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This verse-by-verse Bible study and commentary of The Acts of the Apostles ("The Book of Acts" or simply "Acts") is in-depth but uses plain language that everyone can understand, as well as a format that will engage you. The Book of Acts is a fast-moving historical account of the first three decades of the church. Acts begins in Jerusalem just ...
- The Writer of Acts
- Emperor Worship
- Roman Citizenship
- Communications
- Jews in The Roman Empire
- God’s True People
Early Christian records, including the record within the Bible itself, indicate that Lukewrote the book of Acts. The book was the second of two volumes that Luke wrote, the first being Luke’s Gospel. Luke wrote for a person of some importance named Theophilus, to give him a trustworthy account of Christianity from the birth of its founder to the ar...
During the last century of the pre-Christian era, Rome had spread its power far and wide, but this did not immediately produce the Roman Empire as we know it in the New Testament. After the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC, Rome went through a disastrous time of civil war, political confusion and social upheaval. Thousands of people were poo...
Originally, a Roman citizen was an inhabitant of Rome, whose citizens were given special privileges by the Emperor. Later, the government extended Roman citizenship to people of other cities and provinces, as well as to people who had given outstanding service to the Empire. Some people were able to buy Roman citizenship. People could have Roman ci...
There was much trade and travel between the provinces of the Roman Empire. Government officials, businessmen and soldiers went to all parts of the Empire to promote trade and maintain peace. They usually settled in towns that the Romanscalled colonies. These were towns established as centres of Roman life in a non-Roman world, and their citizens en...
Over the centuries Jews had become scattered throughout the lands of the Roman Empire. Some of these had migrated in search of better commercial opportunities, and others had fled as refugees in times of oppression. Then there were those who had been taken captive to foreign lands by conquerors such as Babylon, and those who had moved elsewhere whe...
Throughout his book Luke made it clear to Theophilus that Christians, not the followers of Judaism, were the true people of God. Christianity was not an illegal religion, but the legitimate continuation of the religion established by Abraham and developed through Moses, David and the Israelite nation (Acts 2:31- 33; 13:26-33; 15:15-18; 26:22-23; 28...
Matthew Henry's Commentary. Acts 1:1. The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 1:1-5 Our Lord told the disciples the work they were to do. The apostles met together at Jerusalem; Christ having ordered them not to depart thence, but to wait for the pouring out of the Holy Spirit.
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Chapters 21-28 Paul's imprisonment. Ch 21:18-23:35 Paul is taken prisoner in Jerusalem. Ch 24-26 Imprisonment in Caesarea. Ch 27-28 Journey to Rome and imprisonment there. Choose a chapter and verse from 'Acts' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org.
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The task ahead (1:1-11) Theophilus, to whom the book is addressed, was apparently a person of influence to whom Luke wished to give a reliable account of the origins and development of Christianity. In his Gospel, Luke had told Theophilus of what Jesus began to do through his life, death and resurrection (1:1-2; cf. Luke 1:1-4).
