First Missionary Journey, Part 2 Acts 14 - Bible Study Workshop

http://www.BibleStudyWorkshop.com427. On arriving there, they gathered the church together andreported all that God had done through them and how he hadopened the door of faith to the Gentiles.28. And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.Commentary:Acts 14:1, At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into theJewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a greatnumber of Jews and Gentiles believed.I. Paul and Barnabas, soon after their arrival in Iconium, went to theJewish synagogue and preached Jesus.A. Many, both Jews and Gentiles (proselytes), believed the gospel.Those who believed surely obeyed God’s commands as theylearned them from the missionaries.B. Paul and Barnabas spoke most persuasively to the saving ofsouls. May we be able to so speak!II. Iconium’s history dated to prehistoric times but was, during the firstcentury of the Christian era, a part of Roman Galatia.III. Paul’s first missionary journey was confined to Cyprus and Galatia(Phrygia and Lacaonia) and occurred in 45-50 A.D. or thereabout.IV. From Antioch of Pisidia Paul and Barnabas traveled some 90 milesover mountainous terrain to Iconium.V. Paul and Barnabas went to the synagogue, preached, and convertedmany, both Jews and Greeks.Acts 14:2, But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up theGentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.Landmark Publications, Inc., 1045 Maynor Street, Nashville, TN 37216, U.S.A., John C. Sewell, Ph.D., Editor.