Sermon Tone Analysis

| Where and how long | With whom | scripture |

| Corinth                   a year and six months | Paul Silas and Timothy Titius Justus | *18*     After this, he a left from Athens and went to Corinth, b 2 where he found a Jewish man named Aquila, c a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius d had ordered all the Jews to leave Rome.

Paul e came to them, 3 and being of the same occupation, stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade.

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| Syria.And Ephesus | Paul | 18 So Paul, having stayed on for many days, said good-bye to the brothers and sailed away to Syria.

Priscilla and Aquila were with him.[2] 19 When they reached Ephesus v he left them there, but he himself entered the •synagogue and engaged in discussion with w the Jews.

20 And though they asked him to stay for a longer time, he declined, 21 but said good-bye and stated, x “I’ll come back to you again, if God wills.”

y Then he set sail from Ephesus.[3]   |

| Ephesus | Apollos | 24 A Jew named Apollos, c a native Alexandrian, an eloquent man who was powerful in the Scriptures, arrived in Ephesus.

25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, d he spoke and taught the things about Jesus accurately, although he knew only John’s baptism.

e 26 He began to speak boldly in the •synagogue.

After Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him home f and explained the way of God to him more accurately.

g 27 When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers wrote to the disciples urging them to welcome him.

After he arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace.

h 28 For he vigorously refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating through the Scriptures that Jesus is the •Messiah.

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| Rome | The roman church | *Greeting to Roman Christians*    3Give my greetings to Prisca e and Aquila, f my co-workers in g Christ Jesus, h 4 who risked their own necks for my life.

Not only do I thank them, but so do all the Gentile churches.

5     Greet also the church that meets in their home.

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| Ephesus | Paul and the church at Ephesus | *Conclusion*19 The churches of the Asian w province greet you.

x Aquila and Priscilla y greet you heartily in the Lord, along with the church that meets in their home.

z 20 All the brothers greet you.

Greet one another with a holy kiss.

a21 This greeting is in my own hand b c—Paul.

22 If anyone does not love the Lord, a curse be on him.

/Maranatha!/ d 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.

e 24 My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.[6]

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| Ephesus?

| Timothy | 19 Greet Prisca and Aquila, z and the household of Onesiphorus.

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| Philippi a leading city of that district of Macedonia | *Paul, Silas* *and* the women gathered there | |   |   |   |

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| Acts 16:14 |   | One who heard us was a woman named *Lydia*, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple goods, who was a worshiper of God.

The Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul.

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| Acts 16:40 |   | So they went out of the prison and visited *Lydia*.

And when they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them and departed.

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Paul and Silas stayed in Lidias house and her whole family was baptized.

*1847 Quaker Oats*

Henry P. Crowell, affectionately called “The autocrat of the Breakfast Table,” contracted tuberculosis when a boy and couldn’t go to school.

After hearing a sermon by Dwight L. Moody, young Crowell prayed, “I can’t be a preacher, but I can be a good businessman.

God, if You will let me make money, I will use it in Your service.”

Under the doctor’s advice Crowell worked outdoors for seven years and regained his health.

He then bought the little run-down Quaker Mill at Ravanna, Ohio.

Within ten years Quaker Oats was a household word to millions.

Crowell also operated the huge Perfection Stove Company.

For over forty years Henry P. Crowell faithfully gave 60 to 70 percent of his income to God’s causes, having advanced from an initial 10%.

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*3098 Recipe For A Real Religion *

Get religion like a Methodist

Experience it like a Baptist

Stick to it like a Lutheran

Conciliate it like a Congregationalist

Be proud of it like an Episcopalian

Simplify it like a Quaker

Glorify it like a Jew

Pray for it like a Presbyterian

Work at it like the Salvation Army

Propagate it like a Roman Catholic

Enjoy it like a Negro.

Plant Churches like NCMI

All This while Doing Business like Pricilla & Aquila

—Lewis Fawcett

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a *18:1* Other mss read /Paul/

b *18:1* Ac 17:15; 19:1; 1Co 1:2; 2Co 1:1, 23; 2Tm 4:20

c *18:2 *Ac 18:18, 26; Rm 16:3-5; 1Co 16:19; 2Tm 4:19

d *18:2* Roman emperor a.d.

41–54; he expelled all Jews from Rome in a.d.

49.

e *18:2* Lit /He/

f *18:3* Ac 20:34; 1Co 4:12; 9:15; 2Co 11:7; 12:13; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8

[1]/The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version./

2003 (Ac 17:34-18:3).

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.

[2]/The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version./

2003 (Ac 18:18).

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.

v *18:19* Ac 19:1; 20:16; 1Co 15:32; 1Tm 1:3; 2Tm 1:18

• A place where the Jewish people met for prayer, worship and teaching of the Scriptures

w *18:19* Or /and addressed/

x *18:21* Other mss add /“By all means it is necessary to keep the coming festival in Jerusalem.

But/

y *18:21* Rm 1:10; 1Co 4:19; 16:7; Heb 6:3; Jms 4:15; 1Pt 3:17

[3]/The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version./

2003 (Ac 18:19-21).

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.

c *18:24* Ac 19:1; 1Co 1:12; 3:5; 4:6; 16:12; Ti 3:13

d *18:25* Or /in the Spirit/

e *18:25* Lk 7:29; Ac 9:2; 19:3; Rm 12:11

• A place where the Jewish people met for prayer, worship and teaching of the Scriptures

f *18:26* Lit /they received him/

g *18:26 *Mt 2:8; Lk 1:3; Ac 18:25; 23:15, 20; 24:22; Eph 5:15; 1Th 5:2

h *18:27* Ac 18:12, 18; 1Co 3:6

• Or /the Christ/; the Greek word /Christos/ means “the anointed one”.

i *18:28* Ac 9:22; 17:2-3; 18:5

[4]/The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version./

2003 (Ac 18:24-28).

Nashville: Holman Bible Publishers.

e *16:3* Traditionally, /Priscilla/, as in Ac 18:2, 18, 26

f *16:3 *Ac 18:2

g *16:3 *Rm 8:11; 2Co 5:17; 12:2; Gl 1:22

h *16:3 *Rm 8:1

i *16:5 *1Co 16:19; Col 4:15; Phm 2

[5]/The Holy Bible : Holman Christian standard version./