Teaching Elder, Duke Shelley, continues teaching in the book of Acts.

1. The Acts of the Apostles
Acts 9:19-43

2. • 19 Now for several days he was with the disciples
who were at Damascus, 20 and immediately he
began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying,
"He is the Son of God." 21 All those hearing him
continued to be amazed, and were saying, "Is this
not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who
called on this name, and who had come here for
the purpose of bringing them bound before the
chief priests?"

3. • 1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, I have
nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for
woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.

4. • 1 Corinthians 9:16 For if I preach the gospel, I have
nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for
woe is me if I do not preach the gospel.
• John 10: 36 do you say of Him, whom the Father
sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are
blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of
God'?

5. • 22 But Saul kept increasing in strength and
confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by
proving that this Jesus is the Christ.

6. • “He had the finest education first-century Judaism
could offer, and they could not hope to match his
knowledge of the Scripture. Once he understood
who Jesus was, he had the key that unlocked the
whole Old Testament. He was then able to use his
vast knowledge of those Scriptures and his Spirit-
controlled brilliance, as well as the truth of Jesus’
miracles, words, death, and resurrection, to prove
that this Jesus was indeed the long-awaited
Messiah.” John MacArthur

7. • 23 When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted
together to do away with him, 24 but their plot
became known to Saul. They were also watching
the gates day and night so that they might put him
to death; 25 but his disciples took him by night
and let him down through an opening in the wall,
lowering him in a large basket.

8. • 2 Corinthians 11:32-33 In Damascus the ethnarch
under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the
Damascenes in order to seize me, 33 and I was let
down in a basket through a window in the wall,
and so escaped his hands.

9. • Joshua 2:15 Then she let them down by a rope
through the window, for her house was on the city
wall, so that she was living on the wall.

10. • Joshua 2:15 Then she let them down by a rope
through the window, for her house was on the city
wall, so that she was living on the wall.
• 26 When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to
associate with the disciples; but they were all
afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

11. • Galatians 1:15-18 But when God, who had set me
apart even from my mother's womb and called me
through His grace, was pleased 16 to reveal His
Son in me so that I might preach Him among the
Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh
and blood, 17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to
those who were apostles before me; but I went
away to Arabia, and returned once more to
Damascus. 18 Then three years later I went up to
Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and
stayed with him fifteen days.

12. • 27 But Barnabas took hold of him and brought
him to the apostles and described to them how he
had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had
talked to him, and how at Damascus he had
spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.

13. • 27 But Barnabas took hold of him and brought
him to the apostles and described to them how he
had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had
talked to him, and how at Damascus he had
spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
• 28 And he was with them, moving about freely in
Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the
Lord. 29 And he was talking and arguing with the
Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put
him to death.

14. • 30 But when the brethren learned of it, they
brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away
to Tarsus.

15. • 30 But when the brethren learned of it, they
brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away
to Tarsus.
• Acts 22:17-21 "It happened when I returned to
Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell
into a trance, 18 and I saw Him saying to me,
'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly,
because they will not accept your testimony about
Me.'

16. • 19 "And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand
that in one synagogue after another I used to
imprison and beat those who believed in You. 20
'And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was
being shed, I also was standing by approving, and
watching out for the coats of those who were
slaying him.' 21 "And He said to me, 'Go! For I will
send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

18. • 31 So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee
and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and
going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort
of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase.

19. • “The words seem antithetical. But the meaning of
fear here is awe and humble receptivity. And
comfort, as we have seen, was rooted in the
parákle¯tos, the Spirit who stood by their side. The
parákle¯sis, comfort, which the church was
enjoying was because of the Lord’s presence with
them, in them, and between them.” Lloyd Ogilvie

20. • 32 Now as Peter was traveling through all those
regions, he came down also to the saints who lived
at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named
Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for
he was paralyzed.

21. • “Peter was not set in some hierarchical office but
was moving, which made it easy for God to direct
him. Those actively involved in ministry are usually
the ones to whom God grants the most ministry
opportunities. God has always seemed to entrust
His richest ministries to His busiest saints. Just
being wholeheartedly active in ministry places one
in strategic opportunities.” John MacArthur

22. • Genesis 24:27 He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the
God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken
His lovingkindness and His truth toward my
master; as for me, the LORD has guided me in the
way to the house of my master's brothers."

24. • 34 Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals
you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he
got up. 35 And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon
saw him, and they turned to the Lord.

25. • 1 Peter 4:11 Whoever speaks, is to do so as one
who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever
serves is to do so as one who is serving by the
strength which God supplies; so that in all things
God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to
whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and
ever. Amen.

26. • Romans 15:17-18 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have
found reason for boasting in things pertaining to
God. 18 For I will not presume to speak of
anything except what Christ has accomplished
through me, resulting in the obedience of the
Gentiles by word and deed,

27. • Romans 15:17-18 Therefore in Christ Jesus I have
found reason for boasting in things pertaining to
God. 18 For I will not presume to speak of
anything except what Christ has accomplished
through me, resulting in the obedience of the
Gentiles by word and deed,
• 36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple named
Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called
Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of
kindness and charity which she continually did.

29. • Proverbs 31:20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.

30. • Proverbs 31:20 She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
• 37 And it happened at that time that she fell sick
and died; and when they had washed her body,
they laid it in an upper room.

31. • 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples,
having heard that Peter was there, sent two men
to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to
us."

32. • 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples,
having heard that Peter was there, sent two men
to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to
us."
• 39 So Peter arose and went with them. When he
arrived, they brought him into the upper room;
and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and
showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas
used to make while she was with them.

33. • 1 Timothy 5:3 Honor widows who are widows
indeed;

34. • 1 Timothy 5:3 Honor widows who are widows
indeed;
• James 1:27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight
of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and
widows in their distress, and to keep oneself
unstained by the world.

35. • 40 But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and
prayed, and turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha,
arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she
saw Peter, she sat up. 41 And he gave her his
hand and raised her up; and calling the saints and
widows, he presented her alive.

36. • Mark 5:40 They began laughing at Him. But putting
them all out, He *took along the child's father and
mother and His own companions, and *entered
the room where the child was.

37. • Mark 5:40 They began laughing at Him. But putting
them all out, He *took along the child's father and
mother and His own companions, and *entered
the room where the child was.
• Ephesians 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do
far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or
think, according to the power that works within
us, 21 to Him be the glory in the church and in
Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever.
Amen.

38. • “then he uttered a short sentence in Aramaic,
differing only in one letter from Jesus’ words to
Jairus’s daughter. Whereas Jesus had said Talitha
qum (Mark 5:41), Peter now said Tabitha qum—
“Tabitha, get up.” F F Bruce

39. • 42 It became known all over Joppa, and many
believed in the Lord.

40. • 42 It became known all over Joppa, and many
believed in the Lord.
• 43 And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a
tanner named Simon.

41. • “Tanners were despised in first-century Jewish
society, since they dealt with the skins of dead
animals. Tanning was thus considered an unclean
occupation, and Simon would have been shunned
by the local synagogue.” John MacArthur