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THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. - Companion Bible …

THE acts OF THE APOSTLES. The Companion Bible ( condensed ): acts : Page: 1575 (1) THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE. Click to follow Link 1: 1-3. INTRODUCTION 1: 4 2: 13. JERUSALEM. MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EQUIPMENT OF THE APOSTLES. 2: 14 8: 1. THE MINISTRY OF PETER (WITH OTHERS) TO THE NATION IN JERUSALEM AND IN THE LAND. 8: 1 11: 30. PETER S MINISTRY (WITH OTHERS) IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. 12: 1-23. JERUSALEM. PETER S IMPRISONMENT. SUBSEQUENT ABODE (CAESAREA) AND CLOSE OF MINISTRY 12: 24 13: 3. ANTIOCH. MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EQUIPMENT OF PAUL AND BARNABAS. 13: 4 14: 28. THE MINISTRY OF PAUL (WITH OTHERS) TO THE DISPERSION. APART FROM JERUSALEM AND THE TWELVE. 15: 1 19: 20. PAUL S MINISTRY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TWELVE. 19: 21 28: 29. EPHESUS AND JERUSALEM. PAUL S ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT. SUBSEQUENT ABODE (ROME) AND CLOSE OF MINISTRY 28: 30, 31.

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1 THE acts OF THE APOSTLES. The Companion Bible ( condensed ): acts : Page: 1575 (1) THE STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK AS A WHOLE. Click to follow Link 1: 1-3. INTRODUCTION 1: 4 2: 13. JERUSALEM. MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EQUIPMENT OF THE APOSTLES. 2: 14 8: 1. THE MINISTRY OF PETER (WITH OTHERS) TO THE NATION IN JERUSALEM AND IN THE LAND. 8: 1 11: 30. PETER S MINISTRY (WITH OTHERS) IN THE LAND OF ISRAEL. 12: 1-23. JERUSALEM. PETER S IMPRISONMENT. SUBSEQUENT ABODE (CAESAREA) AND CLOSE OF MINISTRY 12: 24 13: 3. ANTIOCH. MISSION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. EQUIPMENT OF PAUL AND BARNABAS. 13: 4 14: 28. THE MINISTRY OF PAUL (WITH OTHERS) TO THE DISPERSION. APART FROM JERUSALEM AND THE TWELVE. 15: 1 19: 20. PAUL S MINISTRY IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TWELVE. 19: 21 28: 29. EPHESUS AND JERUSALEM. PAUL S ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT. SUBSEQUENT ABODE (ROME) AND CLOSE OF MINISTRY 28: 30, 31.

2 CONCLUSION. For the New Testament of the Order of the Books, see Ap. 95. For the Chronology of the acts , see Ap. 180. For the Dispensational place of the acts , see Ap. 181. The writer is, without doubt, Luke. The book has the same introductory address as his Gospel (cp. 1:1 with Luke 1:3), and takes up the history where the Gospel leaves it, giving in greater detail the account of the Ascension, with which that Gospel closes. It is an expansion, in part at least, of Mark 16:20, and records the fulfilment of the Lord s promise to send the Holy Spirit (Luke 24:49), as well as the answer to His prayer on the cross (Luke 23:34), a prayer which secured to the guilty nation a further respite from the doom He had pronounced (Luke 13:35). Throughout the book the millennial kingdom is in view (2:17 20; 3:19 21; 8:12; 14:22; 20:25; 28:23, 31). The question of the Apostles (1:6) rules the character of the acts .

3 The action has Jerusalem as its center. The Mosaic Law is observed. Peter and the other Apostles are found continually in the Temple. Paul goes first to the Synagogues, because it was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you (13:46). He keeps the feasts (18:21; 20:16). He has vows (18:18; 21:23, 26), and walks orderly, keeping the Law (21:24). The Gentiles take the second place (26:22, 23), coming in after the Jew, but no longer as proselytes (10:44; cp. 11:3). When the name Christ is used without a qualifying word, Jesus , or Lord , it has the definite article, the Christ, the Messiah. The book naturally divides into two parts which are relative, mainly (1) to the ministry of Peter, John, Stephen, Philip, &c., to the People in the Land, and (2) to the ministry of Paul, Barnabas, Silas, &c., to the Dispersion outside the Land.

4 Fuller details will be found in Eighteen speeches or addresses are recorded:-- Seven by Peter: 1. To the assembled believers, 1:15 22. 2. On the day of Pentecost, 2:14 40. 3. In the Temple, 3:12 26. 4. Before the Sanhedrin, 4:8 12. 5. 5:29 32. 6. In the house of Cornelius, 10:28 43. 7. In the council at Jerusalem, 15:7 11. One by James: On the same occasion, 15:13 21. One by Stephen: Before the Sanhedrin, 7:2 53.

5 Seven by Paul: 1. In the Synagogue at Antioch, 13:16 41. 2. At Lystra, 14:15 17. 3. On Mars Hill, 17:22 31. 4. At Miletus, 20:18 35. 5. On the stairs before the castle, 22:1 21. 6. Before Felix, 24:10 21. 7. Before Agrippa, 26:2 29. And those of Gamaliel, 5:35 39, and Tertullus, 24:2 8. Luke nowhere names himself, but what are called the we sections (16:10 17; 20:5 15; 21:1 18; 27:1 28:16) indicate where he was in the company of the apostle . Cp. also Philem.

6 24; 2 Tim. 4:11. There is a noteworthy correspondence, or parallelism, between the miracles wrought through Peter and those wrought through Paul. Cp. 3:2 8 with 14:8 10; 5:12, 15, 16 with 19:11, 12; 9:36 42 with 20:9 12. THE acts OF THE APOSTLES. The Companion Bible ( condensed ): acts : Page: 1576 (2) 1 THE first account I .. made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which He was received up, having through the Holy Spirit [Divine Power] commanded the apostles whom He chose out: 3 To whom .. He presented Himself also alive after that He had suffered by many indubitable evidences, being seen of them during forty days, and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God: 4 And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not separate themselves from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith He, ye.

7 Heard of Me. 5 Because John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with 2the Holy Spirit [gifts] not after these many days. 6 When they therefore were come together, they were questioning Him, saying, Lord, Thou dost in this time set up again the kingdom to Israel? 7 And He said unto them, It is not yours to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in His Own authority. 8 But ye shall receive power, after that THE Holy Spirit [The Giver] is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses of Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and as far as the uttermost part of the earth. 9 And when He had spoken these things, while they looked, He was lifted up; and a cloud received Him from their eyes. 10 And while they were gazing earnestly into heaven as He was going, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; have heard = heard.

8 5 For John truly = Because John indeed (Gr. men). baptized with. Ap. 115. I. ii. be baptized with. Ap. 115. I. iii. 1. b. not. Gr. ou. Ap. 105. I. many days hence = after (Gr. meta. Ap. 104. xi. 2) these many days. 6 asked of = were questioning. Gr. eperotao. Cp. Ap. 134. I. 3. wilt Thou. Lit. if (Ap. 118. 2. a) Thou dost. Fig. Heterosis (of Tense). Ap. 6. at = in. Gr. en. Ap. 104. viii. restore again = establish or setup. Gr. apokathistano. First occ. Matt. 12. 13. the kingdom: the Messianic kingdom, which the prophets spoke of, and all Israelites were looking for.

9 Cp. Luke 1. 32, 33; and see App. 112 and 114. 7 unto. Gr. pros. Ap. 104. xv. 3. for you = yours. know. Gr. ginosko. Ap. 132. I. ii. the times, &c. = the great time, &c. A Hebraism, pl. of majesty. Fig. Heterosis. Ap. 6. in. Gr. en, as v. 6. power = authority. Ap. 172. 5. 8 power. Gr. dunamis. Ap. 172. 1. the Holy Ghost = the Holy Spirit (with art.). Ap. 101. II. 3. Cp. Luke 24. 49. upon. Ap. 104. ix. 3. witnesses. See note on John 1. 7. unto Me. Texts read, "of Me", or "My" witnesses.

10 Cp. Isa. 43. 10, 12; 44. 8. unto = as far as. Gr. heos. earth. Ap. 129. 4. 9 beheld. Ap. 133. I. 5. taken up = lifted up. Gr. epairo. First occ. Matt 17. 8. Always in Gospels, "lift up". a cloud. Not a rain cloud of the earth, but referring to the attendant angelic hosts. Cp. Pss. 24. 7-10; 47. 5. Matt. 24. 30; 26. 64. 1 Thess. 4. 17. Rev. 1. 7; 11. 12. received. Gr. hupolambano. Here; 2. 15. Luke 7. 43; 10. 30. out of their sight = from (Ap. 104. iv) their eyes. 10 looked stedfastly = were gazing earnestly. Ap. 133. III. 6. toward = into.


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