Today, I am reading and commenting on  Acts 19-20.

The first thing which stood out to me when I read this passage was that Paul found twelve disciples when he arrived in Ephesus, the same as the number of Apostles Jesus called.  I believe Luke mentioned that number because he was struck by it as well.  The context suggests that these men had come to believe in Jesus because of the teaching by Apollos.  As I read this part of today’s passage to write about these disciples I took notice that they had not even heard that there was a Holy Spirit.  Considering that, up to this point, Apollos’ teaching about Jesus was primarily based on his understanding of the Old Testament, this highlights how the New Testament reveals things about God which are not apparent from the Old Testament.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.