Acts of the Apostles

Gentiles, war broke out. Most Bible scholars believe that the fulfillment of Acts 22:14 occurred during the time Paul spent in Arabia. Since Paul said he was not “one whit” behind the other apostles, it is not difficult to believe that…

Spirit, as a parting gift before his final ascension to His Father, (Acts 1: 8). The Holy Spirit could be looked on as a replacement for Jesus Christ in the world and is mentioned forty-two times in the book of Acts. Jesus had to finish His work and be crucified in order that the Holy Spirit could come and bring its power. In Acts 1: 3-5 the community are told to remain in the city for the coming of the Holy Spirit. Luke in Acts shows that the Holy Spirit is the guide for church mission…

exclusively indicated for the Jews. The book of Act was authored by Luke. Luke’s, trade or occupation was that of a physician. The book of Acts is a sequel to the three gospel’s, Matthew, Mark, and John. Acts within its text captures the “action” of the gospel’s ministry. I am fond of the book of “Acts” or “Acts of the Apostles” because it gives comprehensive accounts of their activities, and accomplishments. I agree with Jensen when he stated that “Acts was designed by God to complete…

Martha Grace Weatherill Martha Grace Weatherill Methods of Reading the Bible A Critical Reading of the Story of Ananias and Sapphira Using Historical and Theological Approaches Acts 5:1-11 The story of Ananias and Sapphira and indeed, the book of Acts are of great importance because it informs the reader on the history of the primitive church at Jerusalem. Fee and Stuart point out that the author, Luke, is a Gentile whose narrative could be seen as a source of Hellenistic historiography,…

of Luke and Acts The Gospel According to Luke as well as the Acts of the Apostles collectively make up 27 percent of the information of the whole New Testament. These two works were authored by Luke, a Gentile believer (Colossians 4:10-14). Seeing that he just authored these two books, which his writings constitute over one fourth of the New Testament writings (making Luke the greatest possible author), the study of the content and message is quite important to us. (Dulle, n.d.) Acts and that…

Christianity, starts out with only the population of Jews, expand into Romans, Muslims, and other culture groups in the past twenty centuries. With Paul spreading Jesus’s words to the gentiles, the Roman has killed thousands of Christian because they see Christians as rebels and want the Roman Empire to fall, which leads to the great persecution in 303. After Constantine take over, he later legalizes Christianity as Romans accept Christianity, which resulted in the Edict of Milan in 313 (Cohen…

They are all acts through faith and for faith, with the sole difference that they relate to varied deities,” says Saintyves in an interesting study of miracles. A miracle is an event that would be impossible by natures law, but is brought to pass by the supernatural power of God. There are over 40 recorded known miracles performed by Jesus Christ in the bible, this paper will be concentrating on a few of the main miracles that Jesus committed. Miracles are an important and purposeful act for…

Today, we are going to learn truths concerning a Treasure that we all have. Thanksgiving recently passed, and we were thankful for many things. What were you thankful for? I am honestly thankful for the book we have in front of us today: it is our treasure: it is how we know God. I begin today with this question, what is the primary, main, purpose of this Bible? Exactly, it is a book that mainly reveals how a loving God saved humanity. It is, as many have put it, a love letter. However, in this…

Thomas Gnosticism. What did it mean to be a Thomas Christian? How was that different from Johannine or Pauline Christianity ? Include a broad description of the Gospel of Thomas, the Book of Thomas the Contender, and the Acts of Thomas , pointing to their similarity and differences Gospel of Thomas According to class lecture notes on November 17th 2016 , The Gospel of Thomas can be set during the early part of the…

reporting violence acts that young kid have committed from killing someone to robbing someone and then we hear from Doctors to Politicians who want to link these acts of violence to these extremely violence video games or movies. Just like the 2012 movie theater, killing of 12 people and injuring 70 others viewing the Batman movie, “The Dark Knight Rises” where James Holmes committed this crime and then appeared in Court looking like the “Joker” with red-orange hair. Many more acts of violence…