1. The Acts of the Apostles
Acts 16 – The Macedonian Call
Sunday – April 15, 2018
Many of the slides used in this presentation are prepared by Joe Price and are used and adapted with his permission.

2. Worksheet On Acts Chapter 16
SUMMARIZE: 16:1-5 16: : : : :35-40
16:1-5 – Paul and Silas continue the second preaching trip by strengthening the churches in southern Galatia; they pick up Timothy in Lystra(?).
16:6-10 – The company passes through Phrygia, Galatia, and Mysia (having been prohibited from preaching in Asia or Bithynia) and arrives at Troas; Paul receives a vision to go to Macedonia; Luke joins to company.
16:11-15 – They go to Philippi where they meet and baptize Lydia.
16:16-18 – Paul casts the spirit of divination out of the slave girl.
16:19-34 – Paul and Silas are arrested, beaten, and thrown in the dungeon; they are freed my a miraculous earthquake, preach to the jailor and his household, baptize those who believe.
16:35-40 – Paul and Silas demand to be publicly released from the dungeon since their beating and imprisonment was illegal, they are released, they strengthen the saints, and leave for the next city.

3. Worksheet On Acts Chapter 16
PEOPLE: Timothy: Man of Macedonia: Lydia: Certain maid: Jailor: Magistrates:
Timothy – a disciple of Christ, probably from Lystra, who joins Paul and Silas on their preaching trip.
Man of Macedonia – seen by Paul in a vision in Troas begging for them to come over to Macedonia.
Lydia – a believer in God who hears the preaching of the gospel and becomes a Christian.
Certain maid – a slave girl who has a “spirit of divination” and brings her masters a lot of money. Paul casts out the spirit.
Jailor – trusted with the keeping of Paul and Silas in the dungeon. He is converted by the preaching of the gospel and becomes a Christian.
Magistrates – those entrusted with enforcing the law in Philippi, they ordered the beating Paul and Silas and cast them into prison. They later wanted to privately release them but were forced to do so publicly.

4. Worksheet On Acts Chapter 16
PLACES: Derbe and Lystra: Phrygia: Galatia: Mysia: Troas: Bithynia: Samothrace: Neapolis: Philippi:
Derbe and Lystra – cities in southern Galatia to which Paul and Silas went to strengthen the existing churches. They picked up Timothy at Lystra (probably).
Phrygia – an area in central Asia Minor through which the company traveled. Antioch of Pisidia is in Phrygia.
Galatia – a province in central Asia Minor through which the company traveled. Derbe, Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch of Pisidia are all, technically, in Galatia.
Mysia – an area in the north west part of Asia Minor through which the company traveled. Troas is in Mysia.
Troas – the city to which the preachers journeyed after being forbidden to preach in Asia or Bithynia. Here Luke joins them and Paul receives the vision requesting they go to Macedonia.
Bithynia – a province in north eastern Asia Minor; the preachers were forbidden to preach here at this time.
Samothrace – a small island north west of Troas where the company stayed overnight on their way to Macedonia.
Neapolis – the city on the coast of Macedonia where the company landed after leaving Troas.
Philippi – a large Roman city about 10 miles inland from Neapolis where the company preached the gospel, converting Lydia and the jailor and their households.

5. Questions 1. To what new person are we now introduced?
a. What are we told about this man?
b. What nationality was his father – and his mother?
2. In what city did Paul find this man?
a. What else had happened to Paul in this city?
What did Paul desire this man to do?
What was done as they went through the cities and what were the results of their efforts?

6. Questions
5. Where did Paul and his companions then go and where were they forbidden to go? 6. Where were they when Paul saw a vision and what was the vision? 7. After the vision what did they do and what did they conclude? 8. What does the word “we” in 16:10 indicate? Who wrote the book of Acts? 9. What destination of theirs is described and how is it described?

7. Questions
10. What did they do on the sabbath day?