The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1903-02-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
lesson In the international Seriea
for March 4. 1oO3-Paul and
Apollos.
THE LESSON TENT.
ag.Ns me

The LESSON 1EAI.
(Acts lS:2i-l9:6)
"A And a certain Jew named Apollos,
born at Alexandria. an eloquent man. and
mighly'in the Scriptures, came TO Ephesus.
2j. This man was instructed in the way
CT the Lord >nd being fervtnt in the
spirit he spake and taught diligently the
things OF the Lord, knowing only the bap-
tism Of John.
26. And he began 10 speak bole.y In the
synagogue; whom when Aquila and Pris-
ella lad heard, they took him unto them.
and eXpounded unto him the way OF Goo
more perfectly.
%. And when he was disposed TO pass into
Achaia, the brethren wrote. eNhorting the
disciples to receive him; who when he was
come, helped them much which had be-
lieved through grace.
&. For he nightly convinced the Jews
and that publicly, showing by the scrip
lures that Jesus was Christ.
l And 1t came TO pass that, while Apollos
was at Corinth, Paul having passed through
the upper coasts. came to Ephesus: anu
iinG.ng certain NisCples,
. lie said unto them, Have ye received
the Holy Ghost since ye believed? Ana theS
said unto him, We have not so much as
heard whether there be any Holy Hhost'
| 3. And he said unto them, Unto what, then
3
Johns baptism.
l. Then said Paul, John. verify baptized
with the baptism OF repentance. saying
unto the people, that they should believe
/ on Him which should come alter him, thar
Is on Christ Jesus.
! S. When they heard this, they were bap-
tized in the name Of the Lord Jesus.
6 And when Paul had laid his hands
upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them'
/ ,,,,l Ia,.
sled.
GOLDEN TEXT.-If ye then, being
| evil. know how to give good gnu"
unto your children, how much more
shall your heavenly fa<her give the
| Holy Spirit to them that ask him'-
Luke 11:I3.
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION:
The labors of Paul..........,...Acts 1913 a.
The labors of Apollos Acts 10 10
The higher baptism. ....Acts S'A-"
TlME.-A. ID. 81.
PLACE.-Corinth and Ephesus.
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Christianity was born at Jerusalem
in the cradle of Judaism. 1t had It's
missionary birth at Antioch, where 1t
became endowed with the spirit OF
brotherhood for all men. 1t obtained
foothold in Galatia, at Philippi, Ihes'
salonica, Corinth and other places, but
its third greater center was Ephesus
From that city it radiated great IN
tluence throughout Asia Minor
With Acts 1928 begins the account OF
paul's third missionary journey.
Paul's work in Corinth lasted yeal
and half altogether. The "aftel
this" of verse IS refers to the eXperi
cuce in Gallio's court room, spoken o.
in ls:l2-l7. This was the end of hi'
second missionary journey. Priscill;
and Aquila accompanied him as far al
Ephesus, where he probably changed
ships, taking one Of the pilgrim ships
that each year carried crowds of Jew
, to Palestine to the passover. Cenchrea'
was the pert of Corfnth (see map). Ii
, token of his gratitude to God for SOM
: blessing, we do not know what. Pau
: Ia y -rsis,,,, ~ :-nefs2 as p@r
t of its fulfillment the shaving of hi
| head at Cenchreae. His desire to e,
at once TO Jerusalem may have ha,
some connection with paying the vow
|
Some have held that the VOW wa
: Aquila's. Perhaps Paul had to renal
. over the Sabbath at Ephesus for tn
= pilgrim ship, or the synagogue ma
, have been open for one of the thre
= week day services. Paul seems t
- have been in haste, probably to reac
: Jerusalem at the time of the passover
e He was urged to remain by the jew!
: whose ire he had not yet aroused, bu
y did not consent. In the words, "W EN-
e up and saluted the church." we mus
g understand that the original churc
q at Jerusalem is meant. After his Wis
{ at Jerusalem Paul went down to Ant
!. och. The church at Antioch he col
:. sidered his own "home church." an
d here he remained till the beginning {
q his third missionary journey.
v Mighty in the Scriptures" @
course the Old Testament Scripture
are meant. INSTRUCTED in the way {
the Lord" lie must have had SON
" knowledge of Christ, though we do nc
u know just how much. 1t certainly wa
o only partial, perhaps including til
IL facts of the life of Jesus, but lackin
{ those concerning his continued pre-
o ence and work in the world throug
= the Holy Spirit. lie was a disciple {
q John, the reformer, who preached tt
D: very practical gospel of repentanc
II and right living. Aquila and Priscil
supplied what was lacking in h
3 kn owledge Of Christianity, and so il
l. creased his usefulness as worke
E The broad Alexandrian culture
y Apollos, his earnest spirit and power &
y speaker, with his intimate know
edge of the Scriptures, made him
very strong and helpful worker. "Po,
X erfully confuted the Jews" The Cor
70 mon Version, convinced, is msleadin
u What he did was to prove that tn,
n were wrong-to confute them. We {
y not know that he convinced any
N them.
q "TAe upper country" The high i