Nna commentary on the book of acts chapter 4

The apostles, peter and john, went on in their work, and did not labour in vain. Finally there was the prophetess anna, an old woman of eightyfour. There is no single chapter that does not exhibit gods power and wisdom in operation. And a certain man lame from his mothers womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple.

The priests and sadducees are incensed at the apostles teaching, and put them in prison. Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of israel, that by the name of jesus christ of nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom god raised from the dead, even by. Since water baptism is essential for salvation, it must be the one baptism that continues today. They return to their own company, who all join in praise and prayer to god, acts 4. Here we go again, peter is letting the jews know how they crucified jesus. The rulers, elders, and scribes call the apostles before them, and question them concerning their authority to teach, 57. 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. The book of acts chapter 4 part 1 christian living. Each chapter of this new testament student manual has four parts. Peter, filled with the holy ghost, answers, and proclaims jesus, acts 4. Anna casewinterss incisive commentary reveals that matthew is clearly a. Acts chapter 1 begins with a summary of proofs of the life of jesus christ. Audio video bible alexander scourby kjv 4,053 views. Finally, he tells the story of the ascension in order to get jesus off stage in order to make room for the age of the apostles to begin acts 1.

And this is where our story takes upin chapter 4 of the book of acts. Acts 4 commentary william barclays daily study bible. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, i wondered what was become of the scribes and pharisees, and chief priests, that they did not appear to contradict and oppose them, as they had used to treat christ himself. Acts 4 begins with a strong and sudden reaction, especially from those. In acts 1 jesus had instructed the apostles to wait in jerusalem to receive the holy spirit. The blessed state of the primitive disciples, acts 4. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy. Anna, and the shepherds, to whom deity revealed that the promised. Acts chapters 3, 4, 5 part 2 les feldick bible study. Chapter 5 takes us even deeper in our understanding of basic theology of god and the holy spirit. These proofs include his resurrection, his conference with the disciples, and the instructions that he left for them before he ascended into heaven.

Its subject and intention is nicely summarised by the words of the lord in chapter 1. The acts of apostles gives us a unique insight into how the church began. Without acts, the actions of the early church would be unknown to us except for a few facts we could glean from the writings of paul. Acts 4 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. One example in particular is noted, that of barnabas, whose work is featured later in the book cf. Even though they have come apart from the main stream of judaism, yet they are still involved in the temple worship. We know it because the bush was burning all the time exodus 3. The book of acts course a, lesson 1 free bible study. In the book called exodus, we read that moses saw a very special bush. 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 purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic.

This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. Jewish males were required to assemble for this holy day, just as they had been for passover 2. Today, we hope to discuss the beginning of persecution. The book of acts is unique because it is the only book of church history in the new testament. A key idea in the book of acts is that we should be witnesses for the lord everywhere we go. God answers, and fills them with the holy spirit, acts 4. The glorious success of the gospel at pentecost and for some time afterward could not last.

The holy spirit, through which jesus continued his works after leaving the earth, is mentioned in this chapter. Next chapter of acts the book of acts, chapter 4 we hope that you find the content of the book of acts, chapter 4 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Now peter and john went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. Second, he foreshadows the narrative structure and purpose of the whole of acts acts 1.

I told you, theophilus, about everything jesus began to do and teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven after giving his chosen apostles further instructions through the holy spirit. View the entire commentary a healing miracle and its consequences crammed into firststory rooms of an undistinguished building in a suburb of seoul are pews, a pulpit and other sanctuary furniture suitable for an auditorium seating five hundred to a thousand people, not the fifty to seventyfive who meet there for an organizing service. The mighty dragon who had attempted to devour the christ, who had been caught up unto god, and unto his throne revelation 12. But ye will receive power, the holy spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judaea and samaria and to the end of the earth. An understandable version of acts translation by william e.

The uninterrupted progress of the church in acts is quite unlike the situation in our world, but with the story of the apostles arrest, incarceration and trial luke brings us down to earth. Verses 14 we have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully carried on, and the powers of darkness appearing against them to put a stop to them. The study of acts is a challenge partly because of its length. There is only one outside source i will occasionally use to help clarify some definitions of words, and that is noah websters 1828 american dictionary of the english language. New testament student manual religion 211212 the church of.

The great liberality continues, meeting the needs of the saints. This chapter concludes the account of the first missionary journey, detailing the experiences of paul and barnabas in iconium, lystra and derbe, and also their revisiting all of the galatian cities of this first tour, strengthening the churches, appointing elders, and their preaching at perga which had been skipped at the beginning. First, he connects the second volume to the first acts 1. The rulers, elders, and scribes call the apostles before them, and question them concerning their authority to teach, acts 4. By its opening words the acts of the apostles is linked in the clearest way with the gospel of luke. The book of acts is the link between the gospels and the epistles. Doctor luke had first researched and written the gospel of luke to theophilus, a greek public official and friend. The unity of the spirit felt by the first christians when the.

With bible gateway plus, you gain instant access to a digital bible study library. The priests and sadducees are incensed at the apostles teaching, and put them in prison, acts 4. In selecting prophetic commentary for this manual, several criteria were. Acts 02 bible bowl acts chapter 2 acts 03 bible bowl acts chapter 3 acts 04 bible bowl acts chapter 4 acts 05 bible bowl acts chapter 5 acts 06 bible bowl acts chapter 6 acts 07 bible bowl acts chapter 7 acts 08 bible bowl acts chapter 8 acts 09 bible bowl acts chapter 9 acts 10 bible bowl acts chapter 10. We can see that god was here in acts too, because of the fire. Acts 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. The structure of our text, in its context, can be outlined as follows. To make the picture abundantly clear, god has given us a hand picked record of the activities of the early church. A theological commentary on the bible belief and millions of other books. The events in this chapter occurred in jerusalem 2. Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. The events of this chapter begin as the 12 apostles 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. Other passages must have a relationship with the context at hand, such as a scriptural quotation or reference in the passage at hand. Acts chapter 1 king james version kjv alexander scourby free audio video bible duration. We are introduced to the significance of genuine commitment to our lord and the determined will of god. Peter preached to this crowd, giving the gospel but not fully concluding, when a party of temple guards came up and arrested them. David guzik commentary on acts 4, where peter and john face the sanhedrin, and peter boldly preaches to the jewish leaders. One story in two parts reformed theological college.

Continue with me on this exciting trip as we explore the book of acts. Studies in the book of acts previous page next page. Holy spirit baptism, though practiced in acts, had ceased by the time ephesians was written. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. Peter, filled with the holy ghost, answers, and proclaims jesus, 812. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary.

Commentaries for acts chapter 4 temple arrest, sanhedrin hearing and release. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. The believers of the early church were empowered by the holy spirit with boldness. Both the gospel of luke and the book of acts are addressed to theophilus. Acts of the apostles 1, new living translation nlt the. In the previous chapter peter and john healed a lame man and peter preached a sermon explaining that the miracle was accomplished through faith in the name of jesus of nazareth, whom the jews had ignorantly crucified and whom god had subsequently resurrected. Verse 4 the words different languages here can also be other tongues. The beginning of the book starts out with the a summary of why the book of.