Acts 18:24 — 19:41 - Corps Notes - November 30, 1976
Acts 18:24 — 19:41 November 30, 1976 Acts 18:24 “Jew” - It’s sort of interesting, in this book I was telling you about, he documents it like I did; that the word “Jew” never appeared in any language in English, or in any of it until 1775. In 1611 King James was originally done. So they must have gotten this word “Jew” in here sometime later. It is “Judean” in the text, which it is all over, you know. And the reason it’s that, is because they were Judean by religion. And that, of course, was later called Judaism. I forget who the first one was that called it Judaism. He has it documented in here, and I forget it. Then it was called Rabbinism. That’s the stuff that the Jews are taught today. “Apollos” - This man’s name was Apollos, and Apollos is just a shortened word for Apollonius. It was like a nickname. You have a nickname, like Steven has a nickname called “Steve”, Apollos is like a nickname. Apollonius is his real name, born in Alexandria, in Egypt, which was the great Greek center of learning, and a lot of the dispersion Jews, as they are referred to, had gone to Alexandria and other places. When the Septuagint translation was made, the solidly Judean people who believed in the Mosaic laws refused to read it, as a matter of fact, it was very, very bad if anybody did read it. “an eloquent man” - It would be much better translated had they said, “an eloquent and learned man,” because this word eloquent has both, the knowledge and the fluency of the presentation of the knowledge, in it. He was not only eloquent; he was a learned and eloquent man. “and mighty in the scriptures” - In Acts 7:22, it says this about Moses. This is the same word that’s used here regarding mighty in the scriptures, mighty in the Word. “Ephesus” - Ephesus was the great city of learning, very strong in Estrangelo Aramaic. One of the greatest libraries of the world will be found in Ephesus when they get the archaeological work done. Acts 18:25 “this man” - this one “instructed” - catechized
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Tweet Format: mp3, pdf Publication Date: 11-30-1976 Victor Paul Wierwille was a Bible scholar and teacher for over four decades. By means of Dr. Wierwille's dynamic teaching of the accuracy and integrity of God's Word, foundational class and advanced class graduates of Power for Abundant Living have learned that the one great requirement for every student of the Bible is to rightly divide the Word of Truth. Thus, his presentation of the Word of God was designed for students who desire the in-depth-accuracy of God’s Word. In his many years of research, Dr. Wierwille studied with such men as Karl Barth, E. Stanley Jones, Glenn Clark, Bishop K.C. Pillai, and George M. Lamsa. His formal training included Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Theology degrees from Mission House (Lakeland) College and Seminary. He studied at the University of Chicago and at Princeton Theological Seminary from which