Coping Response	Reference	Opposer	Likely Motive
1. . Power through Prayer	12:1-23	Herod	Politics

12:1 Now at that time laid on Herod the king the hands to ill-treat some of the ones from the church. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with a sword. 3 And seeing the pleasing it is was to the Jews he added to great also Peter, and they were days of unleavened bread, 4 whom also seizing he put in prison, delivering to four quarternions of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring up him to the people. 5 therefore Peter was kept in the prison; but prayer was earnestly being made by the church to God concerning him. 6 And when was about to bring forward him Herod, might in that was Peter sleeping between two soldiers having been bound with chains two, and guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7 and behold an angel of the Lord came upon, and a light shone in the building; and striking the side of Peter he raised him saying: Rise up in haste, and fell off of him the chains off the his hands. 8 And said the angel to him: Gird thyself and put on the sandals of thee. And he did so. And he tells him: Cast round the garment of thee and follow me. 9 And going forth he followed and knew not that true is the thing happening through the angel, but he through a vision to see. 10 And going through the first prison and the second they came on the gate iron leading to the city, which of itself was opened to them, and going out they went forward street one, and immediately departed the angel from him. 11 And Peter in himself having become said: Now I know truly that sent forth the Lord the angel of him and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and of all the expectation of the people of the Jews. 2 And realising he came

on the house of Mary the mother of John being surnamed. Mark, where were many having been assembled and praying. 13 And knocking him the door of the porch approached a maidservant to listen by name Rhoda, 14 and recognising the voice of Peter from joy she did not open the porch, but running in a announced to stand Peter before the porch. 5 But they to her said: Thou ravest. But she emphatically asserterd to have be. So they said: The angel it is of him. 16 But Peter continued knocking: and having opened they saw him and were amazed. 17 and beckoning to them with the hand to be quiet he related to them how the Lord him led out of the prison and said: Report to James and to the brothers these things. and going out he went to another place. 18 And becoming day there was disturbance not a little among the soldiers what then of Peter became. 19 And Herod searching for him and not finding, examining the guards commanded to be led away, and going down from Judea to Caesarea stayed. 20 Now he was being furiously angry with Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one mind they came to him, and having persuaded Blastus the one over the bed chamber of the king they asked peace, because the to be fed of them the country from the royal. 21 And on an appointed day Herod having been arrayed with clothing regal sitting on the tribunal made a public speech to the. 22 and the mob cried out; Of a god a voice and not of a man. 23 And at once smote him an angel of the Lord because he gave not the glory to God, and becoming eaten by worms he expired. (Note: Literal translation of Revised Standard Version 1988)

2. . Power through truth

12:24-13:12

sorcerer

monetary

24. But the word of the Lord grew and increased. 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned out of Jerusalem having completed the ministration, taking with them John surnamed Mark. 13:1 Now there were in Antioch among the existing church prophets and teachers both Barnabas and Simeon being called Niger and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen of Herd the tetrarch foster brother and Saul. 2 And ministering them to the Lord and fasting said the Spirit Holy: Separate ye so then to me Barnabas and Saul for the work which I have called them: 3 then having fasted and having prayed and laying on their hands them they dismissed them. 4 They therefore sent out by the Holy spirit went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyporus. 5 and being in Salamis they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as attendant. 6 And

passing through all the island unto Paphos they found a certain man a sorcerer a false prophet Jewish, to whom name Barjetous, 7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, man an intelligent. This man calling to him Barnabas and Saul sought to hear the word of God: 8 but opposed them Elymas the sorcerer, for so is translated the name of him, seeking to divert the proconsul from the faith. 9 But Saul the one also Paul, filled of with Spirit Holy gazing at him said: 10 O full of all deceit and of all fraud, son of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the ways of the Lord right? 11 And now behold the hand of the Lord is on thee, and thou wilt be blind not seeing the sun until such a time. And at once fell on him a mist and darkness, and going about he sought leaders by the hand. 12 Then seeing the proconsul the thing having occurred believed, being astounded at the teaching of the Lord.

3. . Material Independence

13:13-52

The Jews

Influence amongst wealthy

13:13 And setting sail from Paphos the ones around with Paul came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. 14 And they going through from Perga arrived in Antioch the Pisidian, and going into the synagogue on the day of the Sabbath sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and of the prophets sent the synagogue rulers to them saying: Men brothers, if any there is among you word of exhortation to the people say ye. 16 and rising up Paul and beckoning with the hand said: Men Israelites and the ones fearing God, hear ye. 17 the God people of this Israel those the fathers of us, and the people exalted in the sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with arm a high he led forth them out of it. 18 And about forty years time endured them in the desert, 19 and having destroyed nations seven in the land Canaan gave as an inheritance the land of them. 20 about years four hundreds and fifty. And after these things he gave judges until Samuel a prophet. 21 And thence they asked a king, and gave them God Saul son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, years forty; 22 and removing him he raised David to them for a king, to whom also he said giving witness: I found David the son of Jesse, a man according to the heart of me, who will do all the wishes of me. 23 Of this man God from the seed according to promise brought to Israel a Saviour Jesus. 24 previously proclaiming John before face of the entrance of him a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 Now as completed John the course, he said: What me suppose ye to be? Not am I: but behold he comes after me of whom I am not worthy the sandal of the feet to loosen. 26 Men brothers, sons of the race of Abraham and the ones among you fearing God, to us the word of this salvation was sent forth. 27 For the ones dwelling in Jerusalem and the rulers of them this man not knowing and the voices of the prophets throughout every Sabbath being read judging they fulfilled, 28 and no cause of death finding they asked Pilate to be destroyed him; 29

and when they finished all the things concerning him having been written taking down from the tree they laid in a tomb. 30 But God raised him out of the dead; 31 who appeared over days many to the ones having come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who now are witnesses of him to the people. 32 And we to you preach the to the fathers promise having come. 33 that this promise God has fulfilled to the children to us raising up Jesus as also in the psalm it has been written second: Son of me art thou, I today have begotten thee. And that he raised up him out of the dead no more being about to return to corruption, thus he has said: I will give you the holy things of David the faithful. 35 Wherefore also in another psalm he says: Thou wilt not give the holy one of thee to see corruption. 36 For David indeed his own generation having served the of God counsel fell asleep and was added to the fathers of him and saw corruption: 37 but he whom God raised did not see corruption. 38 Known therefore let it be to you; men brothers, that through this man to you forgiveness of sins is announced and from all things from which ye could not by the law of Moses to be justified. 39 by this man everyone believing is justified. 40 Look ye therefore lest come on you the thing having been said in the prophets; 41 See the despisers and marvel ye and perish because a work work I in the days of you, a work which by no means ye believe if anyone declare to you. 42 And going out them they besought in the intervening Sabbath to be spoken to them these words. 43 And being broken the assembly followed many of the Jews and of the worshiping proselytes Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. 44 And on the coming Sabbath almost all the city was assembled to hear the word of God. 45 But seeing the Jews the crowds were filled with jealousy and contradicted the things by Paul being spoken blaspheming. 46 And speaking boldly Paul and Barnabas said: To you it was necessary firstly to be spoken the word of God: since ye put away it and not worthy judge yourselves of the eternal life, behold we turn to

Continued Over Page

Continued from Previous Page

the nations. 13:47 For thus has commanded us the Lord: I have set thee for a light of nations to be thee for salvation to the end of the earth. 48 And hearing the nations rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed as many as were having been disposed to life eternal; 49 and was carried through the word of the Lord through

all the country. 50 But the Jews urged on the worshipping women honourable and the chief men of the city, and raised up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from the borders of them. 51 But they shaking off the dust of their feet on them came to Iconium, 52 and the disciples were filled of with joy and of with Spirit Holy.

4. . Perception to escape

14:1-6

The disobeying Jews

Crowd influence

14:1 Now it happened in Iconium together to enter them into the synagogue of the Jews and to speak so as to believe both of Jews and of Greeks a much great multitude. 2 But the disobeying Jews excited and embittered the minds of the nations against the brother. 3 A considerable therefore time they continued speaking boldly on the Lord witnessing to the word of the grace of

him, giving signs and wonders to happen through the hands of them. 4 But was divided the multitude of the city, and some were with the Jews, but others with the apostles. 5 And when there was a rush of the nations both and of Jew with the rulers of them to insult and to stone them, 6 perceiving they escaped to the cities of Lycaonia Lystra and Derbe and the neighbourhood;

5. . Stress on humanness

14:7-18

Crowds

Adulation

14:7 and there evangelising they were. 8 And a certain man impotent in Lystra in the feet sat, lame from the womb of the mother of him who never walked. 9 This man heard Paul speaking: who gazing at him and seeing that he has faith to be healed. 10 said with a voice: Stand up on the feet of the erect. And he leaped up and walked. 11 And the crowds seeing what did Paul lifted up the voice of them in Lycaonian saying: the gods made like men came down to us, 12 and they called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes, since he was the leader of the discourse. 13 And the priest of Zeus being before the city, bulls and garlands to the gates bringing with the crowds

wished to sacrifice. 14 But hearing the apostles Barnabas and Paul, rending the garments of themselves rushed out into crowd, crying out: 15 and saying: Men why these things do ye? also we of like nature are to you men, preaching to you from these vanities to turn to God a living, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all the things in them: 16 who in the having passed generations allowed all the nations to go in the ways of them; 17 and yet not unwitnessed himself left doing good, from heaven us rain giving and times fruit-bearing, filling of with food and of with glad ess the hearts of us. 18 And these things saying scarcely they restrained the crowds not to sacrifice to them.

6. . Brotherly Support

14:19-28

Iconium Jews

desire for leadership

14:19 Came upon And from Antioch and Iconium Jews, and persuading the crowds and stoning Paul dragged outside the city, supposing him to have died. 20 But surrounding the disciples him rising up he entered into the city. And on the morrow he went forth with Barnabas to Derbe. 21 And evangelising that city and having made disciples many they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. 22 confirming the minds of the disciples, exhorting to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions it behoves us to enter into the Kingdom of God. 23 And having appointed

for them in every church elders, praying with fastings they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. 24 And passing through Pisidis they came to Pamphylia, 25 and speaking in Perga the word they came down to Attalia, and thence sailed away to Antioch. 26 whence they were having been commended to the grace of God for the work which they accomplished. 27 And having arrived and assembling the church, they reported what things did God with them, and that he opened to the nations a door of faith. 28 And they continued time not a little with the disciples.

7. . Salvation through spiritual strength

15:1-29

Some of Pharisee sect

Sect control

15:1 And some going down from Judaea taught the brothers. Unless ye are circumcised by the custom of Moses, ye cannot to be saved. 2 And taking place discord and questioning not a little by Paul and Barnabas with them, they assigned to go up Paul and Barnabas and some others of them to the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this question. 3 They therefore being set forward by the church passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the nations, and caused joy great to all the brothers. 4 And having arrived in Jerusalem they were welcomed from the church and the apostles and the elders, and reported what things God did with them. 5 But stood forth some of the ones from the sect of the Pharisees having believed, saying. It behoves to circumcise them and to charge to keep the law of Moses. 6 And were assembled the apostles and the elders to be about this matter. 7 And much questioning having taken place rising up Peter said to them: Men brothers, ye understand that from days olden among you chose God through the mouth of me to hear the nations the word of

the gospel and to believe. 8 And the Heart-knower God witnessed to them giving the Spirit Holy as also to us. 9 and nothing distinguished between us both and them, by faith cleansing the hearts of them. 10 Now therefore why test ye God, to put on a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither the fathers of us nor we were able to bear? 11 but through the grace of the Lord Jesus we believe to be saved in the same way as those also. 12 And was silent all the multitude, and heard Barnabas and Paul relating what did God signs and wonders among the nations through them. 13 And after they kept silence them answered James saying: 4 Men brothers, hear ye me, Simeon declared even as firstly God visited to take out of the nations a people for the name of him. 15 And to this agree the words of the prophets, even as it has been written: 16 After these things I will return and I will rebuild the tent of David having fallen, and the things having been overturned of it I will rebuild and I will rear again it. 17 so as may seek the rest of men the Lord even all the nations on whom has been invoked the name of me on them, says the Lord doing these things. 18 known from Continued Next Page

Continued From Previous Page

the age. 15:19 Wherefore I decide not to trouble the ones from the nations turning to God. 20 but to write word to them to abstain from the pollutions of idols and fornication and a things strangled and blood. 21 For Moses from generations ancient in every city the ones proclaiming him has in the synagogues on every Sabbath being read. 22 Then it seemed good to the apostles and to the elders with all the church chosen men of them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas, Judas being called Barabbas and Silas, men leading among the brothers. 23 writing through the hand of them: the apostles and the elder brothers to the throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia brothers of the nations greeting. 24 Since we

heard that some of us troubled you with words unsettling the minds of you to whom we did not give commission, 25 it seemed good to us becoming of one mind, chosen men to send to you with the beloved of us Barnabas and Paul. 26 men having given up the lives of them on behalf of the name of the Lord of us Jesus Christ. 27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, and they through speech announcing the same things. 28 For it seemed good to the Spirit Holy and to us nothing more to be put on you burden than these necessary things, 29 to abstain from idol sacrifices and blood and things strangled and fornication: from which keeping yourselves well ye will do. Farewell.

Apostles and elder brothers sending reduced rules throughout Antioch, Syria and Cilicia 15:29