We do not have as much information as we might like about cities such as Athens, Lystra, and Derbe, to select several at random, but maybe the kind of people who took the Gospel to them should tell us something. Paul, Barnabas, and Silas were all known as prophets among their brethren,2 a name they no doubt gained by speaking in obedience to the Spirit’s urging. It is unlikely that this aspect of their ministries changed significantly when they moved into the Greek world. They were trying to bring
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