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THE LESSON TENT.
fActs Ia .2&-1o.6.l

81 THIS man Was instructed IN the way
OF the Lord. and being ferveht IN -
spirit. he spake and tausnt oiiss MY 80.
things Of the Lerd. knowing ony the Dap
ssm OF John -
.S And he began to speak bo.cAy IN the
synagogue; whom when Aquila and IT'S
ella had heard they took hin unto 49,.
and expcunacd unto him the way Of eo0
more perfectly.
q. And when he was dlsposecto pass INTO
Achaia the brethren wrote. exhortns me
disciples 10 receive him, VINO, wIei Is
come Helped tntm muen WHICH "aS
l.tyed through grace.
q For he nightly convinced the Jews
and that publicly. showing by the eeflp-
lures that Jesus was Christ ,,
l. And il came 10 pass that. whiie tepo
was al Corlnth Paul having passed tnfouhc
the upper coasts. came 10 GpNeS'
nndlng certain disciples. a
q He said unto them, Have We recess-N
the Holy Ghost since sc believer Aha vs.
said unto him. We have not 80 m mSe
heard whether there be any Holy Shose'
q And he said unto them. Unto " NAT tAeo
we're ye baptized? And they SAID CatS
Johns baptism .t.~A
4 Then said Paul. John. verify baptteo
with the baptism Of repen'ahse.a ssisvs
| unto the people. that they shouio Deus
| on Him which should come alter nam' tn@s
| Ia, on Christ Jesus.
s. When they heard this. they were DAP
| t,zed in the name Of the Lord Jesus
uson them. the Holy Ghost came on thems
aad they spake with tongues anc p'op"s
sled. 80.
evil, know how to give soos
| unto your children, how m~ca
shall yoor heavenly tasher give tsS
uoIy spirit to them that ask hlm
OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECTION.
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PLACE.-corlnth and Ephesus-
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Christianity was born at Jerusalem
IN the cradle Of Judaism. IL hau lts
missionar birth at Antioch, where ~
BECAME endowed with the spirit Q.
brotherhood for all men. 1t ootalneo
4 foothold in Galatia, atPhilippi, ines
salonica. Corinth and other places, ous
its third greater center was Ephe .s'
From that city it radiated great IN
uuence throughout Asia Minor.
With Acts Js:23 begins the account o.
Paul'. third missionary journey.
Paul's work in Corinth lasted year
and a hssf altogether. The after
this of verse Is refers to the exPeri.
ence ia Gallio's court room, spoken "
in ls:12-l7. This was the END OF ms
second missionary journey Priscliis
and Aouila accompanied him as Tar a.
Ephesus. where he probably changed
ships. taking one of the pilgrim shlPs
that each year carried crowus OF Jews
toPalesi tine to the pas soyer. Cenchreae
was the port of Corinth lsee map. IN
token of his gratitude TO God Tor some
Messing. we do not know what, Paui
made a vow which involved as part
of its sulfllment the shaving OF his
head at Cenchreae. His desire 10 80
at once to Jerusalem may have had
some connection with paying the VOW
though its exact nature ~ not plan
Some have held that the vow was
Aouila's. Perhaps Paul had to remain
over the Sabbath at Ephesus for the
pilgrim ship. or the synagogue may
have been open for one of the three
week day services. Paul seems =
yet have oeen in haste, probably TO reacl
Jerusalem at the time Of the pas sover
lie was urged to remain by the jews
- whose ire he had not yet aroused, bu
Ter aid not consent. In the words, "Wen
aus IN and saluted the church," we mus
Mr.. understand that the Original chu.o
SAN a Jerusalem is meant After his visl
At Jerusalem Paul went down to Ant
re. och. The church at Antioch he col
ple .iderei his own 'home church, an
IRE. here lie remained till the beginning
nks his third missionary journey.
pile Mighty in the Scriptures =
ing course the Old Testament Scripture
4 is are meant. INSTRUCTED in the way
ese the Lnrd:" lie must have had SON
the know Wedge of Christ. though we do ne
En- know lust how much. 1t certainly WI
only partial, perhaps including II
facts Of the life of Jesus, but lackir
those concerning his continued pre-
ence and work in the world tnrout
a. the Holy Spirit. lie was disciple
John. the reformer, who preached u
80 very practical gospel OF repentan
~ and right living. Aquila and Priscil
supplied what was lacking in
knowledge of Christianity, and so
~. creased his usefulness as work'
80 The broad Alexandran culture
Apollos. his earnest spirit and power
speaker. with his intimate Anov
edge OF the Scriptures, made him
,tsa very strong and helpful worker. 20
80 erfully confuted the jews" The Co
~. mon Version, convinced, is misleadir
coz What he did was TO prove that tn
Mi. we're wrong ito confute them. We
res,. not kno~ that he convinced any
,ded them.
pres- .The upper country" The high
cost land region of Asia. Pound certs
,tber disciples" These disciples, like Ap
los. lacked all knowledge Of the
Of che Spirit. or of Spirit, as IT is
tbe Greek, knowing only the bapti
sares ~ John" "They lacked that pecul
s'"e enthusiasm which in the Apostle
men' Age was called Holy Spirit and
',ess traced directly TO the Spirit # God.
ne.P Prof. J. v. Bartlett
- PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
- The only way 10 he mighty in
!, Scriptures" is to study them diiigen
49,, while one has the opportunity.
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