Acts 8-10

Saul Threatens the ChurchPhilip in SamariaSimon the Magus

The Conversion of SaulPeter’s Healings

Cornelius and the First Gentile Christians

Acts 8:103Saul Threatens the Church

Background on Saul:• What was a Pharisee?• Who was Gamaliel?• Saul’s zeal for the LawArticle—the Three Jewish Parties (Homework)

Acts 8:4-40Philip in Samaria

• Who were the Samaritans?• (Simon the Magus)• The Ethiopian Eunuch

Acts 8:9-24Simon the Magus

• What were the “magi”? (The good, the bad, and the ugly)

• What kind of “magus” was Simon?• What happened to Simon the Magus?(Sister’s brief article based on the Catholic Encyclopedia-homework).

Acts 9:1-31The Conversion of Saul

• The Road to Damascus• Ananias (the good guy)• Paul in Damascus• Paul in Jerusalem –with the apostles

Acts 9:32-43Peter’s Healings

• Aeneas• Dorcas (Tabitha)

Acts 10The First Gentile Christians

• The vision of Cornelius• Peter’s Vision—God declares all foods clean• Peter and Cornelius