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The authorship of the first two chapters and last two verses of Luke and Acts are contested because they were not part of Marcion’s Canon. Does the writing style in those disputed texts match the sophisticated literary style of the non-dis…
Acts 8:38-40 reads:
38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and …
Yes
Romans 9:1 – I speak the truth in Christ—I am not lying, my conscience confirms it through the Holy Spirit—
Acts 13:9 – Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said,
Not Sure
1 Co…
I would like to know if the Philip who baptized the eunuch in Acts 8 is Philip the disciple or the deacon mentioned in Acts 6
What does the men "full of (the)Spirit mean,"full of the Holy Spirit?
Can the men full of "the Spirit" (=the Holy Spirit) as rendered in all Eng. Translations,lack anything?
(In all English Versions, πλήρεις πνεύματ…
It does not seem that Jesus gave a direct answer when the disciples asked him about the Kingdom in Acts 1:6.
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (ESV)
His res…
Jesus told the remaining eleven apostles in Acts to take the Gospel to Jerusalem, to all Judea, to Samaria, and to the ends of the earth when the Holy Spirit came upon them. The Holy Spirit did come, as recorded in Acts 2. After Jesus gave them these instructions, He was taken up to Heaven […]
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Texts are listed below for reference. Acts written in Greek and the Septuagint (LXX) are word for word the same but is this enough evidence to say the Ethiopian read from the LXX. Phillip probably could read both. The Ethiopian probably…
How is the message about a God who made covenants with a particular people in a particular land move into the gentile world? This was a perplexing issue for the early church, and the early Jewish leaders used the book of Leviticus to help solv…
PNEUMA 38 (2016) 476–501 Water Baptism and Spirit Baptism in Luke-Acts Another Reading of the Evidence Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg,…
146 Book Reviews / Pneuma 33 (2011) 109-169 Paul Alexander, Jordan Daniel May, and Robert G. Reid, eds., Trajectories in the Book of Acts:…
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 131 William P. Atkinson, Baptism in the Spirit — Luke-Acts and the Dunn debate (Eugene OR: Pickwick…