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Re: Paul
By: Rita Date: October 21, 2025, 5:19 am
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The whole book of acts is written by Luke, as with the gospel of
Luke he scribed from listening to the accounts of others. He was
with Paul , so no doubt would have written down what Paul
conveyed about what happened. Luke was written to convey all
that Jesus did and taught ( 1:1 ) and Acts was about the
apostles journeys as they carried on the work.
Later on in Acts ( chapter 16:16 ) it changes from ‘ they ‘ to ‘
we’ , so Luke was obviously with Paul, later on in chapter 20 it
also says ‘ we’. It kind of goes back and forth as the book
continues. So sometimes he writes from a first person
prospective.
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Re: Paul
By: Rita Date: October 21, 2025, 6:39 am
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Hi Kerry
Galatian’s 1:18 and Acts 9:26
When it says in acts that ‘ Saul escaped from Damascus ‘ and
then verse 23 it says ‘ And when he had come to Jerusalem ‘
there is a presumption that these verses are carrying on a
narrative and time line, but they are not.
When he escaped from Damascus Saul goes to Arabia. So he went
there after many days.(Galatian’s 1:17 )
Then after three years, he goes to Jerusalem. ( Galatian’s 1:19
)
Hope that helps
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Re: Paul
By: KerryD Date: October 21, 2025, 12:27 pm
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[quote author=Rita link=topic=34.msg2522#msg2522
date=1761046759]
Hi Kerry
Galatian’s 1:18 and Acts 9:26
When it says in acts that ‘ Saul escaped from Damascus ‘ and
then verse 23 it says ‘ And when he had come to Jerusalem ‘
there is a presumption that these verses are carrying on a
narrative and time line, but they are not.
When he escaped from Damascus Saul goes to Arabia. So he went
there after many days.(Galatian’s 1:17 )
Then after three years, he goes to Jerusalem. ( Galatian’s 1:19
)
Hope that helps
[/quote]
I'm still confused; but thanks. Did Paul meet all the Apostles
when he did get to Jerusalem?
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Re: Paul
By: KerryD Date: October 21, 2025, 1:23 pm
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[quote author=Rita link=topic=34.msg2521#msg2521
date=1761041953]
Later on in Acts ( chapter 16:16 ) it changes from ‘ they ‘ to ‘
we’ , so Luke was obviously with Paul, later on in chapter 20 it
also says ‘ we’. It kind of goes back and forth as the book
continues. So sometimes he writes from a first person
prospective.
[/quote]The shift could also be the result of a scribe taking
two manuscripts and combining them.
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Re: Paul
By: Helen Date: October 21, 2025, 3:00 pm
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I just popped onto this thread to say that I’m reading it and
finding it a very good discussion here!
I must say with the title “Trump” …I’ve never bother to even
look at the thread , but the last couple of days there’s been “
good stuff “ ( as my old dad used to say ) on here! Thank you
all for such a good read :-* 💕
#Post#: 2526--------------------------------------------------
Re: Paul
By: Helen Date: October 21, 2025, 3:05 pm
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P.S. I hope no one ( Mike especially minds ) but I think I’ve
successfully changed the heading to read Paul…and not Trump.
We will see lol I hope I’ve done it. x
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Re: Paul
By: Mike Waters Date: October 21, 2025, 3:12 pm
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[quote author=Helen link=topic=34.msg2526#msg2526
date=1761077145]
P.S. I hope no one ( Mike especially minds ) but I think I’ve
successfully changed the heading to read Paul…and not Trump.
We will see lol I hope I’ve done it. x
[/quote]
I had done the same a while back but the gremlins keep battling
back !!
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Re: Paul
By: KerryD Date: October 21, 2025, 3:21 pm
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[quote author=Mike Waters link=topic=34.msg2527#msg2527
date=1761077527]
I had done the same a while back but the gremlins keep battling
back !!
[/quote]
Is Trump like that yellow cat in the children's song? I
thought he was gone when he lost an election; but now he's back.
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMffHG1V_Q
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Re: Paul
By: Dave Date: October 21, 2025, 7:58 pm
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That was a 'bllnkin good read'.
To me the Lord takes a Pharisee of the Pharisee's and gives him
the zeal for the Gentile church' if that isn't odd what is!!!
Peter gets the keys to the kingdom, so is the kingdom locked up
in Peters mind?
Paul gets things he can't share.
Paul also gets the blueprint for the gifted 'church' (this is
where I lose Mike about now) but Jewish tradition still cleaves
to Paul in some areas, writers have made Paul, small, partly
blind etc, yet his epistles and journeys to me portray an
apostle of considerable endurance, and his burden of preaching
'Christ Jesus' a consuming fire to to the saved and unsaved.
The transformation of a murderer to an Apostolic missionary is
amazing, a Jew teaching revelation to the gentile nations, if
that doesn't blow your hair, nothing will.
I am a diehard Pauline follower, like Carters little liver
pills, you can't go wrong on a Pauline diet imh.
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Re: Paul
By: Mike Waters Date: October 22, 2025, 3:06 pm
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I've got another puzzler.
I'm too tired to look things up in a proper study so this is all
from previous thoughts and memory.
When the 12 apostles were chosen I think the criteria was that
they had to have physically walked with Christ during his
ministry and been witnesses to his resurrection.
Intellectual calibre seems not to have been a factor and many
came from lowly walks of life (maybe they were of limited
ability to write) and few seem to have contributed to the New
Testament canon of scripture.
Why were they not all endowed with spiritual prowess to overcome
their limitations?
After all those that did contribute seem to have been given
extra prowess and are we not told that scripture came from 'Holy
men' who spoke as they were moved by God.
Maybe much more scripture (the origin of which we assume to have
be inspired) was in fact written by scribes who relied on verbal
accounts from those who couldn't write (and probably were also
somewhat short on 'memory').
I personally know of no 'Scribes' who were converts away from
their lifelong dedication to keeping records of Jewish past and
present history.
So were they really likely to have reliably recorded factors of
a ministry that placed absolute necessity on those who were so
indoctrinated by the expectation of the ultimate restoration of
an 'Earthly Jerusalem', that they had to be told that they
needed to be 'Born again' into the real expectation of the
restoration being to a 'New Heavenly Jerusalem'. (sorry that's
so long and convoluted).
Perhaps I should say no more.
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