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Bible study · Acts 13:1-52

Acts 13: Good news of the promise

Read Acts 13:1-52 before you meet.

In a few lines

In a synagogue, just after "the reading of the law and the prophets" (13:15), Paul said that those in Jerusalem didn't know "the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath", and "fulfilled them by condemning him" (13:27). "But God raised him from the dead" (13:30).

The verse to carry

“Be it known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins; and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.”

Acts 13:38-39

To talk about

  1. 1. Before Barnabas and Saul were sent off, "they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them" (13:3). Who has stood behind you as you stepped into something new, and whom could you stand behind this week?

  2. 2. The proconsul "sought to hear the word of God" (13:7), and Elymas was "seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith" (13:8). What pulls you away from hearing God's word, and what helps you keep listening?

  3. 3. Paul and Barnabas were thrown "out of their borders" (13:50), and the chapter ends, "The disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit." (13:52). When have you known joy in a hard place?

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