Paul and Barnabas in Antioch of Pisidia
The
Passage: Acts 13:14-49
Structure:
A. 13:14-23, Israel is chosen by God (13:17)
B. 13:24-25,
proclaiming baptism of repentance (13:24)
C. 13:26-30,
God raised Him from the dead (13:30)
D. 13:31-32,
We proclaim this good news (13:32)
C’. 13:33-37,
Jesus is raised (13:33)
B’. 13:38-41,
proclamation of forgiveness of sins (13:38)
A’.
13:42-49, Word of God spoken to you first (13:46)
Historical
and geographical context:
By the time
of Jesus (maybe even earlier) Jewish community developed Scripture reading
calendar. It is mentioned here in v. 15 and 27. Books of Torah (5 books of
Moses) were divided into 54 parashot – weekly passages. These readings were
also supplied with readings from the Prophets (the block of books of Prophets
differs a little from our understanding of prophets, see Overview of the Bible:
Introduction). Our reading calendar is based on Gospels with additional
readings from OT, Psalms, and Epistles.
