Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 17:34
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17:34 Totuşi unii au trecut de partea lui, şi au crezut; între aceştia era Dionisie Areopagitul, o femeie numită Damaris, şi alţii împreună cu ei. Totuşi. Adică, pe de altă parte, în fericit contrast cu aceia care respinseseră solia lui Pavel. Au trecut de partea lui. [Alăturându-se pe lângă dânsul, KJV.] Gr. kallao (vezi cap. 5,13; 9,26). Era o putere atrăgătoare în caracterul şi cuvintele apostolului, care atrăgeau pe oameni la el. Unii au considerat cuvântarea lui Pavel din Atena un eşec, dar o astfel de judecată nu e dreaptă, văzând convertiţii pe care i-a câştigat. Dionisie Areopagitul. Adică un membru al consiliului Areopagului (vezi v. 19). În primele timpuri, cel puţin, constituţia consiliului cerea ca membrii ei să fi împlinit o funcţie de conducere superioară, ca aceea de arhon, şi să fie în vârstă de peste 60 de ani. Probabil, deci, convertitul acesta era un om de oarecare însemnătate. Potrivit cu o tradiţie atribuită de Eusebiu (Istoria Bisericească iii. 4. 9, 10; iv. 4. 23) unui episcop din Corint, acest Dionysius a devenit primul episcop de Atena. Un tratat dezvoltat asupra Ierarhiei cereşti există sub numele acestui om, dar e de o dată mult mai târzie, probabil din sec. al IV-lea sau al V-lea. Legenda celor Şapte apărători ai creştinătăţii a transformat pe Dionisie în Sfântul Denis al Franţei. Damaris. Posibil, Damalis, ,,juncană”, un nume grec destul de obişnuit. Nu există identificare a acestei convertite. Crisostom şi alţii credeau că ea era soţia lui Dionisie, dar lucrul acesta nu are temei în nici un fapt cunoscut. Alţii împreună cu ei. Contrastul dintre aceştia şi ,,marea mulţime” din Tesalonic (v. 4) şi ,,mulţi” din Berea (v. 12) e semnificativ. Nu mai puţin impresionantă este lipsa oricărei menţionări a Atenei în epistolele lui Pavel. Cea mai apropiată menţionare este includerea probabilă a creştinilor atenieni printre ,,sfinţii care sunt în toată Ahaia” (2 Corinteni 1,1). Când Pavel a venit în Corint a găsit ascultători de un nivel intelectual mai coborât şi le-a putut predica pe măsura lor. El n-a ,,avut de gând să ştie între ei altceva decât pe Isus Hristos şi pe El răstignit” (1 Corinteni 2,2). El a concentrat solia sa asupra lui Hristos şi Spiritul lui Dumnezeu i-a dat un remarcabil succes. Dar la Atena, el a fost condus de acelaşi Spirit pentru a vorbi filosofilor şi şi-a adaptat vorbirea la deprinderile lor mentale. El n-a câştigat mulţi convertiţi, aşa cum s-a notat mai sus, dar s-a înfiinţat o biserică, rămasă constantă şi onorabilă ca un monument aducător aminte cu privire la puterea Evangheliei de a salva pe oameni din sclavia păcatului şi a ispitei şi de a-i face liberi în Isus Hristos. Compară AA 240, 241. COMENTARII ELLEN G. WHITE 1–52T 695 1–34AA 221–242 2–5AA 229 3 GC 405; SR 373 6, 7, 10 AA 230 11 CSW 84; 1T 49; 2T 343 11, 12 AA 231; 2T 696 13 AA 232 14, 15 AA 233 16 AA 234 16–31MH 214 17, 18 AA 235 19, 20 AA 236 21 6T 70 22, 23 AA 237 23 Ed 67; 8T 257 23–26SR 312 24–28AA 238; PK 49, 50 25 ML 137; PP 525; SR 312 26, 27 AA 20; DA 403; Ed 67, 174; SR 313 27 DA 69; FE 440; TM 460 28 CS 17; MH 417; MM 9; PP 115; 8T 260 29–32 AA 239 30 FE 111 31 DA 633; GC 548; 1T 54 32–346T 142 34 AA 240 |
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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).
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