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The book of Acts begins where the Gospels end. At the beginning, Acts depicts scenes of confusion, anticipation, and excitement. By the end of Acts, we have been witnessed the ministry of the apostles, and the Holy Spirit has propelled the church to the furthest reaches of the empire. In this way, Acts tells us about the earliest history of the church, and helps identifies ways in which the...

predicted this. Second, the people in it. “Heathen … people Herod … Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together” (Acts 4:25,27). Those who assaulted the Lord were the rulers, the Gentiles, and the Jews. Therefore, the assault was nearly universal. We should not be surprised to find opposition to God’s work from every area of life. Third, the practice of it. “The heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things” (Acts 4:25). This assault was a noisy, rebellious,
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