Recipient of the book of acts chapter 4 commentary

It opens with a greeting to theophilus, who was also the intended recipient of lukes gospel. Study the bible online using commentary on acts and more. A chapter by chapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1. Acts commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. Acts of the apostles chapter four objectives in studying this chapter 1 to study the beginning of the persecution against the church, and the reason for it 2 to note the apostolic response to persecution, and continued progress of the church in jerusalem summary the first case of persecution against the church is described in this chapter. Its subject and intention is nicely summarised by the words of the lord in chapter 1. The acts of the apostles often referred to simply as acts, or formally the book of acts, is the fifth. Study acts using matthew henrys bible commentary concise to better understand scripture with full outline and verse meaning. This seminarylevel study also retains its depth and uses an engaging interactive format.

That the rulers would gather together against god and christ. Already the church father ireneus ca 140202 mentions that luke is the author of the book of acts. May god receive much glory and honor through the study of his wonderful book of history and may you be transformed and humbled by the holy spirit as you submit to him. Acts 4 commentary acts chapter 4 commentary bible study. Acts 4 is one of those chapters in which we would do well to spend focused time, meditating. The first part, the gospel of luke, tells how god fulfilled his plan for the worlds. I cannot wait until the next volume comes out and i cannot give any commentary ive read on the book of acts, heck, maybe any commentary period, higher praise and recommendation. Now when they saw the boldness of peter and john observed with what courage and freedom they spoke, and pleaded their masters cause, and to what a high degree they extolled him in the very presence of those magistrates who had so lately condemned him to the most shameful death. Acts 4 commentary acts 5 commentary acts 6 commentary acts 7 commentary acts 8 commentary acts 9 commentary acts 10 commentary acts 11 commentary. That is what the people in the world is desperately needing these days. The spread of the gospel throughout the earth chapters 28. Acts 4 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 4 in plain english. The office of priest in the old testament began with aaron and his sons lev. Acts furnishes a ladder on which to place the epistles.

Acts is a transitional book in the sense that it gives us the record of the way god moved in the minds and hearts of men to found and establish the church and begin its great work in the world today. In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, i wondered what was become of the scribes and. Study guide for acts 4 by david guzik blue letter bible. The book of acts is the link between the gospels and the epistles. The kings of the earth that are most favoured and honoured by divine providence, and should do most for god, are strangers and enemies to divine grace, and do most against god. Acts 4 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. But ye will receive power, the holy spirit having come upon you, and ye shall be my witnesses both in jerusalem and in all judaea and samaria and to the end of the earth. Acts 4 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin. Book of acts versebyverse bible study and indepth commentary of the acts of the apostles in plain english for everyone to understand. Verse they were outspoken because they had the holy spirit which gave them the boldness to be fearlessly outspoken.

At one time the gospel of luke and the book of acts were joined together as one. Am i missing something here or am i misunderstanding. The book of the acts has been uniformly and universally received by the christian church in all places and ages. Matthew henry 18 october 1662 22 june 1714 was an english commentator on the bible, who published his works in 1706, sixvolume exposition of the old and new testaments 17081710 or complete commentary, provides an exhaustive verse by verse study of the bible, covering the whole of the old testament, and the gospels and acts in the new testament. Commentary on the book of acts of the apostles matthew henrys bible commentary. He worked with paul and he travelled with paul philemon 1.

Acts 4 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. The multitude is used with great meaning, for it was a triumph of the spirits. In this passage, luke is restating the great commission challenge jesus gave in luke 24. The former account i made, o theophilus, of all that jesus began both to do and teach. Read acts 4 commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. Various scholars have also pointed out that the style and the choice of words in luke and acts are very similar.

Acts overview james burton coffman commentaries on the bible. A good study bible we recommend the following features. Kj version is only translation that uses the phrase acts 4. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy.

It really helps to understand why the church of the book of acts it is actually what the church today needs to be. The early chapters, set in jerusalem, describe the day of pentecost the. This is a very detailed commentary for the book of acts. Acts 4 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Acts of the apostles bible study notes, commentary, and comments. Study the bible online using commentary on acts 4 and more. Most can be obtained from a good religious bookstore. We must observe, further, that the act of selling was the owners, as was the act of. Book of acts matthew henrys bible commentary concise.

If the book of acts were gone, there would be nothing to replace it howson. There are three distinct times marked in the book of the acts. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. The new testament without acts leaves a great, yawning gap. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. The great missionary commission given in the 4 gospels is confirmed in acts. Acts 1 jesus ascends to heaven, a new apostle chosen a. Read acts commentary using commentary critical and explanatory on the whole bible. This chapter recounts the tragic fall of ananias and sapphira. Genesis 3 commentary genesis 12 commentary genesis 15 commentary genesis 49 commentary. For this reason, this study guide commentary is designed to provide an. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. Commentary on the book of acts of the apostles by matthew. Chapterbychapter bible studies acts kathleendalton.

Acts 5 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, by the leading authority in the church of christ, presents a verse level look at the bible. Acts 5 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. Acts is a bridge between the gospels and the epistles. In acts, he told how the good news about jesus christ spread. Luke was a gentile and he was a doctor colossians 4.

Everyone was filled with the holy spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the spirit enabled them. The recipient of the book, theophilus, is the same person addressed in the first volume, the gospel of luke see introduction to luke. Importance the book of acts provides a bridge for the writings of the nt. David guzik commentary on acts 4, where peter and john face the sanhedrin, and peter boldly preaches to the jewish leaders.