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T he Acts of the Apostles is the first Christian work to trace the dissemination of the Gospel message. Written by the author of ...
that they were written to churches scattered over a wide geographical range, or to all Christians wherever they might be found. ...
282 J ust as thunder, lightning, and dense cloud accompany the giving of the Torah in Exodus, so dramatic phenomena accompany th ...
283 See also: The Calling of the Disciples 200–03 ■ The Crucifixion 258–65 ■ The Empty Tomb 268–71 ■ The Great Commission 274–77 ...
284 A cts 3 tells the story of one of the first holy works performed by Jesus’s disciples in the wake of His death, resurrection ...
285 See also: The Raising of Lazarus 226–27 ■ Peter’s Denial 256–57 ■ The Great Commission 274–77 ■ The Day of Pentecost 282–83 ...
286 name the beggar has been healed. Baffled at such eloquence in the mouth of these two “unschooled, ordinary men” (4:13)—and b ...
287 persecution from the authorities, at which point Luke’s narrative borders on comedy. Once more the Apostles are arrested and ...
288 L ife for most of the believers in Jerusalem is relatively peaceful in the period after Pentecost, despite some conflicts be ...
289 The Ethiopian eunuch is baptized by Philip the Evangelist, in a stained-glass window in Brackley, England. This act symboliz ...
290 I AM JESUS, WHOM YOU ARE PERSECUTING ACTS 9:5, THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS Saul, who has fallen to the ground, asks who is speaking ...
291 The drama of Paul’s experience is captured by Caravaggio’s Conversion on the Way to Damascus (1601), in which the blinded Sa ...
292 T he growing influx of Gentile believers posed problems for the early Church. Questions arose as to whether they should be r ...
293 See also: The Nature of Faith 236–41 ■ The Word Spreads 288–89 ■ Salvation Through Faith 301 ■ The Power of the Resurrection ...
294 I ADMIT THAT I WORSHIP THE GOD OF OUR ANCESTORS AS A FOLLOWER OF THE WAY ACTS 24:14, PAUL’S ARREST D espite it leading to hi ...
ACTS, EPISTLES, AND REVELATION 295 the Greek into parts of the Temple forbidden to Gentiles. A riot ensues in which, according t ...
296 T he Apostle Paul’s letters to the Corinthians are his response to various questions the Corinthian believers have sent him ...
297 See also: The Golden Rule 210–11 ■ The Road to Damascus 290–91 ■ Paul’s Arrest 294–95 ■ Fruits of the Spirit 300 ACTS, EPIST ...
298 T he church in Corinth, which the Apostle Paul had founded and led for several years, faced many difficulties after Paul lef ...
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