Saul and Barnabas commissioned
The
Passage: Acts 12:24
– 13:13a
Structure:
a. 12:24-25, They took with them John, called
Mark
b. 13:1, List
of the disciples
c. 13:2-5,
Holy Spirit
d. 13:6, a
magician
e. 13:7, the
Word of God
d’. 13:8, a
magician
c’. 13:9-11,
Holy Spirit
b’. 13:12, becoming
a disciple
a’. 13:13a,
John left them and returned to Jerusalem
Historical
and geographical context:
Turns out
that Barnabas and Saul were in Jerusalem when St. Peter was released from
prison. The story of St. Peter being released from a prison by a hand of an
angel is so beautiful that we can lose the chronological order. Barnabas and
Saul came to Jerusalem with financial support for the suffering saints of
Jerusalem.
