7) could refer to many varieties of snakes, which traditional lore regarded as representing spiritual forces.
In verse 4: Justice is viewed by the locals as a personified power executing vengeance on one who almost escaped (Am 5.19).
In verse 6: His power over snakes (Lk 10.18-19; Mk 16.18) makes them think he is a god (14.11-12).
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