Acts 9:19-43 - Corps Notes - April 27, 1976
Acts 9:19-43 April 27, 1976 Now we got into a discussion and that was: I made a statement about something about Paul in Damascus and then going to Arabia and you said Walter taught something else. Was that our last discussion last week? We’re in chapter 9 of Acts verse 19 and Walter you better come in here. Acts 9:19, 22-23 According to your teaching Walter, how long was he there? What’d you figure out? Walter, “I believe I said that he was in Damascus a short period of time. Then went out into the Arabian desert by himself, and then came back and taught in Damascus for the duration of that three year period before he went to Jerusalem.” Dr. -- OK, in verse 19, “Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.” Did you pinpoint that at all on the amount of time? Just certain days... Walter, “Just certain days.” Dr. - What happened between verses 22 and 23? I think where we got hooked up here and we didn’t communicate last week was on I Kings 2:38-39. I took this “many days” in correspondence with “many days” of verse 23 in Acts 9 and the next verse, 39, “came to pass at the end of 3 years.” So the “many days” of I Kings, I know is approximately3 years. In Acts 9:23 – “after that many days… the Jews took counsel to kill him” - would that be then when he went to Jerusalem in Galatians 1:18 after 3 years? Would that be the point of time? How long was he in Arabia? Any of you remember? Just says he went into Arabia-, doesn’t it? Walter - I wondered if that was like Jesus went out in the desert for 40 days, something of that nature. Dr. - Let’s just admit we don’t know. Verse 19 - “Saul was certain days with the disciples.” It doesn’t say how many, just certain days. And verse 22 - “dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the very Christ.” Now between verse 22 and 23, he goes in to Arabia. Then he comes back to Damascus that Galatians 1:17 told you about and after 3 years; many days, in Damascus, now he goes to Jerusalem. Does that fit? Are you follo
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you’. Dr. -- But why the ‘passive’? Does that affect us at all? Well, Walter, can I translate it that way? Walter -- Yes. Dr. - - Tom, Aramaic too? Tom - - Yes. It’s a participle but you can definitely translate it “has” or “had.” Walter -- It’s a deponent so it’s not really a passive. I don’t know why they have it here. It’s just, “Jesus Christ has healed you.” Perfect tense. Dr. -- What I wanted you to see on this, I didn’t check the text but that’s what I mean by Way Corps principle number one. (Acquire an in-depth spiritual perception and awareness) How did I know it? Didn’t I make him check it or something? Ordinarily I check it myself, but it’s good for you to see Walter work and some of the rest. These men are capable of doing this stuff. Now I’ll forget it, you kids can all afford to remember it. By his stripes you were healed. (I Peter 2:24) See why all that stuff goes through m