Peter Barnes | Acts 13:13-25
SERMON NOTES
PAUL TO THE JEWS
Acts 13:13-25, 26-43
– Paul preaches here to a synagogue of Jews and God-fearers (Gentiles who worshipped the God of Israel, but the men were not circumcised).
1. Identify with your audience as much as you can.
– Antioch is in Phrygia and faced Pisidia; it is not the Antioch of Syria, which was much larger
– 13:16-17; Paul refers to ‘men of Israel and those who worship God’; he identifies himself as a Jew, as in vv. 26, 38
2. The Old Testament is the preparation for something far greater.
– 13:17-21; he traces the history of Israel from the time of bondage in Egypt to the conquest to the Judges to the first king, Saul
– God is working through history
3. The line of David culminates in the Saviour, Jesus.
– 13:22-25; he refers to 1 Samuel 13:14; Psalm 89:20-21
– John is not the Christ (John 1:19-20); Jesus is descended from David (Matt.22:41-42; 9:27); the Saviour-king of the line of David has come.