3rd Missionary Journey

• People healed with handkerchiefs and items of Paul’s clothing

• 7 sons of Sceva try to cast out demons in Jesus’ name, beat down and flee.

• Magicians/sorcerers converted and burn their books.

• Demetrias and silversmiths start riot, town clerk calms but Paul leaves town.

3rd Missionary Journey

• Visits churches founded on 2nd Missionary Journey• Must return by land because hears of a plot to kill

him.• Church leaders at Ephesus meet him in Miletus to

say goodbye.

3rd Missionary Journey

• At Caesarea Agabus takes Paul’s belt, binds himself and prophesied that so Paul will be bound.

• Goes to Jerusalem, Asian Jews accuse of teaching against law of Moses and bringing Gentile in Jewish only area of temple.

• Riot begins, Romans intervene, Paul speaks they listen until he says God sent him to the Gentiles.

• Avoids beating by telling them he is a Roman citizen.

• Causes fight in Sanhedrin by saying this is about resurrection of the dead.

• Paul’s nephew discovers plot to kill Paul by 40 men who vow not to eat or drink until Paul is killed.

• To avoid plot Paul is taken during the night by Roman centurions to Felix in Caesarea.

• Paul appears before Felix, no verdict but kept imprisoned for 2 years. Felix holds him hoping for a bribe, leaving Paul in prison after he loses his job.

• Festus along with King Agrippa and wife Bernice hear Paul’s case.

• They find no fault but decide to send Paul to Jerusalem.

• Paul knows of a plot to kill him so he refuses and appeals to Caesar.

Read Acts 20:17-35

On this 3rd Missionary Journey Paul is

repeatedly told he will face arrest and

persecution and yet he continues to

joyfully go forward and proclaim boldly

the message of Jesus as the Messiah. Using

evidence from this text and others

explain why he lives his life in this way.

Minimum 5 sentences maximum 10

sentences. This essay will count in your test

score.

4th Missionary Journey

4th Missionary Journey

• Paul warns them of loss of cargo and life if they continue sailing at this time but the Centurion decides to travel anyway.

• Spend 14 days in a storm, angel appears to Paul saying all lives will be spared but ship will be wrecked.

• Ship wrecks on the island of Malta.

• Paul is bitten by poisonous snake but lives and many believe he is a god.

• Paul heals chief Publius’s father and many others.

• Stay here 3 months.

• Paul is put under house arrest in Rome.

• Gathers together Jewish leaders and preaches.

• Stays in Rome for 2 years.

1. Why did Paul say he was in chains?2. What did Paul use to seek to convince the Jewish leaders of Jesus as the Messiah?3. Why did he say they would not believe?4. As a result what did Paul say God would do?(These will be short answer questions on the test.)

• Read Acts 28: 17-30