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No portion of this book may be reproduced in any way without written permission from the publisher, except for brief excerpts in ma gazine reviews, etc. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Baker, Charles F. Understanding the Bo ok of Acts Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Bible. N. T. , Acts – Commentaries. I ...
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Expositor's Bible Commentary. Preface. {From first volume of Acts} THIS volume contains an exposition of the Acts of the Apostles down to, but not including, the conversion of St. Paul and the baptism of Cornelius. There is a natural division at that point. Prior to these events, the inspired narrative is engaged with what the late Bishop ...
Mar 14, 2024 · Acts 1:8: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”. Acts 2:4: “All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”. Acts 4:12: “Salvation is found in no ...
- II. The Date of Acts: Before A.D. 64/65.
- III. The Sources of Acts
- IV. Purpose of Acts
A. The earliest date for the book of Acts is the two year imprisonment which is recorded in Acts 28:30-31which would have been around A.D. 60 and 61. B. The latest date for the book of Acts is in the second century writings of the church fathers C. The abrupt ending of Acts allows for an early date (around the time of the events), but could also be...
A. It is certain that Luke used sources in his composition of his double work (Luke 1:1-4). B. In the Gospel of Luke there are parallel sources (the synoptics) from which one can compare Luke’s writing and posit sources and his work of redaction, however, in Acts the majority of the material is unique. Therefore, both source and redaction criticism...
A. There are many candidates: (1) to evangelize, (2) to defend Paul and Christianity in the face of Jewish attacks, (3) to present Christianity as the religio licita, (4) to defend Paul’s memory, (5) to explain the delay of the parousia by positing a long term salvation history, (6) to defend against gnosticism, (7) to confirm the gospel, (8) to co...
Mar 7, 2017 · Books. Acts. Richard N. Longenecker. Zondervan Academic, Mar 7, 2017 - Religion - 432 pages. Continuing a Gold Medallion Award-winning legacy, this completely revised edition of The Expositor’s Bible Commentary series puts world-class biblical scholarship in your hands. Based on the original twelve-volume set that has become a staple in ...
- Richard N. Longenecker
- Zondervan Academic, 2017
- Tremper Longman III, David E. Garland
- ActsThe Expositor's Bible Commentary
The book of Acts is about Jesus leading his people through the Spirit to go out into the world and invite all nations to live under his reign. The story will begin with that message spreading in Jerusalem (chs. 2-7), into the neighboring regions of Judea and Samaria full of non-Jewish people (chs. 8-12), and from there out to the nations and the ends of the earth (chs. 13-28).
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The *Temple in this book called Acts was the third *Temple. King Herod the Great had built it. He started it in 19 *BC. But it took many years to finish. It was the most magnificent *Temple. But Stephen reminded the *Jews that God was bigger than any *Temple. Stephen said some words from the book by the *prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 66:1-2).
