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Acts 16:9-15
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative texts about Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
| III.XIV.1, Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
| Chapter
XII, On Modesty, Tertullian
(c. 217) |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "The Lord opens the heart to
hear the word which is preached." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Pride, prejudice, and sin
shut out the truths of God, till his grace makes way for them into
the understanding and affections; and the Lord alone can open the
heart to receive and believe his word." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "The Greek word properly
refers to the opening of the eyes: and the heart has its eyes, Eph
1:18. These are closed by nature and to open them is the
peculiar work of God." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Observe here the place
assigned to "giving attention" or "heed" to the
truth--that species of attention which consists in having the whole
mind engrossed with it, and in apprehending and drinking it in, in
its vital and saving character." |
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| An
Unusual House of Prayer, from The Poor Man's Portions, Robert
Hawker, c. 1800. |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Some have held that this
implies the baptism of infants. It rather implies that her servants
and friends also accepted the gospel. There is no ground for the
inference that she was even married, or had children." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Blogging toward Sunday, Theolog:
The Blog of The Christian Century. Current lectionary comments are by
Walter Brueggemann.
| "The vision given to
Paul leads to a new life for Lydia. The spirit of Jesus never “forbids”
such newness, not even when we attempt to resist it (see vv. 6-7)." |
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"First
Thoughts on Year C First Reading Acts Passages
from the Lectionary,"
Easter 6, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
| "We see the beginnings
of congregational life - in some of its common aspects." |
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"Bottled
Lightning: Don't Extinguish the Fire, Don't Shatter the Vessel,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey with
Jesus Foundation.
| "The
word for "vision" (horama) occurs twelve times in the New Testament, once
in Matthew 17:9, then eleven times in the book of Acts. In Acts Paul had
additional "visions," as did Moses, Ananaias, Cornelius and Peter. Both
Peter and Paul also say that God spoke to them in a "trance" (ekstasis,
11:5, 22:17–18)..." |
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"The Man
of Macedonia," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Acts 16:9-15, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity." |
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"Listening to
Life (and to the Spirit),"
Expository Essay,
Acts 16:6-15, Dr. William R. Long.
| "There really is no reason not to spend
some time today, each day, listening to the lessons that life, and the
Spirit, are speaking to you." |
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| "Paul in
Philippi (Acts 16:11-40)" by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies
Foundation.
| "In addition to receiving the
gospel, she received these missionaries into her home. It was at her
initiative, in fact at her insistence that they accepted her
hospitality. Her profession of faith in baptism and her provision of
hospitality were outward evidences of the faith God had given her
and which she had exercised." |
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| Articles & Background:
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Cohen, Charles,
"Two Biblical Models of Conversion: An Example of Puritan Hermeneutics,"
Church History, 1989. |
| Culpepper, R. Alan,
"Paul's Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13-19," Review & Expositor,
1974. |
| Russell, Keith A.,
"At One with the Power: Reflections on the
Lectionary Readings for May,"
The Living Pulpit, 2007. (See also
"Atonement," issue focus of The Living Pulpit, 16.2, 2007.)
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| Staley, Jeffrey L.,
"Changing Woman: Postcolonial Reflections on Acts 16.6-40," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 1999. |
| Staley, Jeffrey L.,
"Reading Acts 16:6-40 on the Edge of the Navajo Reservation," Word &
World, 2004. |
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