Printable ModeFaptele Apostolilor 16:13
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16:13 In ziua Sabatului am iesit afara pe poarta cetatii, langa un rau, unde credeam ca se afla un loc de rugaciune. Am sezut jos, si am vorbit femeilor, care erau adunate laolalta. In ziua Sabatului. Pavel, Sila, Timotei si Luca se gaseau intr-o cetate straina, intr-o tara straina. Ei fusesera acolo cateva zile, dar cand Sabatul a venit, ei ar fi dorit in mod natural sa fie cu semenii lor, iudei, impreuna cu care puteau sa se inchine si carora ar fi putut sa le aduca vestile lor bune cu privire la mantuire (vezi cap. 13,14). Afara pe poarta cetatii. [Afara din cetate, KJV.] Mai de graba, ,,afara de porti”. Ei poate au cautat prin cetate o sinagoga si, negasind niciuna, au mers sa caute un loc permanent de cult, pe malul raului. Alternativ, ei poate vor fi stiut ca sinagoga sau locul de adunare se afla in afara zidului cetatii. Langa un rau. Gr. para potamon, ,,langa un rau”, adica, fara indoiala langa raul Gangites, care se varsa in raul Strymon. Credeam ca se afla. [Era obiceiul sa fie facuta, KJV; Era obicei sa fie loc, Nitz.] Dovezi textuale importante (cf. p. 10) pot fi citate pentru exprimarea ,,unde se presupunea sa fie [un loc] de rugaciune” (vezi mai jos, la ,,rugaciune”). Rugaciune. Gr. proseuche, ,,rugaciune” sau, probabil aici, ,,loc de rugaciune” (vezi 3 Mac. 7,20; cf. cele de la Fapte 1,14; 16,16). Daca nu erau sinagogi in Filipi, cei cativa iudei se poate sa fi stabilit un loc de adunare pe malul raului, unde ar fi putut savarsi spalarile lor ceremoniale (cf. Ezra 8,15, 21; Psalmi 137,1). Juvenal (Satires iii. 13, 14; ed. Loeb, p. 33) noteaza aceasta ca unul din cazurile de decadere a vechii religii a Romei, ,,Sfintele izvoare, dumbravi si altare sunt lasate iudeilor”. O aplicatie oportuna se vede intr-un alt rand de acelasi scriitor (Ibid., 296; ed. Loeb, p. 55), ,,Spune, unde-ti este locul de sedere la rugaciune? In ce loc de rugaciune [proseuche ] te pot gasi?” Astfel de imprejmuiri sau oratorii erau adesea circulare si fara acoperis. Practica de a avea astfel de locuri a continuat pana pe vremea lui Tertulian, care vorbeste despre rugaciunile la malul apei (orationes litorales) ale iudeilor (Ad Nationes i. 13). Am sezut jos. O deprindere obisnuita a invatatorilor iudei (vezi Vol. I, p. 57,58). Am vorbit. Sau ,,am inceput vorbirea”. Forma verbului in greaca sugereaza ca toti cei patru apostoli s-au adresat grupului. Femeilor care erau adunate laolalta. [Femeilor care venisera acolo, KJV.] Expresia ar putea fi tradusa mai bine ,,femeilor care se adunasera” sau ,,femeilor adunate”. Cineva a observat ca ,,omul din Macedonia” (v. 9) s-a dovedit a fi un grup de femei iudeice evlavioase. Unii predicatori ar fi gasit in aceasta o scuza pentru a-si neglija insarcinarea, dar Pavel si insotitorii sai nu au fost asa usor convinsi sa-si neglijeze lucrarea. Faptul ca erau numai femei adunate la locul de rugaciune arata ca era o lipsa aproape totala de barbati iudei in populatia locala. Lucrul acesta ar explica lipsa probabila a unei sinagogi, intrucat nu se putea infiinta nici una fara de un minimum de 10 barbati. Unele dintre femeile pe care le-au gasit misionarii se poate sa fi fost prozeliti, ca Lidia (vezi v. 14). Astfel de femei, in mod natural, ar fi primit bine strainii iudei care veneau sa le dea invatatura. In Macedonia, femeile par sa se fi bucurat de mai multa libertate decat era obisnuit pentru statutul lor, pe vremea aceea. |
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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
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