Loading…

The Acts of the Apostles is unavailable, but you can change that!

The Acts of the Apostles is the second volume in the two-part writing scholars call Luke-Acts. It continues the story begun in the Gospel of Luke, showing how the Good News offered by Jesus was eventually extended to the end of the earth, so that Gentiles as well as Jews came to share in the blessings of God. This commentary treats Luke-Acts as an apologetic history. It takes with equal...

For an example of crowd confusion over the meaning of an oracular pronouncement, see Heliodorus, The Ethiopians 2, 36, 1. The narrative suspense built by Luke is about to reach a first resolution. In fulfillment of the repeated promise and prophecy of Jesus, the apostles and their company are about to receive the “power from on high” that is the Holy Spirit (2:1–13). Already in this event, there is the restoration of the remnant people. But then, the gift will be interpreted and offered
Page 45
Buy this book at Logos.com