July 10, 2010 – Acts 12:20-13:25

The footnotes say that this Herod ruled from 41-44 A.D. so we are looking at the Church, now 10+ years old.

We see Paul preaching in the synagogues. I like how they always seem to start with a background on Israel. They probably already know it, but Paul is using it to help them realize the obvious, or what should be obvious, way it points to Christ. I am listening to a book by Scott Hahn, that talks a great deal about the road to Emmaus story. Here Jesus begins to reveal Himself in the same way. Starting with what Moses wrote and going through all the prophets He explained to them why what happened had to happen. The idea that the Old Testament is necessary to understand the new can be seen here in the way Paul begins his preaching about Jesus.