The Tupelo journal., 1909-09-10
Paul's Third Journey
Closing Scenes

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LESSON TExT.-Acts 2l:1-17. Memory
verses Is, II.
GOLDEN TExT.-"The will Of the
Lord be done.'-Acts 21:14.
TIME.-The journey from Miletus to
Jerusalem occupied about fou weeks,
from May / to May q, A. D. 81.
PLACE.-At Tyre and Cesarea were
made the principal stops, till they arrived
at Jerusalem.
Suggestion and Practical Thought.
A Delightful and Instructive Jour.
ney with Paul and His Companions.
/. Homeward Bound from Miletus.
VS.. 1-3. In our last lesson we left
Paul and his companions at Miletus
where he had a long conference with
the Ephesian elders. After a sad part
ing Pauls company embarked again,
on Sunday morning, May l, for they
must take the vessel when it was
ready to sail.
Coos (Gk. Cos), their first port,
was 40 miles south of Miletus. 1t is
a small island off the coast of Cara
in the southwest corne of Asia Minor.
The next day they sailed SO miles to
Rhodes" (V. y, an island southeast
Of Cos, off the southern coast of Caria.
Thence unto Patara," e the mouth
of the river Xanthus in Lycia. Here
they changed vessels, passed along
the shores of Cyprus. where Paul and
Barnabas preached the gospel in their
oorlu Ioxrs Uhn1 1nnlaI ar Hnura -
the commercial emporium of Phenicia
on the northern borders of Palestine.
8. Paul's Experiences at Tyre
VS.. So. Tyre was about $50 miles
from Patara, and could be reached in
three of four days. Tyre had been
zone of the greatest and most famous
cities of the ancient world" There
were many Jewish associations with
Tyre. Hiram, the king of Tyre, aided
Solomon in building the temple Il
Kings 81, B. C. 1000.
a.. 'And finding the disciples" The
apostles example may be well fol.
lowed by those who go from place to
place in these modern days. Instead
of waiting in silent obscurity till some
Christian finds them out, let then,
search for the disciples, and seek to
do Christian work, speak to Chris.
tians. take part in meetings, 90 to the
Sabbath school, and then many a com.
plant will be removed, and many q
dark day among strangers will be
made light.
"Tarried there even days" while
the vessel was dischargig and taking
in its cargo.
'*Who said to Paul through the
Spirit, that he should not go up to
Jerusalem There is no contradic-
ton between this statement, also re
peated at Cesarea, and ST. Paul's as
sertion that he was going to Jerusa.
lem under divine guidance.
The Farewell. After the seven days
the people babe Paul and his com.
panions a most a~ffectionate farewell,
accompanying him to the ship. 1t ia
interesting to note that even the chill
dren went with their parents to the
ship. 1t reveals a new note in Paufs
character, that the great man, busy
with worldwide and c~enturies-long
duties attracted the love of the chill
dren.
5. Paul's Experiences at Cesarea.-
VS.. GA. g.. 1--WE took ship" The
voyage now was nearly due south. The
first day from Tyre brought the travel
ers 80 miles to Ptolemais (named
from Ptolemy), the ancient Accho, the
modern Acre. Here they greeted the
Christians, and the next day they
sailed 80 or 40 miles to Cesarea
(named from CESAR, the Roman CAPT,
tai of Judea and the official residence
of it's governors. Here were the head.
quarters of Philip, the evangelist for
this region.
9. Phillip n of the seven"
deacons appointed at the same time
with Stephen. He is to be distin-
guished from Philip, the apostle.
9. Philip had four unmarried
daughters which did prophe.
sy," not in the sense of predicting fu
ture events, but of speaking the truths
which God revealed to them.
10. 1--WE tarried there many days"
The Greek means rather more days"
i. e., longer than they expected, or
several days." From Judea a Ger.
tain prophet, named Agabus." Com.
ing lately from Jerusalem, he knew
the feelings of the Jews toward Paul.
Paul's heroic firmness under such cir.
cumstances in directing his way to.
ward Jerusalem was not obstinacy,
but an absolute surrender of himself
to duty, that is, due-ty, that which
in the highest sense is due from man
to God. f.
II. HE took Paul's girdle," like
those used to bind the loose flowing
robes worn in eastern countries.
Thus saith the Holy Ghost" Through
whom the revelations to the prophets
of old were given (Acts IS: 25). $50
shall the Jews bind" BY in.
stigating the Romans to do this act.
The Jews were the real source of the
persecution.
IL. "Besought him not to go" In
ferring that this was the intention OF
the prophecy.
Is. what mean We to weep and to
break mine hearth" The intense sem
sitiveness of st. Paul's nature shows
itself in every syllable. 1t was with
no stole hardness that he resisted