A bible study lesson series about the beginning of christianity as revealed in the book of the acts of the apostles. Through the ministry of saul of tarsus, gods mission to reclaim his creation from the death grip of evil would move to its next stage. In many ways acts is the most exciting book in the new testament because it is full of movement and interest. A word list at the end explains words with a star by them.
The presence and working of the holy spirit is the dominating mark of the book of acts. Charles swindoll points out that when we study the journeys of paul in the book of acts, were not just reading the travel log of a man. Study scripture verses with commentary, concordances, and use highlighting, underlining, take notes in the bible. By diligent study he had become mighty in the scriptures. Jude which in hebrew is judas was one of four halfbrothers of jesus christ mark 6. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible. But in acts 12, the ugly opposition inspired by satan again raises its head. Verses 3, 4 who seeing peter and john about to go into the temple, asked to receive an alms. Each study is designed to first teach the leaders the passage and then provide them with questions they can use to lead their group through a process of selfdiscovered learning.
Acts is a bridge between the gospels and the epistles. Study acts 21 using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. Content includes book studies on luke, ephesians, thessalonians, james, 1. It is necessary to the successful study of any literary production, that the exact design of the author should be known and kept constantly in view. Acts 1 jesus ascends to heaven, a new apostle chosen a. Up to acts 12, the church has been on a hot streak, experiencing one exciting conversion after another. Visit the web site to browse or download additional material for. Book of acts versebyverse bible study and indepth commentary of the acts of the apostles in plain english for everyone to understand. Read acts commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible complete. This book is an inspired account of the character of. Acts overview, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this one volume concise commentary provides a condensed look at nearly every verse in the bible. Content includes book studies on luke, ephesians, thessalonians, james, 1 samuel, john, and acts. Studies in acts chapters 1 3 by francis dixon study verses.
It alone presents an extensive picture of early church life and history. Several questions can be answered from the first 2 verses. Acts 6 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 6 in plain english. That larger book has been called one of the best commentaries on this book of scripture. Lesson 1 investigates the author, historical setting, and the theological background of the book of acts. Acts 1 indepth versebyverse bible study and commentary of acts chapter 1 in plain english. Yet, when he came to ephesus he was not wellinformed as to gods intervention in christ. This seminarylevel study also retains its depth and uses an engaging interactive format. The new testament without acts leaves a great, yawning gap. If the book of acts were gone, there would be nothing to replace it howson. Got this for running a small group bible study on acts, for which it seems very suitable. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. A commentary on acts of the apostles bible study guide.
The title as we know it comes from the second century and only partially discloses the theme of. We do not recommend loose translations or oneman translations. The book of acts also describes the work of the two apostles peter and paul. Read acts commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. An easyenglish bible version and commentary 2800 word vocabulary on the book of acts. Bobdeffinbaugh graduated from dallas theological seminary with his th. The former account i made, o theophilus, of all that jesus began both to do and teach. It does, of course, pay for the group leader to have prepared. He only knew of things up to the introduction of jesus by johns baptism.
It reflects both professor bruces careful study of acts as well as his passion for proclaiming the bible as gods guide for our lives. Includes lessons about the kingdom of christ, church organization and worship, examples of conversion, the nature and purpose of miracles, and the work of the holy spirit. Study the bible online using commentary on acts and more. This commentary has been through advanced checking. A good study bible we recommend the following features. Verse 3 he saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of god coming in unto him, and saying to him, cornelius.
Commentary on the book of acts of the apostles by matthew. Most can be obtained from a good religious bookstore. Yet we can also think of it as the acts of the holy spirit. Some other study notes start from the assumption acts is all about x and then pursue what can we learn about x from acts. At one time the gospel of luke and the book of acts were joined together as one. Bob is a pastorteacher and elder at community bible chapel in richardson, texas, and has contributed many of his bible study series for use by the foundation. Acts commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. The book of acts, sometimes called the fifth gospel, is a continuation of the gospel of luke.
Preparations for a worldwide witnessing work address to theophilus jesus shows himself during 40 days and speaks about gods kingdom jesus instructs the apostles to stay in jerusalem and wait for the promised holy spirit jesus answers the apostles question about when the kingdom will be restored to israel jesus commissions the apostles to be witnesses of him to the ends of the. Study 1 going through the book of acts words of life. Luke is the writer, as he states in his introduction v. What he knew, he diligently taught in the synagogue. This ebook is a shorter and more popular commentary on acts. He is not the same judas as the apostle judas who was the son of james luke 6. Was jude one of the disciples and if not, who was he. Acts 1 bible study acts 1 chapter bible study and commentary. The beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church a chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 6 acts 1 50 days 1. Acts commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. You can find the best commentary on acts for you using the tools on the right side. Acts overview matthew henrys concise commentary on the.
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