Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
Volume 5
General Editor: Leon Morris
Acts
An Introduction and Commentary
I. Howard Marshall
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Nottingham NG7 3HR, England
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© I. Howard Marshall 1980
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First published 1980
Reprinted in this format 2008
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
UK ISBN: 978-1-84474-271-4
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Marshall, I. Howard.
Acts: an introduction and commentary / I. Howard Marshall.
p. cm.—(Tyndale New Testament commentaries; v. 5)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8028-1423-9 (pbk.: alk. paper)
1. Bible. N.T. Acts—Commentaries. I. Title.
BS2625.3.M35 1980
226.6/07—dc21
80148334
US ISBN: 978-0-8308-4235-3
To
FREDERICK FYVIE BRUCE
on his seventieth birthday
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The original Tyndale Commentaries aimed to provide help for the general reader in his study of the Bible. They concentrated on the meaning of the text without going into scholarly technicalities. They aimed at a mean between being too short to be useful and being too extensive for the present reader. Most who have used the books agree that there has been a fair measure of success in reaching that aim.
Times, however, change. The first Tyndale Commentaries appeared over twenty years ago and it is felt ...
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About Acts: An Introduction and CommentaryI. Howard Marshall offers commentary on the book of Acts, showing how it is a history book of the early church, a literary work, the sequel of a work beginning with the Gospel of Luke, and a work of theology. Luke’s purposes are varied. He writes with a pastoral concern. He shows how the essential task of the church is mission. He describes how God does not accept racial discrimination. Luke stresses the work of the Holy Spirit and shows how the church is raised up and directed by God. He believes in the ultimate triumph of the Gospel. These are encouraging and timely messages, even for the church today. |
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