1. The Acts of the Apostles
Acts 16 – The Macedonian Call
Sunday – March 18, 2018
Many of the slides used in this presentation are prepared by Joe Price and are used and adapted with his permission.

3. Philippi Conversions and Persecution
Beaten and jailed after miracle, 16:16-24
Slave girl: Oppressed and exploited, 16:16
Right message: Wrong messenger, 16:17-18
Healed her: Masters lost their source of profit, 16:18-19
Accused Paul and Silas as Jews with unlawful teachings, 16:19-22
Beaten and imprisoned, 16:22-24
“Healed” – cf. Mark 5:1-17 – “… 17 And they began to beseech him to depart from their borders.”
“Beaten” – Acts 5:40 – “And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.”
Acts 21:32 – “And forthwith he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down upon them: and they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, left off beating Paul.”
II Corinthians 11:24-25 – “24 Of the Jews five times received I forty (stripes) save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep”
Acts 22:19-20 – “19 And I said, Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: 20 and when the blood of Stephen thy witness was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting, and keeping the garments of them that slew him.”

4. Philippi Conversions and Persecution