a Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition Thompson, Richard P. creator text Electronic books. mou Kansas City Nazarene Publishing House 2015 monographic eng

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1 online resource (428 pages) 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). Commentaries RELIGION / Biblical Studies / Jesus, the Gospels & Acts RELIGION / Biblical Studies / New Testament BS2625.53.T57 2015 226.6077 Thompson, Richard P. Kansas City : Nazarene Publishing House, ©2015 9780834135789 0834135787 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1421970 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1421970 EBLCP 161126 20200709060521.0 ocn964403875 eng