Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 11:19
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11:19 Cei ce se împrăştiaseră, din pricina prigonirii întâmplate cu prilejul lui Ştefan, au ajuns până în Fenicia, în Cipru şi în Antiohia, şi propovăduiau Cuvântul numai Iudeilor. Cei ce se împrăştiaseră. (,,Cei împrăştiaţi”, KJV; Nitz) Ceea ce urmează acum este o continuare a celor de la cap 8,1-4. Se făcuse o digresiune pentru a prezenta descrierea lucrării lui Filip cu samaritenii şi etiopianul, a lui Saul cu Cilicienii şi a lui Petru cu Corneliu şi familia lui. Această digresiune pregăteşte pe cititor pentru naraţiunea care urmează acum despre convertirea grecilor la Evanghelie. Prigonirii. (,,Persecuţiei”, KJV; ,,Strâmtorării”, Nitz) Sau ,,necazului”. Referirea este la persecuţia la care Pavel avusese o parte activă (vezi cap. 8,1; 9, 1.2). Cu prilejul lui Ştefan. (,,Pentru Ştefan”, KJV; ,,În timpul lui Ştefan”, Nitz). Moartea martirului fusese urmată, aşa cum arată cap. 8,1-4, de o fanatică izbucnire contra creştinilor din Ierusalim. Aceasta a avut ca urmare o împrăştiere a multor credincioşi. Filip a lucrat în Samaria şi Cezareea. Alţii s-au dus în Fenicia, în cetăţile Tir, Sidon şi Ptolemaida, şi au fost probabil de ajutor la întemeierea bisericii lor amintite în cap. 21,3-7; 27,3. În Cipru calea a fost pregătită pentru lucrarea ulterioară a lui Barnaba şi a lui Saul (vezi cap. 13,4-13). Vezi harta de la pag. 264. Până în Fenicia. Aceasta e Fenicia, districtul în care erau cetăţile importante Tirul şi Sidonul (vezi vol. II, p. 67-69). Cipru. Vezi cap. 13,4. Antiohia. Aici este primul contact între biserica tânără creştină şi capitala Siriei. Venind. După Roma, Alexandria şi Efes, Antiohia era cea mai mare cetate a Imperiului Roman şi multă vreme un centru important creştin. Poate Nicolae, prozelitul din Antiohia (cap. 6,5), se întorsese ca să proclame noua lui credinţă. Pătrunderea creştinismului acolo era de mare importanţă. Aşezată pe Râul Orontes, cam la 15 mile în interior de la portul Seleucia, Antiohia, întemeiată de Seleucus Nicator cam pe la 300 î. Hr. şi numită după regescul său tată Antioh, crescuse în bogăţie şi importanţă până la a ajunge cetatea principală a Asiei. Lumea proslăvea pe oamenii ei de litere şi de literatura ei. Unuia din ei, Archias, Cicero i-a făcut o vestită oraţiune. Juvenal recunoştea influenţa Antiohiei asupra vieţii şi gustului roman, declarând: ,,Care parte din sedimentele noastre vin din Grecia? Sirianul Orontes de multă vreme s-a revărsat în Tibru, aducând cu el graiul lui şi obiceiurile lui, flautele lui şi coardele înclinate de apă ale lui” (Satire, III, 62-64; ed. Loeb, p. 37). Antiohia avea o mare colonie de iudei, în onoarea căruia Irod cel Mare a construit o colonadă de marmură care se întinde de-a lungul cetăţii. Antiohia era reşedinţa prefectului roman, sau propraetor, al Siriei. Creştinismul s-a găsit aici la Antiohia în contact mai strâns cu cultura greacă decât la Ierusalim sau Cezareea. Tot aici a întâmpinat păgânismul în formele lui cele mai ispititoare şi mai înjositoare. Dumbrăvile lui de la Daphne erau vestite pentru cultul lor idolatru, voluptos. Era o biruinţă uluitoare faptul că biserica a izbutit să facă din Antiohia unul din centrele ei importante. Numai Iudeilor. (,,Nevorbind nimănui cuvântul decât numai Iudeilor”, Nitz) Lucrul acesta, natural, era de aşteptat din partea acelora care părăsiseră Ierusalimul înainte de a fi avut loc convertirea lui Corneliu, care să fi devenit general cunoscută. Ei nu fuseseră informaţi ca Petru că venise timpul de a aduce porunca profetică a lui Hristos până la deplina ei extindere (cap. 1,8). Distingerea iudeilor pare că e notată în contrast cu naraţiunea precedentă cu privire la Petru şi Corneliu şi cu expunerea ulterioară a lucrării misionare. |
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Special note for ANDROID SmartPhones
I recommend to download PhoneMe emulator for Android from here.
Especially I recommend phoneME Advanced - Foundation Profile + MIDP High Resolution b168 rev20547 from here, or from here.
Then you have to build your application, to transfer the .jar and .jad files on your mobile phone and run using this nice emulator.
1. Install a Zip Utility from Android Market.
2. Install a File Manager from Android Market.
3. Download and install PhoneMe, as mentioned above.
4. Build your application by using Download Multilingual Service or Dynamic Download (zip).
5. Copy the zip file into your Android Phone and unzip the content in a folder, and then write down the path to the unzipped files and the name of the .jad file.
6. Launch PhoneMe from your smartphone.
7. Inside PhoneMe, write to the main window the path and the name to the .jad file, above mentioned. Will look something like: file:///mnt/sd/download/BiblePhone.jad and then press enter.
8. The application will be installed, and next a hyperlink will be available below the above mentioned textbox. On this way you can install as many of MIDP application you like on your Android Phone.
How to install the application in Java Mobile enabled phones
It is possible now to have the Holy Scriptures on your mobile phone and to read
it wherever you are due to the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP)
technology in 1.0 and 2.0 versions, developed for Java applications.
A good advice is to try in the beginning the MIDP 1.0 / 128 Kbytes version, and
progressively to advance to MIDP 2.0 and larger volumes (512 Kbytes or more).
The application is available for MIDP 2.0, MIDP 1.0. You have only to select one
table on the field MIDP2.0 or MIDP1.0, according to the desired Bible version.
Then, you shall make a click on the JAR (Java Archive) file in order to obtain
the software to be installed on your mobile phone.
I recommend you to start with STARTER(MIDP1.0old) edition, then to continue with
INTERMEDIATE(MIDP1.0), and in the end, if the mobile phone supports this thing,
to try to install the ADVANCED (MIDP2.0) edition. Also, start with 128 kbytes
volumes, continue with 512 kbytes, and at the end try the version in one file.
There are cases where the mobile phone requires so called JAD (Java Descriptor)
files. These JAD files has to be
uploaded, on this case, together with the desired JAR files(s).
There are different methods to download the applications in your mobile phone as
follows:
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
5. If none from the above cases are valid
Next, we shall examine each case in order to have a successfully installation of
the software.
1. Directly from Internet by using a WAP or GPRS connection
If your have Internet access on your mobile phone (e.g. WAP or GPRS), it is
enough to access
https://biblephone.intercer.net/wap/ from the browser of the mobile phone,
and to access the desired Bible version, and then to make an option about
MIDP1.0 or MIDP2.0, and finally to select the desired module (e.g. one or more).
After the last selection, the desired version will be downloaded on your mobile
phone.
Many phones have only this option for installing JAVA appplications.
2. By using the infrared port of the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
If you don't have access to Internet directly from your mobile phone, then you
shall have to pass to this step requiring to have infrared ports on your mobile
phone and on the computer.
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to activate the infrared port on the mobile phone and align it with the infrared
port of the computer (preferable laptop).
c. Then a window will appear asking what file you want to send to the mobile
phone. Next, you will select the downloaded JAR file, and after OK, the mobile
phone will ask you if you want to load that file. You say YES and the
application will be downloaded on your mobile phone.
d. Probably, you will be asked by the mobile phone where you want to save it (e.g.
on the games or applications directories). After you made this selection, the
file will be ready to be loaded for run.
The displaying preference can be set inside the application in order to have
larger fonts, full screen display etc.
3. By wireless Bluetooth access to the mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones.
This situation is similar with the infrared case. You have only to activate
Bluetooth access on your mobile phone (check if exists) and on the computer (check
if exists).
4. By cable link between PC ad mobile phone
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific
mobile phones.
On this case the steps are as follows:
a. On this case, you will download the application by using the computer from
the Internet (i.e. JAR files).
b. Once the application is downloaded (preferable on the desktop) you will have
to set up the wired connection between the mobile phone and the computer. Next,
you will start the synchronization / data transfer application and download the
JAR file in your mobile phone. Surely, you will have to consult the CD of your
mobile phone.
c. By this application you shall transfer into your mobile phone the JAR file in
the games or applications directories. Next, you will have to select for run the
JAR desired file.
5. If none from the above cases are valid
On this unhappy case, I recommend you to find a friend with a laptop having
infrared / Bluetooth capabilities, or to buy a data link cable, or to change
your current model of mobile phone.
Unfortunately, some models of mobile phones require only WAP/GPRS in order to
download and run Java applications.
Sometimes there is a need for a special uploader software for specific mobile
phones. Therefore check the documentation of them and also the page for specific
models.
Why so many versions? Simple, because not all the mobile phones support the
Bible in one file with MIDP 2.0 (the most advanced for the time being).
Multilingual Online Ebooks
It is possible now to have the inspirational ebooks on your browser and to read it allowing you to make comparisons between different translations or versions for a specific language. This occasion is unique, and you have only to browse to the desired author and book.
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