The presence and working of the holy spirit is the dominating mark of the book of acts. Acts 7 and the high priest said, are these things so. In verse 4, we find that the number of the believing men had grown to what number. Because the lame man that was healed, was standing with them. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Personal repentance and new life through baptism must lead to a committed group of believers who share their property and wealth, and take care of each other. Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy english. The acts of the apostles is the only narrative found in the new testament apart from the gospels, and it tells the compelling story of how the lord grew and guided the early church. Acts of the apostles 12, new living translation nlt. And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the passover to bring him out to the people. Peter is the human main character in the first 12 chapters. Before we begin to look at our text in detail, following pauls argument verse by verse, let us begin by looking at some of the characteristics of pauls defense as a whole.
Acts 4 new international version niv peter and john before the sanhedrin. This is a selftest on chapters 15 of the book of acts. Perhaps after the main message, john joined peter in responding to the crowd, since acts 4. Whenever i do premarital counseling with couples, i always talk. Herod uses his power as romes clientking to bolster his popularity by killing james the apostle acts 12. As peter and john spoke unto the people, what 3 groups came upon them. Who gathered together at jerusalem as a council against peter and john in verses 5 and 6. This section of the catholic bible contains the complete content of the book of acts, chapter 4 with numbers and text of individual verses from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible.
Anyhoo acts starts with jesus already back in black. Some have suggested the book should be called the acts of the spirit, and truly every book of scripture could bear that title. Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. He decides to hang around with all his favorite disciples for forty days. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of israel, that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom god raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. All the awesome things he said and did and the super cool way he died and came back to life again. Acts chapter 4 kjv king james version i have asked myself how do i increase in love and the power.
The unity of the spirit felt by the first christians when the. Acts of the apostles executable outline study resources. How can we apply this principle to the relationships in our own lives. A history of the early church gene taylor2an outline of the book i.
The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition. Acts 4 is the fourth chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. This is being aired by permission of the holder litchfield associates, all rights. Commentary on the book of acts bible study notes and comments by david e. Work and christian identity acts 812 bible commentary. The conversation of paul with festus and agrippa 26. I too feel, without direct scriptural warrant, that in heaven the saints will have some consciousness of loved ones left behind or even grieve over the continual depravity of the world, as the father grieves. Or, if i may offer a conjecture, when gods hand is here said to determine, it may be meant, not of gods acting hand, but his writing hand, as job. As peter and john spoke to the people, who came up.
Peter rises to its highest meaning, and proclaims a salvation, not from disease and infirmity of body, but from the great disease of sin. The book of acts kjv audio bible full by alexander. The book of acts, chapter 12 offers free online access to study passages and verses contained in the holy scriptures of the douay rheims version of the catholic bible. Acts chapter 12 kjv king james version great comments from jesse. Acts 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Nemo distributed under creative commons license, via wikimedia commons other acknowledgements. Acts of the apostles verse by verse ministry international. Unless otherwise noted, all scripture quotations are from the new american standard bible. The book of acts reflection and discussion questions acts 1 the apostles knew they needed to replace judas.
Herod later allows himself to be acclaimed as a god, the ultimate patronage status claimed by the roman emperors acts 12. Disorder in meetings, a number of people talking at the same time in a. Jesus had shown himself alive by many proofs for 40 days. Although the scripture is not explicit about the type of baptism, we do keep in mind what we learned about baptism in acts 8. It opens with a greeting to theophilus, who was also the intended recipient of lukes gospel. Acts 4 indepth verse by verse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 4 in plain english. A verse by verse study of the book of galatians 4 galatians 1. Acts 2 outsiders looking in thought jesuss followers were drunk because they were so filled with the. Read commentary on this popular bible verse and understand the real meaning behind gods word using john gills exposition of. David guzik commentary on acts 4, where peter and john face the.
Chapterbychapter bible studies acts kathleendalton. Verse 2 luke wrote that his gospel was about everything that jesus began to do. That of which peter spoke was the salvation which the rulers professed to be. A better title would be the acts or the workings of the holy spirit, because he is the real main character of the book. Here and in the next two chapters, we will see paul and barnabas. In this passage, luke is restating the great commission challenge jesus gave in luke 24. Suddenly they were interrupted as the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the sadducees came upon them, extremely upset that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in jesus the. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons.
Verse 12 there is no salvation in anyone else but jesus and their is no other true path to follow. Paul writes about the gift called tongues in 1 corinthians chapters 12 and 14. Now i know of a truth that this is not a vision, acts 12. Free, online access to study passages and verses contained the book of acts, chapter 4 and its verses for catholic bible study, sunday school lessons and. In this part, luke describes how the gospel spread through more countries. Chapter 9 says that the lord told him to go find annanias who would tell him what he must do.
The geographical centre of the first part is jerusalem, of the second antioch, where the. Click the following link for additional help with biblical studies, sunday school lessons and bible study. And knowing peters voice bidding her open the door. These men, peter and john, were not rabbis nor teachers so they could not teach. Here the pregnant force of hath been made whole, in acts 4. In acts, jesus sends the holy spirit to empower his disciples as they carry. Therefore they trusted god to place the right person in that spot. What are the main divisions of the book as suggested by the key verse and the outline in the introduction. The apostle peter had healed an impotent man and he was asked by some religious rulers, by what power or by what name have you done this verse. The original text was written in koine greek and is divided into 37 verses. The book of acts also describes the work of the two apostles peter and paul. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website answer the questions below and then click ok to send your answers.
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