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Acts : a Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Kansas City : Nazarene Publishing House, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (428 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780834135789
  • 0834135787
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: NBBC, Acts : A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition.DDC classification:
  • 226.6077
LOC classification:
  • BS2625.53.T57 2015
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Commentary Editors ; Table of Contents ; General Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Table of Sidebars; INTRODUCTION; A. Authorship; B. Addressee or Audience; C. Date of Composition; D. Genre of Acts; E. Sources and Intertextuality; F. Textual-Critical Issues; G. Literary Features; H. Theology and Acts; I. Engaging Acts in a New Day; COMMENTARY; I. Preface: Continuity, Commission, and Promise (Acts 1:1-11); II. God and the People of God: Restoration and Division in Jerusalem (Acts 1:12-8:3).
A. Gathering and Preparations (1:12-26)B. Pentecost and the Fulfillment of God's Promises to Israel (2:1-47); 1. The Coming of the Holy Spirit (2:1-13); 2. Peter Speaks to the Gathered Crowd (2:14-41); 3. The Spirit-Created Community of Believers (2:42-47); C.A Healing that Leads to Opposition (3:1-4:31); 1. The Healing of a Crippled Man at the Temple (3:1-26); a. The Account of the Healing (3:1-10); b. Peter Explains What Happened (3:11-26); 2. Religious Leaders Oppose Peter and John (4:1-22); 3. The Believers' Response to Opposition (4:23-31).
D. Additional Images of the Community of Believers (4:32-5:11)1. Unity and Sharing among the Believers (4:32-37); 2. The Violation of Unity and Sharing-Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11); E. Intensified Opposition from Religious Leaders (5:12-42); 1. The Church's Mission Continues in Jerusalem (5:12-16); 2. Hostile Reaction by Jewish Leaders (5:17-42); F. Internal Struggles and Caring for Widows (6:1-7); G. The Persecution of Believers in Jerusalem (6:8-8:3); 1. Stephen's Arrest and Murder (6:8-7:60); a. Stephen's Arrest (6:8-15); b. Stephen's Speech before the Jewish Council (7:1-53).
C. Stephen's Murder by the Jewish Council (7:54-60)2. Persecution Extends to All Believers (8:1-3); Excursus: God and the People of God (Acts 1:12-8:3)-The Narrative Portrait of the Church in Jerusalem; III. God and the Spreading Gospel: The People of God and Other "Peoples" (Acts 8:4-14:28); A. The Ministry of Philip (8:4-40); 1. Philip and the Samaritans (8:4-25); 2. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-40); B. The Transformation of Saul-from Persecutor to Persecuted Preacher (9:1-31); 1. The Healing and Call of Saul (9:1-19a); 2. The Initial Ministry of Saul in Damascus (9:19b-25).
3. The Introduction of the Transformed Saul in Jerusalem (9:26-31)C. The Extension of Peter's Ministry outside Jerusalem (9:32-11:18); 1. Peter's Miracles among Some Believers (9:32-43); a. Peter's Healing of Aeneas (9:32-35); b. Peter's Raising of Tabitha (9:36-43); 2. Peter, Cornelius, and the Salvation of Gentiles (10:1-48); a. An Angel Appears to Cornelius (10:1-8); b. Peter's Heavenly Vision (10:9-16); c. Cornelius' Representatives Meet Peter (10:17-23a); d. Peter at Cornelius' House (10:23b-48); 3. Peter's Response to Questions from Jerusalem Believers (11:1-18).
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Cover Page ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Dedication ; Commentary Editors ; Table of Contents ; General Editors' Preface; Author's Preface; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Table of Sidebars; INTRODUCTION; A. Authorship; B. Addressee or Audience; C. Date of Composition; D. Genre of Acts; E. Sources and Intertextuality; F. Textual-Critical Issues; G. Literary Features; H. Theology and Acts; I. Engaging Acts in a New Day; COMMENTARY; I. Preface: Continuity, Commission, and Promise (Acts 1:1-11); II. God and the People of God: Restoration and Division in Jerusalem (Acts 1:12-8:3).

A. Gathering and Preparations (1:12-26)B. Pentecost and the Fulfillment of God's Promises to Israel (2:1-47); 1. The Coming of the Holy Spirit (2:1-13); 2. Peter Speaks to the Gathered Crowd (2:14-41); 3. The Spirit-Created Community of Believers (2:42-47); C.A Healing that Leads to Opposition (3:1-4:31); 1. The Healing of a Crippled Man at the Temple (3:1-26); a. The Account of the Healing (3:1-10); b. Peter Explains What Happened (3:11-26); 2. Religious Leaders Oppose Peter and John (4:1-22); 3. The Believers' Response to Opposition (4:23-31).

D. Additional Images of the Community of Believers (4:32-5:11)1. Unity and Sharing among the Believers (4:32-37); 2. The Violation of Unity and Sharing-Ananias and Sapphira (5:1-11); E. Intensified Opposition from Religious Leaders (5:12-42); 1. The Church's Mission Continues in Jerusalem (5:12-16); 2. Hostile Reaction by Jewish Leaders (5:17-42); F. Internal Struggles and Caring for Widows (6:1-7); G. The Persecution of Believers in Jerusalem (6:8-8:3); 1. Stephen's Arrest and Murder (6:8-7:60); a. Stephen's Arrest (6:8-15); b. Stephen's Speech before the Jewish Council (7:1-53).

C. Stephen's Murder by the Jewish Council (7:54-60)2. Persecution Extends to All Believers (8:1-3); Excursus: God and the People of God (Acts 1:12-8:3)-The Narrative Portrait of the Church in Jerusalem; III. God and the Spreading Gospel: The People of God and Other "Peoples" (Acts 8:4-14:28); A. The Ministry of Philip (8:4-40); 1. Philip and the Samaritans (8:4-25); 2. Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch (8:26-40); B. The Transformation of Saul-from Persecutor to Persecuted Preacher (9:1-31); 1. The Healing and Call of Saul (9:1-19a); 2. The Initial Ministry of Saul in Damascus (9:19b-25).

3. The Introduction of the Transformed Saul in Jerusalem (9:26-31)C. The Extension of Peter's Ministry outside Jerusalem (9:32-11:18); 1. Peter's Miracles among Some Believers (9:32-43); a. Peter's Healing of Aeneas (9:32-35); b. Peter's Raising of Tabitha (9:36-43); 2. Peter, Cornelius, and the Salvation of Gentiles (10:1-48); a. An Angel Appears to Cornelius (10:1-8); b. Peter's Heavenly Vision (10:9-16); c. Cornelius' Representatives Meet Peter (10:17-23a); d. Peter at Cornelius' House (10:23b-48); 3. Peter's Response to Questions from Jerusalem Believers (11:1-18).

D. The Beginnings of a New Church in Antioch (11:19-30).