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A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis—linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theological—with a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series. No attempt has been made to...

δύναμις is used ten times in Acts. Three times (2:22; 8:13; 19:11) it means miracles; three times it is used of the power that effects miracles (3:12; 4:7; probably 10:38). Twice it refers to the power with which the apostles (4:33) and Stephen (6:8) do what they have to do—speaking and, probably, working miracles. At 8:10 Simon the Magus is said to be ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ καλουμένη μεγάλη. This last reference contributes nothing, but the others may be added up to give the sense of δύναμις
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