Category: Acts

Acts 15:1-2 is about the controversy and disagreement among early Christians regarding the necessity of circumcision for Gentile converts, highlighting the ongoing tension between traditional Jewish practices and the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. 1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according…

40 and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name. 42 And every day, in the temple…

1 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” And they said, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”…

42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Setting the Scene for Acts 2:42 In Acts chapter 2, we find a pivotal scene taking place in Jerusalem shortly after the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost. The setting is…

26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. Setting the Scene for Acts 11:26 In Acts chapter 11, we find a significant scene…

1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them.…

1 After the uproar ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them, he said farewell and departed for Macedonia. 2 When he had gone through those regions and had given them much encouragement, he came to Greece. 3 There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the…

35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ Setting the Scene for Acts 20:35 In Acts chapter 20, we find the apostle…

21 And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Setting the Scene for Acts 2:21 The scene in Acts chapter 2 takes place in Jerusalem during the Jewish festival of Pentecost. The disciples of Jesus, including Peter, John, James, and others, are gathered together…

1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by…