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The Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of Luke’s two-volume work, continues Luke’s presentation of biblical history, describing how the salvation promised to Israel in the Old Testament and accomplished by Jesus has now under the guidance of the holy Spirit been extended to the Gentiles.
The Acts of the Apostles, the second volume of Luke’s two-volume work, continues Luke’s presentation of biblical history, describing how the salvation promised to Israel in the Old Testament and accomplished by Jesus has now under the guidance of the holy Spirit been extended to the Gentiles.
The Acts of the Apostles [a] (Koinē Greek: Πράξεις Ἀποστόλων, Práxeis Apostólōn; [2] Latin: Actūs Apostolōrum) is the fifth book of the New Testament; it tells of the founding of the Christian Church and the spread of its message to the Roman Empire.
Acts 1. Prologue. (Luke 1:1–4) 1 In my first book, O Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach, 2 until the day He was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen. 3 After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive.
The Acts of the Apostles. Preface. Chapter 1—God's Purpose for His Church. Chapter 2—The Training of the Twelve. Chapter 3—The Great Commission. Chapter 4—Pentecost. Chapter 5—The Gift of the Spirit. Chapter 6—At the Temple Gate. Chapter 7—A Warning Against Hypocrisy.
It is the starting point for the mission of the Christian disciples to “the ends of the earth,” the place where the apostles were situated and the doctrinal focal point in the early days of the community (Acts 15:2, 6).
Jul 30, 2024 · Acts of the Apostles, fifth book of the New Testament, a valuable history of the early Christian church. Acts was written in Greek, presumably by the Evangelist Luke, whose gospel concludes where Acts begins, namely, with Christ’s Ascension into heaven.
Bible. Acts of Apostles ⌄. Chapter 1 ⌄. 1 In my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning. 2 until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up to heaven.
1 In my first book I told you, Theophilus, about everything Jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the Holy Spirit. 3 During the forty days after he suffered and died, he appeared to the apostles from time to time, and he proved to them in many ways that...
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