Chapter three offers just one example of what the end of chapter two looked like in reality. These new Jewish Christians did not change from their normal Jewish patterns. On one particular day, Peter and John went to the Temple for prayer and passed a certain lame beggar. When asked for alms (which was a […]
Chapter two records the event that has set the tone for the past 2,000 years of human history. The apostles waited for ten days in Jerusalem for the baptism of the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised, until the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-3). While the Twelve 1 were celebrating the Feast of Weeks together (Leviticus
This second volume of the Luke-Acts set is entitled “The Acts of the Apostles.” However, some prefer to call it “The Acts of the Holy Spirit,” because, no matter how much recognition the apostles get, the Holy Spirit was the person and power behind them. In Acts alone, the Holy Spirit is referred to more
