Filed under: god | Tags: acts, aristarchus, eutychus, gaius, god, luke, paul, secundus, sopater, timothy, trophimus, tychicus
1. So Paul peaced-out of Ephesus. Those Artemis-worshipers were a crazy bunch! The Ephesians Christians needed encouragement!
2. Man, there was a plot to kill Paul. That messed with his travel plans a little bit. Man, check out his entourage: Sopater (from Berea), Aristarchus and Secundus (from Thessalonica), Gaius (from Derbe), Timothy (I think he was from Antioch), and Tychichus and Trophimus (from Asia). It’s like Paul picked up people as believers at each of his stops along the way.
3. They all went ahead of Paul, but “we” (meaning Paul and Luke) sailed from Philippi. I guess they wanted to stay there for the feast? Hmm… I don’t know.
4. Paul was like this Paul (me)– a guy who talked for a long time. He he he…but it makes sense that he wants to talk to them so much. He’s leaving the next day. Poor Eutychus fell asleep during Paul’s sermon, though, and fell from a third story window! Wow. Talk about disruptions during a message!
5. But Paul drove home his message that night. He wrapped his arms around him and somehow gave him new life! (Kind of like what God does with us.) Anyway, I bet that was an interesting midnight snack…
