Sorry I missed yesterday. We received a call at 6 am that Waddy's boss's wife had fallen and then died. It was kind of a crazy day, and we didn't have the password for internet at the Bed and Breakfast we were staying at. The funeral for Marilyn Endsley will be some time on Tuesday and I will be officiating. We are getting ready to head over there to meet with the family, but I didn't want you to get behind in your reading. I kept up with the reading even if I didn't try to find another wireless connection.
The first conversion in our readings today is about an Ethiopian eunuch. He has been to Jerusalem and is trying to understand their culture by reading the words of Isaiah out loud. Back in those days texts were written without any breaks between words, so reading out loud helped to determine where the breaks needed to occur based on sounding out syllables. Reading in silence was rare.
There is rapid action and exotic details. A eunuch would have been forbidden to become a Jew because physically he was unable to be circumcised. However, baptism is open for all, so he accepts readily the opportunity.
Conversion 2 is a big one. Saul the zealous persecutor of Christ followers is blinded on the road to Damascus where he was going to persecute more Christ followers. Ananias is called upon to go and pray for Saul. God tells Ananias that Saul has been chosen to bring God's name to "nations and Kings", and "before the people of Israel."
I will have to get to conversion #3 later this evening or tomorrow. The title for chapters 11-13 will be Power, Peter, Paul, Passover, Prayer, Prison, Parallelism, Perga, and Pisidia.
Headed to the Endsley's to meet with the family.
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