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Discover how the small Jesus community grew into a multiethnic international movement in the book of Acts in the Bible. Explore the book’s design and key themes with videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject™.
The Book of Acts: Summary and Overview. T he Book of Acts in the Bible, written around 62-63 A.D., may be best described as a history of the founding and growth of the early church. While there are some areas of great detail of the Acts of the Apostles, many times you must use cross references to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John as ...
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Turning to Peter’s imprisonment in 12:1–19, several features of Peter’s characterization are reinforced once more. Peterson notes that despite Peter’s imprisonment, Luke “highlights the fact that Peter was sleeping ( κοιμώμενος as a present participle emphasising a continuing state of sleep).
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Author: Luke, the physicianDate written: c 62 AD (many arguing for 75-85 AD)Time period of events: 30-62 AD. The book begins in the year of Christ’s death/resurrection and ends with Paul’s imprisonment in Rome.Journeys Paul’s Conversion and Early Ministry– Holman Bible Atlas Paul’s 1st Journey– Bible-History.com 1st Missionary Journey of Paul– Holman Bible Atlas Paul’s 2nd Journey– Bible-History.com 2nd Missionary Journey of Paul– Holman Bible Atlas Paul’s 3rd Journey– Bible-History.com 3rd Missionary Journey of Paul– Holman Bible Atlas Paul’s Journeys– ...
Occurrences are based on New American Standard Text. “4x/3v” means the word appears 4 times in 3 verses. “3x” means the word appears 3 times in 3 verses. Lord(101x) – Strong’s G2962 Jesus (71x); Christ(26X) Spirit(64x) – Strong’s G4151 word (39x) Strong’s G3056 in Act 2:41; Act 4:29; Act 4:31; Act 6:2; Act 6:4; Act 6:7; Act 7:14; Act 8:4; Act 8:14;...
Baker’s Evangelical Dictionary: Luke-Acts, Theology of American Tract Society: Acts of the Apostles Bridgeway Bible Dictionary: Acts, Book of Easton’s Bible Dictionary: Acts of the Apostles Fausset Bible Dictionary: Acts of the Apostles Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible:Acts of the Apostles Holman Bible Dictionary: Acts Morrish Bible Dictionary Act...
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Jun 25, 2014 · Related Topics: Introductions, Arguments, Outlines. I. Authorship of ActsLuke is the author of the book Acts. He was also the author of its companion work, the Gospel of Luke. Luke-Acts makes up 28% of the New Testament--more than that written by either Paul or John. A. External Evidence: Luke is uniformly identified as the author Acts by the ...
The Gospel Presentations in Acts. There are at least eight more or less detailed evangelistic messages in Acts. I submit that we can find the kingdom concept highlighted in nearly all of them. We may be able to use the three-part framework below as a rough summary of the components of the apostolic message. 1.
The significance of the judgment and the salvation-historical shift that has come are not spelled out here, but the use of words such as “good news” and “turn” and a shift in time from the “past” indicates that the elements of what Paul will say in Acts 17 are summarized briefly here.