Acts 16 מעשי השליחים

מעשי השליחים
Acts 16 Tree of Life Version (TLV)

1. Where was Timothy from; and why did Shaul want him to accompany him, what are the possible reasons offered by the commentaries?

2. Explain how the characteristics of the relationship between Shaul and Timothy were in line with that of a traditional rabbi and talmid?

3. What is meant by vs. 3 when it says: “for the sake of the Jewish people in those places”, how is this interpreted?

4. What do the commentaries say as to “WHY” were the Shaliachim forbidden by the Ruach of Yeshua to proceed into Bithynia?

5. How was Paul’s dream an easy conclusion that God’s will was clear for the Shaliachim to now go to Macedonia?

6. What do we know of Philippi (besides that it was one of the epistles of Shaul), what was significant about this city?

7. Why did they go to a river on Shabbat, explain why there is no mention of a synagogue and what do commentators say about women such as Lydia being addressed, was this normal for the time?

8. Who was Lydia what do we know about her, and what is significant about her “purple cloth”?

9. How was it possible that Lydia was able to provide hospitality to the Shaliachim, was this socially acceptable and what do we learn from the language of the text?

10. What is known about this girl who had a spirit of divination from the original language, and what do we know about the history of the area they are in that sheds more light and details on the events described in vs. 16-18?

11. What was the charge that the businessmen brought against Shaul and Silas, and was it legal?

12. According to Jewish custom, what liturgy could Shaul and Silas possibly have been chanting at the hour of their imprisonment; and what was it?

13. Why did the Jailer attempt suicide the moment he saw the prison doors opened?

14. What exactly did the jailer mean by asking “what must I do to be saved”?

15. How was it that Shaul and Silas could be released, how did this come about?

16. Why did Shaul refuse to go, and what does that have to do with him being a Jew?

17. Why were the police afraid and why did they apologize?

18. What is remarkable about vs. 40?