18 - Paul at Ephesus -The Itineraries Of Paul
Paul at Ephesus We’re in Acts 19 and this is where the Word went over Asia in A year and three months so that everybody got a chance to hear the Word. In the first three months it was in the synagogue and after divers were hardened, they went to the school of Tyrannus and they separated the disciples. Acts 19:9-10: But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. The Word doesn’t cause division, the unbelievers cause the division. When the Word moves in an area, then the unbelievers stir up the others. Then there’s a division because they don’t want to go with God’s Word. That’s what happened here; why they separated the disciples. The Word brings unity but those who do not want to believe cause division. “disputing daily” – They reasoned, not disputed. They reasoned daily, just like twig fellowships. “one” – delete The schools of rhetoric normally operated in the morning until about 11 o’clock or so; therefore if Paul utilized the school, he would have had to use it in the afternoon. This school of Tyrannus, if it was a Greek school or Roman or something, they may have just utilized it; rented it or something. If it were a Jewish rabbi school, then the only reason they could have utilized it was because he would have been converted and would have been a believer. Those are two possibilities. Nevertheless, using this school and going out witnessing into the different communities, all Asia had a chance to hear the Word. This pretty well solidified the work from at least the Jerusalem area all the way up around Asia. Who knows how it had been reaching over into Egypt and over into Babylon or up north into Armenia. We don’t know because there are no records in the Word on it. In the seco
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that Word over the world? No, that was back n verse 10: Acts 19:10b: ...so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. Everybody heard it; Word over Asia. Verse 20 is the mop up, where the Word grows in strength. This is the mop up. After everybody has had a chance to hear the Word, then 198 Paul at Ephesus you still keep teaching the Word. The job’s not done. You keep teaching and the Word will grow in strength in individuals and prevailing. That’s the mop up. Verse 10 is the Word over the WORLD. Verse 20 is the mop up. That’s a great key. The first thing you want is everybody to have a chance to hear it. Then you go in and it’s still the Word, the Word. And everybody gets a chance to really grow in that Word. That’s growing in strength and the Word prevails. To the end that it continues to prevail, you’re going to have quite a country or la