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Acts 6 is the sixth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the institution of the first seven deacons, [1] and the work of one of them, Stephen. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of ...
The only source for information about Stephen is the New Testament book of the Acts of the Apostles. [5] Stephen is mentioned in Acts 6 as one of the Greek-speaking Hellenistic Jews selected to administer the daily charitable distribution of food to the Greek-speaking widows.
The Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (ACCS) is a twenty-nine volume set of commentaries on the Bible published by InterVarsity Press. It is a confessionally collaborative project as individual editors have included scholars from Eastern Orthodoxy , Roman Catholicism , and Protestantism as well as Jewish participation. [ 1 ]
Acts 12 is the twelfth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the death of the first apostle, James, son of Zebedee , followed by the miraculous escape of Peter from prison , the death of Herod Agrippa I , and the early ministry of Barnabas and Paul of Tarsus .
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
Hengel believes Acts was written early [43] by Luke as a partial eyewitness, [44] praising Luke's knowledge of Palestine, [45] and of Jewish customs in Acts 1:12. [46] With regard to Acts 1:15–26 , Lüdemann is skeptical with regard to the appointment of Matthias, but not with regard to his historical existence. [ 47 ]
That is the strength of this commentary, and for such he is definitely worth owning and consulting." On the 1 Corinthians volume by Thiselton, "A monster of commentary on this great book. It is extremely thorough and deep. It is amazing to think so much information is contained in one book". [3]
Hyperdispensationalism, also referred to as Mid-Acts Dispensationalism, [1] [2] is a Protestant conservative evangelical movement that values biblical inerrancy and a literal hermeneutic. It holds that there was a Church during the period of the Acts that is not the Church today, and that today's Church began when the book of Acts was closed. [3]