8:40 Filip se afla la Azot, de unde s-a dus până la Cezarea. Şi propovăduia Evanghelia în toate cetăţile prin care trecea. Se afla. [,,A fost aflat”, KJV]. Prepoziţia greacă eis poate fi tradusă literal ,,în”, sugerând că Filip se aflat în lăuntrul cetăţii. Nu că a fost trimis cineva să-l caute, ci Filip se afla în cetate şi prezenţa lui a fost făcută cunoscut. Azot. Asdodul VT (1 Sam. 5,1-7), una din cele cinci cetăţi principale ale filistenilor, cam la 3 mile de mare la mijlocul drumului dintre Gaza şi Iope. Ca şi Gaza, istoria lui a fost marcată de asedii succesive: de asirienii (Isaia 20,1), de egipteni (Herodot ii.159; vezi Ier. 47,1), de Macabei (1 Macabei 5,68; 10,84). A fost refăcut de generalul roman Galinius în anul 55 î.Hr. Vechiul nume persistă în modernul Esdiid, dar această cetate de astăzi este doar un biet sat sărac şi prizărit. Filip nu s-a oprit acolo, ci ,,a trecut prin”, ,,a trecut mai departe” (vezi Fapte 8,4). Naraţiunea lui Luca sugerează că Filip şi-a continuat lucrarea sa ca evanghelist. Psalmistul numeşte Filistia ca unindu-se cu Etiopia pentru a da un număr de convertiţi pentru cetatea lui Dumnezeu (Psalmi 87,4). Propovăduia. Mai bine, ,,el continua să predice”. Experienţa remarcabilă a lui Filip cu eunucul nu a întrerupt celelalte activităţi ale sale ca predicator al Evangheliei. În toate cetăţile. Drumul său probabil l-a dus prin Lyda şi Iope şi putem fără îndoială vedea efectele strădaniilor sale în comunităţile creştine înfloritoare aflate mai târziu în oraşele acestea (cap. 9,32.36). Cezarea. Cezarea se află pe drumul de la Tir la Egipt şi a fost de o mare importanţă istorică. Ea datează din perioada romană. În scrierile geografului Strabo (Geografie xvi.2.27; c. anul 20 d.Hr.) era cunoscut numai ca Turnul lui Strato şi era doar un loc de ancorare pentru corăbii. Irod cel Mare l-a transformat într-un port înfloritor cu un port tot atât de mare ca şi acela al Pireului de lângă Atena. El a dat cetăţii nume după numele patronului său imperial Augustus, numind-o Caesarea Sebaste, cuvântul ultim fiind echivalent cu latinescul Augusta (vezi Iosif, Antiquities xvi.5.1; War i.21.5-7). După expulzarea lui Arhelau din Iudeea, ea a devenit reşedinţa oficială a procuratorului roman (cf. cap. 23,23.24). Tacit (The Histories ii.78) vorbeşte de Caesarea ca cetatea principală, caput, al Iudeei, populaţia ei era în cea mai mare parte păgână, cu un adaos de iudei, făcând-o un centru roditor pentru lucrarea misionară. Aşa cum arată capitolele următoare ale Faptelor (cetatea e pomenită de 15 ori), ea a avut un loc de frunte în istoria timpurie a bisericii. Se poate deduce din cap. 21,8 că Filip a făcut din ea sediul central al lucrării sale de evanghelizare. Caesarea a devenit mai târziu scena lucrării părintelui bisericesc Origen. Poate a fost locul de naştere al istoricului bisericesc Eusebiu. Sunt acum numai câteva ruine împrăştiate pe locul vechii cetăţi. COMENTARII ELLEN G. WHITE 1AA 101, 103, 129; COL 308; EW 199; 6T 330 1–40AA 103–111 3AA 103, 113; EW 199 4AA 105, 113, 166; CM 58; DA 233; GC 219; PK 699; 3T 413; 6T 330, 403, 478; 8T 57 4, 5 GC 328 5–8AA 106; MH 139 9GC 516 9, 10GC 625 148T 57 17EW 101 18, 199T 217 20GC 128 232T 563 26–28AA 107 26–408T 57 29MH 473 29–40AA 1083 |
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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.