Acts 14:25

AT PERGA. Acts 14:25 a.

Acts 14:25

And when they had spoken the word in Perga,

Acts 14:25 a The mountain passes would not be open until the middle of May, so it must have been about this time that Paul and Barnabas bade their last farewells to the brethren at the Pisidian Antioch and made their way down to Perga where they seemed to have stayed some time preaching the Word as they had been unable to do so when there before. It has been suggested that upon the first visit to Perga the missionaries arrived in the middle of the summer and that it was the habit of the people of the town to leave the now sultry plains of Perga for the cooler climate of the mountains back of the city. Hence there was not opportunity to preach on the first visit.

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AT ATTALIA. Acts 14:25 b.

Acts 14:25 b

they Went down to Attalia;

Acts 14:25 b Then, perhaps in July, they went to Attalia and sailed out of its small harbour, round which the streets now rise, one above the other, like the seats of a theatre, with a fringe of square towers surmounting the flat top of the hillsand then coasted along the land eastward, often in full view of the vast mountains, beyond which they had gathered to Christ, the first fruits of the Gentiles of Asia Minor, won with so much sufferings; and yet worth it all, as the earnest of the conversion of the great heathen world to the faith of the Cross (ibid, page 293).

492.

How far from Antioch to Perga?

493.

What time of the year was it when the Apostles left Antioch?

494.

Why not preach in Perga on the first visit?

495.

What was the physical appearance of Attalia?

496.

Explain the touching situation that must have faced the missionaries as they sailed homeward.