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Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death.
The NIV is the world's best-selling modern translation, with over 150 million copies in print since its first full publication in 1978.
The Acts of the Apostles
Peterson focuses on how Luke framed his narrative and speeches as well as his theology, demonstrating that Acts was written for Christian edification and to encourage mission.
He then considers the kind of history writing that we find in the narrative of Acts, delineates the book's theological teaching, and offers bibliographic comments on sources and selected studies, including work published between 1996 and ...
The Acts of the Apostles
The project of writing a commentary on Acts had long been on Lightfoot's mind, and in the 1880s he wrote an article about the book for the second British edition of William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible.
Acts of the Apostles: In the Proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
This book brings to life the Pentecostal power that moved the hearts of the apostles in the early church. Prophetic vision brings into sharp focus the details of the victorious...
Osvaldo Padilla explores fresh avenues of understanding the book of Acts by examining the text in light of the most recent research on the book itself, philosophical hermeneutics, genre theory and historiography.