The whole city came together to hear the word of god acts. Gordon wenham is among the best contemporary writers of commentaries. Read acts 1 commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. By its opening words the acts of the apostles is linked in the clearest way with the gospel of luke. The gospel will be preached in jerusalem and judea acts chapters 17, in samaria chapter 8, and eventually all the way to rome chapters 28. Peters discourse concerning the death of judas iscariot, acts 1. Now the second volume, acts, will detail jesus continuing work through his apostles that he had chosen and the work of the holy spirit who would be. This chapter is concerned exclusively with the conversion of cornelius, the same event also being under consideration in acts 11. In verses, luke reports the divine intervention of god into the affairs of the church at.
The key personalities of acts are peter, paul, john, james, stephen, barnabas, timothy, lydia, silas, and apollos. The book of acts was penned by luke, the physician. Many people call acts the acts of the apostles, but really, if you want to add to the name acts, perhaps, a better name would be the acts of the early church. In chapter 12, we hear nearly the last of peter and the focus will swing to paul and his international work for the remainder of the narrative. As it is expected, the book of acts has a similar literary style as the gospel of luke because it is the second volume of lukes account. Study the bible online using commentary on acts 1 and more.
Acts chapter 1 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. The tradition from the earliest days of the church has been that luke, a companion of the apostle paul, wrote the books of luke and acts colossians 4. This versebyverse bible study and commentary of the acts of the apostles the book of acts or simply acts is indepth but uses plain language that everyone can understand, as well as a format that will engage you. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy. In doing this, they did the service of priests under the new covenant, offering their bodies as living sacrifices romans 12. A free bible version and commentary on the book of acts in easyenglish. The first volume, the gospel of luke, shows as luke says, all that jesus began to do and teach. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles peter and paul, and of the christian church from the ascension of our saviour to the arrival of st.
Luke gives us the key to the book of acts at the front door of this book, in acts 1. This chapter has the continuation of the second missionary tour, relating the revisiting of lystra and derbe acts 16. I really like acts chapter 8 its one of my favorites chapeters in this kjv bible. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of god. Commentaries for acts chapter 1 the jerusalem church. Now it came to pass, that when we had departed from them and set sail, running a straight course we came to cos, the following day to rhodes, and from there to patara. Acts is a fastmoving historical account of the first three decades of the church. Gordon wenham numbers tyndale old testament commentaries, 1981. Of the twentyeight chapters of acts, only one chapter the first gives an account of matters prior to pentecost. He boasted that he was someone great, 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, this man is rightly called the great power of god. And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both peter, and james, and john, and andrew, philip, and thomas, bartholomew, and matthew, james the son of alphaeus, and simon zelotes, and judas the brother of james. Acts chapter 16 coffmans commentary of the new testament. I consider his commentaries on genesis and leviticus the best available commentaries on those books. Luke, the author of the gospel of luke, was a doctor and gentile.
Feb 27, 2011 the first chapter of the book of acts from the watchword bible cev new testament. Acts 1 jesus ascends to heaven, a new apostle chosen a. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the book of acts. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1. The same theophilus is addressed, and in the first chapter the story is resumed just at the point where the gospel left off, save that a few extra details are given of the lords words after his resurrection, and the account of his ascension is repeated in a somewhat different setting. Clicking on that will take you to the next section or chapter. There is no single chapter that does not exhibit gods power and wisdom in operation. Lukes prologue, containing a repetition of christs history from his passion till his ascension, acts 1. Look at the principle of proportion in action in acts, particularly in chapter 1. The inspired historian begins his narrative of the acts of the apostles, i. The gentiles responded to the word of the lord acts. The first chapter of the book of acts from the watchword bible cev new testament.
Acts 1 indepth versebyverse bible study and commentary of acts chapter 1 in plain english. Acts of the apostles 1 commentary new testament matthew. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy english. Acts 8, new international version niv the bible app. Some commentaries refer to it as sira, which is the hebrew family name of the author. The genre of the book of acts is narrative history with several sermons. At one time the gospel of luke and the book of acts were joined together as one. When a chapter or section is finished, you will see at the bottom of the page over the links, go to the next section. Lukes devoting so much space to the narrative of a single conversion indicates the importance of it. Commentary for acts 1 this book unites the gospels to the epistles. With a reference to, and a brief recapitulation of, his gospel, or history of the life of christ, inscribing this, as he had done that, to his friend theophilus, ver. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. Paul and barnabas spoke the word of god to them first acts. You can find the best commentary on acts for you using the tools on the right side. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. Commentary on the book of acts of the apostles by matthew. The book of acts course a, lesson 1 free bible study. The unity of the spirit felt by the first christians when the.
There are different ways to divide the book of acts. The last book of the apocrypha is known by many names. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. Other scholars add the wisdom of jesus the son of sirach or wisdom of ben son of sirach. Acts chapter 10 coffmans commentary of the new testament. After rising from the dead, jesus met with his disciples and followers, giving convincing proofs that he was alive. The book of acts, also called acts of the apostles, does not specifically identify its author. Acts 1 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary is one of the most respected interdenominational commentaries ever written. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. The significance of the prologue with its introductory address to.
The introductions are similar in other ways as well. The acts of apostles gives us a unique insight into how the church began. This is the first job of any servant of god, to minister unto the lord. Acts 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. The former account i made, o theophilus, of all that jesus began both to do and teach. Ministering to the lord means doing what pleases him and honors him worship, praise, prayer, listening to, honoring god. The return of the disciples to jerusalem, and their employment there, acts 1. Acts 14 now at iconium they entered together into the. This would indicate it was matthew, mark, luke, or john. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at jerusalem.
To make the picture abundantly clear, god has given us a hand picked record of the activities of the early church. With a reference to, and a brief recapitulation of, his gospel, or history of the life of christ, inscribing this, as he had done that, to his friend theophilus v. It is titled acts to emphasize that this book records the acts of. Acts 1 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. The word of the lord spread through the region acts. He has also written the most generally helpful commentary on the book of numbers. 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. This rallying cry from john mackay, missionary statesman and ecumenical leader of an earlier generation, needs to be heard and heeded again in our day. The book of acts has centered on peter with paul being introduced to the readers. Luke wrote the book of acts acts of the apostles to record how believers were empowered by the holy spirit, worked to spread the gospel of christ, and are a model for the future church.
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