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We continue focussing on the passages in Acts, and for Easter 6 in Year C the reading is Acts 16.9–15. This starts half-way through a paragraph, so we should really start reading at verse 6.

We are now in the second half of Acts, focussing on what the Spirit is doing through the ministry of Paul. In this passage, the Spirit is most clearly active, constraining and directing Paul and his companions—who now appear to include Luke, since he starts using 'we' to describe their action and decisions.

Their approach to mission follows the pattern that Jesus has offered in Luke 9, seeking out a 'person of peace'. The gospel comes to rich and poor alike, and the Spirit has directed them to cross over and take the gospel to Europe, another major stage in the apostles being witnesses 'to the ends of the earth'.

Come and join Ian and James as they explore the issues here! Revd James Blandford-Baker is vicar of Histon and Impington, two villages just north of Cambridge. Revd Dr Ian Paul is Associate Minister of St Nic's, Nottingham, and writes the widely-read blog www.psephizo.com.

For written commentary on this passage, see: https://www.psephizo.com/biblical-studies/the-gospel-comes-to-europe-in-acts-16/