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preaching the word to no one but the Jews
only. But some of them were men from Cy-
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prus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to
Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, preaching 11:27 prophets. Preachers of the New
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the Lord Jesus. And the hand of the Lord was Testament (1 Cor. 14:32; Eph. 2:20).
with them, and a great number believed and
turned to the Lord. 11:28 Agabus. One of the Jerusalem
22 Then news of these things came to the prophets who years later played an important
ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent part in Paul’s ministry (21:10, 11). a great
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out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch. When famine. Several ancient writers (Tacitus
he came and had seen the grace of God, he [Annals XI.43], Josephus [Antiquities XX.ii.5],
was glad, and encouraged them all that with and Suetonius [Claudius 18]) affirm the occur-
purpose of heart they should continue with rence of great famines in Israel ca. A.D. 45–46.
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the Lord. For he was a good man, full of the all the world. The famine reached beyond the
region of Palestine.Claudius Caesar. Emperor
Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many peo- of Rome (A.D. 41–54).
ple were added to the Lord.
25 Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to
seek Saul. And when he had found him, he Spirit that there was going to be a great
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brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a famine throughout all the world, which also
whole year they assembled with the church happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.
and taught a great many people. And the dis- 29 Then the disciples, each according to his
ciples were first called Christians in Antioch. ability, determined to send relief to the
27 And in these days prophets came from Je- brethren dwelling in Judea. This they also
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rusalem to Antioch. Then one of them, did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of
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named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Barnabas and Saul.
DAY 3: How does the baptism with the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13) relate
to the Spirit’s activities in the Book of Acts?
Acts describes a number of occasions in which the Holy Spirit “fell on”or “filled”or “came upon”
people (2:4; 10:44; 19:6). Here in Acts 11:16,17, Peter recounts how the Holy Spirit fell upon the
Gentiles just as it had the early Jewish disciples.Peter identifies these actions by God as a fulfillment
of Joel’s prophecy (Joel 2:28–32).
Viewed from the perspective of the entire New Testament,these experiences were neither the
same nor replacements for what John the Baptist (Mark 1:8) and Paul described as the baptism with
the Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13). The baptism with the Spirit is the one-time act by which God places
believers into His body.The filling is a repeated reality of Spirit-controlled behavior that God com-
mands believers to maintain (Eph. 5:18). Peter and others who experienced the special filling on
Pentecost Day (2:4) were filled with the Spirit again and again (4:8,31;6:5;7:55) and so boldly spoke
the word of God. That was just the beginning. The fullness of the Spirit affects all areas of life, not
just speaking boldly (Eph. 5:18–33).

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measure) and the width twenty cubits. And
July 4 the vestibule that was in front of the sanctuary
was twenty cubits long across the width of the
house, and the height was one hundred and
twenty. He overlaid the inside with pure gold.
2 Chronicles 3:1–4:22 5 The larger room he paneled with cypress
Now Solomon began to build the house of which he overlaid with fine gold, and he
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3 the LORD at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, carved palm trees and chainwork on it. And he
where the LORD had appeared to his father Da- decorated the house with precious stones for
vid, at the place that David had prepared on the beauty, and the gold was gold from Parvaim.
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. And he 7 He also overlaid the house—the beams and
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began to build on the second day of the second doorposts, its walls and doors—with gold; and
month in the fourth year of his reign. he carved cherubim on the walls.
3 This is the foundation which Solomon laid 8 And he made the Most Holy Place. Its
for building the house of God: The length was length was according to the width of the
sixty cubits (by cubits according to the former house, twenty cubits, and its width twenty

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