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The book of Acts is theological history, showing how Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection informed the life, teaching, and ministry of the early church. God’s power is displayed through the Spirit in the outward spread and influence of the gospel. We see how God’s Old Testament promises are fulfilled in the church, composed of both Jews and Gentiles. It is an open-ended story, so its history and...

“A people for his name” possibly refers to Zechariah 2:11. God has taken “a group of people out of the Gentile nations,” and that group “now belongs to God in the same way as Israel does.”1 15:15–18 I will return and rebuild David’s fallen tent.… I will restore it, that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord. James refers to the prophets but specifically cites Amos 9:11–12 to affirm that God’s purpose from the beginning was to include gentiles
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