A number of women who had traveled from Galilee with Jesus to the Passover in Jerusalem had arranged to meet at the tomb early on Sunday morning to complete the burial custom for His dead body. It was hastily interred Thursday evening before the start of the required sabbath for the first day of Unleavened…
The Atonement of Christ's Blood Understanding How the Blood of Christ Saves and Reconciles us to God Now Available on Amazon! - What is the relationship between Jesus’ sacrifice and our redemption, forgiveness and receiving an inheritance per the terms of the covenant / will that was effected by His death? - From what, and…
At the end of Paul’s third missionary journey the Scripture records that he wintered in Corinth (Acts 20:2, 1 Cor 16:6). During this time he wrote his epistle to the Romans anticipating a campaign to evangelize the western regions of the Roman empire. The church in Rome would be a strategic base for this missionary endeavor,…
Paul’s conversion (Acts 9:1-7): c. 30 a.d. Paul in Damascus (Acts 9:8-25), Arabia (Gal 1:17), Jerusalem (Gal 1:18-19, Acts 9:26-29): c. 30-33 a.d., and Tarsus (Acts 9:30, Gal 1:21): c. 33-43 a.d. Barnabas to Antioch (Acts 11:19-24): c. 41 a.d. Paul to Antioch (Acts 11:25-26): c. 43 a.d. Agabus from Jerusalem to Antioch predicts famine…
Because of some of Paul’s wording in 2 Corinthians, and perhaps an allusion in 1 Corinthians, some have conjectured that he must have made a hasty and unpleasant visit to Corinth sometime before arriving in Macedonia, probably while still in Ephesus after writing 1 Corinthians, and that following this visit he perhaps even wrote a “severe letter” that has not been preserved for us...