Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 16:6-20
C. The extension of the church to the Aegean shores 16:6-19:20The missionary outreach narrated in this section of the book took place in major cities along the Aegean coastline that major Roman roads connected. read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 16:6-10
1. The call to Macedonia 16:6-10Luke recorded Paul’s vision of the Macedonian man to explain God’s initiative in encouraging Paul and his companions to carry the gospel farther west into what is now Europe.". . . this section [Acts 6:6-10] makes it overwhelmingly clear that Paul’s progress was directed by God in a variety of ways, so that the missionaries were led into new areas of work." [Note: Marshall, The Acts . . ., p. 261.] "His [Luke’s] subject is the rapid extension of Christianity... read more