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.
Recueil Lucien Cerfaux . Biblioteca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium VIIVIII . Gembloux : J. Duculot , 1954 , 63-103 . Dupont , J. " Community of Goods in the Early Church . " Salvation of the Gentiles . Trans . J. Keating .
Acts is the sequel to Luke's gospel and tells the story of Jesus's followers during the 30 years after his death.
The Acts of the Apostles
In The Acts of the Apostles: Good News for All People Fr. Anderson describes how the Book of Acts recounts the origins of the Church and its growth from the persecution of the followers of Jesus through the spread of the faith as his ...
The majority judgment seems to be that the 8 text is secondary , though its priority has been ably championed , notably by A. C. Clark in 193315 and by M.-É. Boismard and A. Lamouille in 1984.16 The priority of ß was championed in 1926 ...
Marshall's commentary on the Book of Acts is a contribution to the Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, a popular study aid designed to help the general Bible reader understand clearly what the text actually says and what it means without ...
New Testament historian and author of "Jesus After 2000 Years" examines each individual section of Acts to detect whatever tradition may lie behind it, offering a reasoned judgment on the historical value of every event and action described ...
The Acts of the Apostles was one of the last books written by Ellen G. White. It was published a few years before her death. It is one of the most illuminating volumes that came from her prolific pen.
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.
The book of Acts is a remarkable fusion of the historical and theological, and its account of the early church has fascinated theologians and biblical scholars for centuries. Just who...
"Complete biblical texts with sound, scholarly based commentary that is written at a pastoral level; the Scripture translation is that of the New American Bible with Revised New Testament and Revised Psalms (1991)"--Provided by publisher.
Ben Witherington draws on the best new insights from a number of disciplines to provide readers with the benefits of recent innovative ways of analyzing the text of Acts.
This commentary by one of Britain's leading New Testament scholars takes the reader through questions of authorship, recipients, date and purpose, considers the literary structure, the nature of history writing and the teaching of Acts, and ...
White wrote the series based on her research of other authors and special information which she claimed to receive through visions from God. The books thus include unique insights and concepts not found in other works of the time.
Among this collection is the classic The Great Physician and commen- taries on the Gospel of Matthew and John. Persons seeking a living faith and a meaningful encounter with God would profit from reading any of these Morgan books.
Like Ben Witherington's previous commentary Conflict and Community in Corinth, this commentary breaks fresh ground in providing a detailed social and rhetorical analysis of the book of Acts.
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: A Commentary
NOW IN AN ENLARGED PRINT EDITION! In this volume, William Barclay discusses among other things the plan in Acts, Luke's skill as a historian, the accuracy of his sources, and the honesty with which he uses them.