As a result, the other apostles were not pleased with peters actions. We all get into mental ruts and often need a whack on the side of the head to jar us into new and better ways of thinking. The acts of the apostles is the second book written by st. A chronological study of pauls ministry xenos christian. Paul then traveled to jerusalem from antioch, staying for a short time. Luke recounts what must have been a wellknown but tragic story of ananias and his wife sapphira, who lied to the holy spirit 5. David guzik commentary on acts 11 describes a controversy arising in jerusalem regarding the ministry to the gentiles, to which peter speaks in defense. Acts, chapter 11 united states conference of catholic bishops. During the book of acts, why did the apostle paul heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out devils, water baptize, offer sacrifices in jerusalems temple, physically circumcise timothy, and place his hands on people to impart the holy ghost.
This is based upon the assumption that the circumcised in verse 2 are the same group or a smaller part of the group. When the day of pentecost came, they were all together in one place. This was in connection with the collection taken up in antioch because of agabus vision acts 11. Acts of the apostles chapter eleven objectives in studying this chapter 1 to glean from peters own account of the conversion of the household of cornelius, what was the purpose of the baptism of the holy spirit on the gentiles 2 to note the beginning of the lords church in antioch, and the early ministry of barnabas and saul summary the. One finds embedded in acts a record of christian defenses made to both jews e. Indeed the followers of jesus were first called christians in antioch acts 11. After a period ranging from 8 to 14 years, paul traveled to antioch with barnabas and stayed for 1 year acts 11. The acts of the apostles often referred to simply as acts, or formally the book of acts, is the fifth. During this time, the jews were regarded as a favored people and many thought that salvation was only meant for them. It shows how the early church coped with pagan and jewish thought, the roman government and hellenistic society. The early chapters, set in jerusalem, describe the day of pentecost the coming of the. Having seen the miracle of god opening the hearts of gentiles to receive the. Chapter 8 opens with the severe persecution of the church in jerusalem and the.
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