Setting the Stage A. An approximate chronology of Acts: The Ascension (Acts 1) 30 AD - Matthias chosen by Lot (Acts 1:12) 30 AD - The Holy Spirit comes at Pentecost (Acts 2) 30 AD - Peter heals and preaches (Acts 3) 30 AD - Peter and John arrested and released (Acts 4) 30 AD - Believers share all (Acts 4:32) 31 AD - Deaths of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5) 30 AD - Apostles preach and heal (Acts 5:11) 31 AD - Stephen’s speech, stoning, and death (Acts 6, 7) 31 AD - Saul persecutes the Church (Acts 8) 31 AD - Philip in Samaria (Acts 8:3) 31 AD - Simon the Sorcerer (Acts 8:9) 31 AD - Philip and the Ethiopian (Acts 8:26) 34 AD - Saul’s conversion (Acts 9) 37 AD - Peter preaches to the Gentiles (Acts 10, 11) 42 AD - Barnabas sent to Antioch (Acts 11:22) 42 AD - Peter led from prison by the Angel (Acts 12) 44 AD - Herod Agrippa dies (Acts 12:20) 48 AD - Paul’s First Missionary Journey (Acts 13) 48 AD - Paul preaches in Pisidian Antioch (Acts 13:14) 48 AD - Paul and Barnabas in Iconium (Acts 14) 48 AD - Paul and Barnabas in Lystra and Derbe (Acts 14:8) 48 AD - Paul and Barnabas return to Syrian Antioch (Acts 14:21) 48 AD - Return to Syrian Antioch (Acts 14:24) 48 AD - The Council at Jerusalem (Acts
Jesus’ ministry was public so many people saw what he did and what he was about. The Gospel of Luke really highlights Jesus’ compassion towards the “outcast” of Israel, and forgiveness towards those who did not deserve it. I love that the Gospel of Luke shows that Jesus did not care about money or the “class” of people, but that he just cared for people for who they were, it was kind of his focus in his ministry. It is reassuring to know that when Jesus was physically on earth, it was a class-conscious society, like the world now so the Gospel of Luke is very insightful and inspiring in that aspect. Luke also talks about the discipleship Jesus taught, His death on the cross, and
Some scholars think the book of Acts was written to Theophilus which means lover of God in Greek. However, because the tone of the book is apologetic, some think the book could also have been intended to present the Christian faith and church in a positive manner towards the Roman authorities (Laymon). Therefore, identification of who the book was written for is based on speculation because scholars cannot determine for certain the individuals or individual the book was addressed to (Laymon). Nevertheless, scholars do know that the work is read as an account of the life of the Christian movement (Laymon). The date of Acts is uncertain, but the remorseful tone gives clues that it could possibly be during a time when the church was under attack and enduring a lot of stress, plus, it provides encouragement for those going through stressful times as well
(New Revised Standard Version, Acts 9:4) This is what the Lord asked Saul when he appeared to him on his journey to Damascus. The Lord instructed him to travel into the city and he would be instructed what to do, he became a believer and set out on his journey. When Paul began his ministry Jesus’ followers were Jews that focused on sharing the good news of the Messiah with other jews. Paul began
In 63 B. C. Romans invaded Judah. Then, in A.D. 6, the emperor named Augustus turned Judah into Judaea, the Roman Province. In A. D. 66, the Zealots persuaded a ton of Jews to fight against the Romans. The Romans demolished the temple and killed thousands of the Jews that fought. Josephus, a Jewish general, fought with the Jews, but he later took the Romans side.
The reason that he was guide running was because he got in trouble with the law. When that happened he got lucky with a deal, which was 2-4 months of community service with the blind, which was Jodi. During the book there was a natural progression of Luke and his change from being a nasty criminal who would break into things, into the nice, thoughtful, and determined person in the end. And the main message of the story is that their is always something better that you can do, compared to being a criminal, and that you should always do the right thing.
In summarization of Acts chapters 8-15, many people were saved and became believers even after they were well known for their sorcery or persecution of Christians such being the case of Saul who later became Paul. Also another interesting aspect of these chapters deals with and discusses how many signs and miracles were performed by the apostles as well as how Dorcas was raised to life again by Peter, Dorcas’s story is especially interesting since she was very much so mourned by others because of how generous she was as well as kind to everyone especially those in need as seen in the widows who showed Peter the clothes that Dorcas worked on for them. Also, there is a large portion of the texts and passages explaining how the Gentiles were also
In the book of Acts, Luke makes it clear that the leaders of the Jerusalem church and the missionaries who first helped carry “the new way” into the larger world beyond the Jewish capital to Greece and Rome did so with the same divine spirit that Jesus led his teachings (Harris, 2014). This level of dedication to spread Christianity, otherwise referred to as “the new way”, was necessary because even though these leaders had no interest in political interference, “the new way” would directly clash with current Greco-Roman tradition (Harris, 2014). Luke focuses on a select few leaders in the book of Acts even though he specifically mentions eleven of them (Harris, 2014). These select few apostles represent the leadership that began the spreading
The book of Galatians was written somewhere between 45 and 55 A.D. What is discussed in Galatians is the justification by faith alone. Attention is directed to the point that men are justified by faith without works. It was a protest against corruption of the gospel of Jesus Christ. The essential truth of justification by faith rather than by the works of the law had been obscured.
Matthew and Luke were both evangelists. They both helped to spread the Gospel, the good news of Jesus. Their telling of the Gospel is very similar, yet very different at the same time. They are similar because they both tell the same story.
He was a known companion of Paul and is also said to have written the Acts of the Apostles. He is also recorded to have taken into consideration a lot of eye-witness accounts and opinions. Historians say that Luke was most likely a physician
The Acts of the Apostles or more simply known as the Acts, is the fifth book in the Bible. The book Acts tells us how the Christian movement came into beginning. It is the historical link that ties the life of Christ with the growth of the Christian church. The people of the Bible primarily lived in the pagan culture.
Luke is just not interested in telling and discussing the story of fine men or even the cause and effect for that matter. Luke is interested in the reader understanding the human subjects of the story and that the hand of God is at work. Luke here, is primarily concerned with the notion of a characteristic of the early church. That is that the people had all things in common and that God was at work in the people for his plan and purpose. This language use is recorded in Acts 2:44, “And all that believed were together, and had all things common;” and in Acts 4:32, “And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things
Early Christianity truly originated from the Jewish religion, the New Testament was the start of the heavy following of Christianly. After Jesus died Paul who was originally a Jew went around telling the story of Jesus and his words. Although before this even all happened there was all ready the Old Testament created by Jews which everyone has followed. This essay will be talking about the story of Luke chapter three one through twenty-three and how the Old testament and or Jewish tradition was key in in understanding this passage. The story of Luke that is being analyzed starts out with the preaching of John the Baptist.
The author is referenced several times in the New Testament starting in the book of Acts and finally in the book of Mark was probably written in Italy, and perhaps even Rome. This book has 16 chapters and is the shortest book of the four gospels. However, the details of the events and miracles of Jesus in this book are
