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The Book of Acts: A Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Experience Pentecost. Look on as 130 converts shake a city. Meet Paul and go with him as he plants the first Gentile church. Extend the kingdom’s power and see the enemy upset. Walk with Paul as he travels to Corinth, Antioch, Ephesus, and beyond. For those desiring to be a part of God’s action in their churches, communities, and throughout the world, there is nothing that will help more than...

simply using a role, a healing like this could have taken place. Those who do have the gift of healing fully realize that the power to heal is not innate in them, except to the extent that the Holy Spirit dwells within them. That is why Peter, using a frequent pattern for healing ministries, said, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.” This was a statement of authority, again not of Peter’s intrinsic authority, but authority delegated to him by Jesus. When Jesus first sent Peter and the others
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