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4And as he sowed, some seeds fell alongside the road, and the birds came and devoured them.

11Well now, the Lord’s hand is against you and you will be blind, not seeing the sun until next season!" Immediately mist and darkness engulfed him, and he started going around looking for someone to lead him by the hand.

5And in answer Simon said to Him, "Master, we have worked hard the whole night and caught nothing, but based on your word I will let down the net."Peter was the professional here, and figured he knew better than Jesus, but he does obey. However, Jesus had said to let down ‘nets’ (pl), but Peter let down only one. 2% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, read ‘nets’, to be followed by most modern versions. (Actually, Jesus put ‘let down’ in the plural, so there was at least one other in the boat, unless it was really His intention that both boats should go out.)

1After these things there was theThe manuscript evidence is badly divided here, between ‘the feast’ and ‘a feast’—I take it that the best evidence is on the side of the definite article. In that event the feast was the Passover (with the other alternative it could still be the Passover), the second during Christ’s public ministry; one and a half years are behind Him and there are two to go. For events between the first two Passovers see Mark 1:14-2:17, Luke 4:14-5:39 and Matthew 4:12-8:4. feast of the Jews, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

4Then Peter reacted and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if you wish, let usInstead of "let us", perhaps 0.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, have "I will" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.). make three booths: one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah."So how did Peter know who they were? Photography had not yet been invented. Luke 9:37 makes clear that they spent the night on the mountain. Evidently what has been recorded here (and in Mark and Luke) gives but a thumbnail sketch of all that took place.

16Fear took hold of all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!"

5But he just shook the beast off into the fire and suffered no harm.

3For Herod had laid hold of John and bound him, and put him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife.

2It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to fall.What is worse than a horrible, premature physical death? Spiritual death. Whoever destroys the faith of a ‘little one’ is self-condemned. What about all the professors who make it their business to destroy the faith of their students?

12and from there to Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony.A Roman colony—this conferred status and some privileges. We stayed some days in that city.

2But Jesus said to them: "Do you not see all these things? Assuredly I say to you, absolutely not a single stone here will be left upon another, that will not be thrown down."This was literally fulfilled in 70 AD. The Jews used the temple buildings as their last bastion of defense. They themselves set fire to some buildings and the Roman soldiers finished the job. Apparently the gold on the dome melted and ran down the cracks between the stones. So the looters literally tore stone from stone to make sure they got all the gold.

8sailing along it with difficulty we came to a certain place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.

5to enroll himself with Mary, the woman who had been betrothed to him,That is what the Text says. We know from Matthew 1:24-25 that Joseph had already received her as his wife, but still had not had sexual relations with her—obviously an atypical situation. He had taken responsibility for her as his wife, but as far as sex was concerned she was still ‘pledged’—thus Luke’s unusual turn of phrase. who was pregnant.

24But upon hearing it the Pharisees said, "This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, ruler of the demons."

4Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and resided in Haran.But he took his father and a nephew along, and Haran was not that land. ‘Our father Abraham’—the Jews began their history with Abraham, who started out with incomplete obedience. From there, after his father died,There went fifteen years of his life. And he took his nephew Lot along, who would be a big headache (he fathered the Moabites and the Ammonites—not good news—under circumstances that would not have happened had he been left in Haran). God moved him to this land in which you now live;Stephen ties his hearers into the story.

4because all these others put in gifts for God out of their abundance, but she, out of her destitution, put in all she had to live on."It is a fact of life; people who are poor are often more generous, more willing to share, than those who are rich. But in this case the widow was probably calling out to God for help. Perhaps 1.5% of the Greek manuscripts, of objectively inferior quality, omit "for God" (as in NIV, NASB, LB, TEV, etc.).

3to whom He also showed Himself alive, after His suffering, by many convincing evidences, appearing to them during forty days and speaking of things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.I get the impression that the Lord did a lot more appearing and teaching during those 40 days than has been recorded.

1Now it happened in Iconium that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and they spoke to such effect that a large number of both Jews and Greeks believed.

7Suddenly, an angel of the Lord was there, and a light shone in the cell; striking Peter on the side he roused him saying, "Quick, get up!" and the chains fell away from his wrists.

15Well as I began to speak,Peter was set to give a proper discourse, but the Spirit intervened. the Holy Spirit fell on them, just as on us at the beginning.