The Book of Acts a Second Look

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I have fallen in love with the Book of Acts and there doesn’t seem to be an end of my interest. I keep finding new things, so I thought I would share them with people who have an interest here. Your comments are welcome whether you agree or not. I will endeavor to be a gentleman in my replies. In other words, I don’t wish to try to make you submit to my understanding. We are all entitled to what our hearts tell us, so we can discuss things amicably even when we cannot agree with one another. Anyway, below is a list of posts containing my thoughts along my second journey. The two blogposts identifying Luke and Theophilus were part of my first study; I have kept them here in case someone begins browsing my second journey without looking at the first. These two blogposts are important to much of my understanding concerning how the book was written and how some seemingly cryptic sections should be seen. Some posts will simply amplify what I’ve already said in my first study of the book, although I have tried to look for something different to write about. Others may correct errors in my thinking, while still others will show a completely new study on a matter perhaps left untouched in my first round. I hope the reader enjoys these blogs as much as I have in writing them.

The Book of Acts a Second Look:

1. Acts       Who Is the Author of the Book of Acts?
2. Acts       The Structure of the Book of Acts ~ Part 1
3. Acts       The Structure of the Book of Acts ~ Part 2
4. Acts       The Structure of the Book of Acts ~ Part 3
5. Acts 1    Who is Luke’s Theophilus
6. Acts 1     A Theme for Acts
7. Acts 1     A Judas Contradiction
8. Acts 1     He Was Numbered with Us
9. Acts 2    The Coming of the Kingdom of God
10. Acts 2     Speaking in Tongues
11. Acts 2     The Day of the Lord
12. Acts 2     Jesus is Lord of All
13. Acts 2     The Conclusion of the First Pentecost
14. Acts 3     Lame Man Walking
15. Acts 4     The Blunder of the Powerful
16. Acts 4     Jesus is Alive and Here’s the Proof
17. Acts 4     The Builders and the Stone
18. Acts 4     Authority But Not ‘Our’ Authority
19. Acts 4     The Son of Consolation
20. Acts 5     Discerning Between Holy and Common
21. Acts 5     The Enemy Retaliates
22. Acts 5      The Gospel Cannot Be Bound
23. Acts 5     Between a Rock and a Hard Place
24. Acts 6     Who Were the Seven?
25. Acts 6     The Stephen Conspiracy
26. Acts 7     Blasphemy Against God and Moses
27. Acts 7     A Prophet Like Moses – His Coming
28. Acts 7     A Prophet Like Moses – His Rejection
29. Acts 7     A Prophet Like Moses – Savior
30. Acts 7     A Prophet Like Moses And Worship
31. Acts 7     The Tent of Witness
32. Acts 7     The Tenth Temptation of God
33. Acts 7     The First to Die for Christ
34. Acts 8     The Great Persecution
35. Acts 8     Who Were Scattered Abroad
36. Acts 8     The Reluctant Evangelists
37. Acts 8     The Samaritan – The Great Pretender
38. Acts 8     Samaria Believes!
39. Acts 8     Simon – The Great One
40. Acts 8     The Samaritan Pentecost
41. Acts 8     Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
42. Acts 8     The Ethiopian Eunuch and the Body of Christ
43. Acts 9     Saul’s Conversion and the Body of Christ
44. Acts 9     Saul and the Persecution
45. Acts 9     The Wrath of Saul
46. Acts 9     The Wolf Shall Dwell with the Lamb
47. Acts 9     Three Blind Nights
48. Acts 9     Was Paul Converted or Called
49. Acts 9     Paul’s Vision on the Road to Damascus
50. Acts 9     Luke v/s Paul – Truth or Confusion?
51. Acts 9     Does Paul Contradict Luke in Damascus?
52. Acts 9     Do We Rescue Luke at Paul’s Expense?
53. Acts 9     Yet Another Contradiction in Damascus?
54. Acts 9     Why is Paul’s Conversion so Important?
55. Acts 9     When Did Paul Return to Jerusalem?
56. Acts 9     What Was Paul’s Gospel?
57. Acts 9     No One in Jerusalem Believed Paul
58. Acts 9     Jerusalem’s Hesitancy to Agree with Paul
59. Acts 9     Why Didn’t Peter Fully Embrace Paul?
60. Acts 9     Paul Spoke Boldly in Jerusalem
61. Acts 9     Paul’s Flight Out of Jerusalem
62. Acts 9     From Where Did the Church Gain Rest?
63. Acts 9     Building Up the Church
64. Acts 9     The Churches of God Were Multiplied
65. Acts 9     The Power of God to Heal
66. Acts 9     Jesus and Raising the Dead
67. Acts 10   Cornelius, the Centurion
68. Acts 10   The Ends of the Earth
69. Acts 10   Peter’s Heart
70. Acts 10   Cornelius and Circumcision
71. Acts 10   Salvation – God Removes All Doubt
72. Acts 11   Church Unity at Risk!
73. Acts 11   The Interrogation of Peter
74. Acts 11   Cornelius Answers Jerusalem’s Big Problem
75. Acts 11   They Called Us Christian at Antioch
76. Acts 11   Famine-Relief from Antioch
77. Acts 12   Persecution Renewed Under Agrippa
78. Acts 12   The Apostles Were Persecuted for Treason
79. Acts 12   Herod’s Official Story about Peter
80. Acts 12   Mary, the Mother of Mark
81. Acts 12   Agrippa Abode in Caesarea
82. Acts 12   The Death of Agrippa
83. Acts 13   Who Are These People?
84. Acts 13   Barnabas ~ Whom Jesus Loved
85. Acts 13   The Gospel Goes Out From Antioch
86. Acts 13   Why Did the Outreach Begin in Cyprus?
87. Acts 13   Who Was Elymas-Bar Jesus? ~ Part 1
88. Acts 13   Who Was Elymas-Bar Jesus? ~ Part 2
89. Acts 13   How Did Saul Become Paul?
90. Acts 13   Sergius Paulus, Proconsul of Cyprus
91. Acts 13   Why Did Mark Leave Paul?
92. Acts 13   Who’s the Leader– Barnabas or Paul?
93. Acts 13   Paul and the Jewish Lectionary System
94. Acts 13   Paul Preaches in Pisidian Antioch
95. Acts 13   As the Leaders Go, So Goes the Nation
96. Acts 13   Jewish Missionaries and God-Fearers
97. Acts 13   Paul’s Name Revisited
98. Acts 13   Paul and the Marriage Supper
99. Acts 14   Barnabas and Paul in Iconium
100. Acts 14   Barnabas and Paul in Lystra
101. Acts 14   Concluding the First Missionary Journey
102. Acts 15   When Was Paul’s 2nd Visit to Jerusalem
103. Acts 15   The Union of Jews and Gentiles
104. Acts 15   The So-Called Silent Years of Paul
105. Acts 15   Paul’s Fourteen-year Journey
106. Acts 15   The Jerusalem Council
107. Acts 15   The ‘Men from James’
108. Acts 15   The Peter-Paul Faceoff at Antioch
109. Acts 15   Circumcision ~ What’s at Stake?
110. Acts 15   What Was to Become of Holiness?
111. Acts 15   The Council’s Sequence of Events
112. Acts 15   The Jerusalem Council’s Verdict
113. Acts 15   It Seemed Good to the Holy Spirit and Us!
114. Acts 15   The Pharisees Who Believed
115. Acts 15   The Apostolic Decrees
116. Acts 15   Dividing Barnabas and Paul
117. Acts 16   Who Received the Apostolic Decrees
118. Acts 16   Paul Returns to Galatia
119. Acts 16   Prevented by the Spirit?
120. Acts 16   The Gospel Goes to Europe
121. Acts 17   Imprisonment at Philippi
122. Acts 17   Paul Visits Thessalonica
123. Acts 17   Paul’s Debate in Thessalonica
124. Acts 17   Opposition to the Gospel at Thessalonica
125. Acts 17   Off the Beaten Track to Beroea
126. Acts 17   A Plan Sensitive to the Spirit of God
127. Acts 17   Trouble in Thessalonica
128. Acts 17   Paul and the Man of Sin
129. Acts 17   Paul in Athens
130. Acts 17   Paul at the Areopagus
131. Acts 17   Unveiling the Unknown God
132. Acts 17   Paul Unveils the Truth about Mankind
133. Acts 17   Paul and the Greek Poets
134. Acts 17   Paul’s Call to Repentance at Athens
135. Acts 17   The Areopagus and Judgment
136. Acts 17   Paul and the Church at Athens
137. Acts 18   Corinth and Aquila and Priscilla
138. Acts 18   Paul in the Synagogue at Corinth
139. Acts 18   Claudius Expels Jews From Rome
140. Acts 18   The Return of Silas and Timothy
141. Acts 18   Corinth and the People of God
142. Acts 18   Paul’s Vision at Corinth
143. Acts 18   Paul’s Prophetic Role in Corinth
144. Acts 18   Paul Appears Before Gallio
145. Acts 18   Luke, Gallio and Sosthenes
146. Acts 18   Paul’s Vow at Corinth
147. Acts 18   Did Paul Intend to Visit Jerusalem?
148. Acts 18   How Are We to Understand Appolos?
149. Acts 19   Paul’s Firstfruits in Asia
150. Acts 19   The Ephesians Pentecost
151. Acts 19   The School of Tyrannus
152. Acts 19   The Kingdom of God in Diana’s Land
153. Acts 19   Can Evil Be Made to Destroy Evil
154. Acts 19   The Word of God Grew and Prevailed
155. Acts 19   Paul’s Collection for Jerusalem’s Poor
156. Acts 19   The Riot at Ephesus
157. Acts 19   Not Just Another Contender
158. Acts 19   Paul and Grace
159. Acts 20   Has the Sabbath Morphed into Sunday?
160. Acts 20   Does the Church Ever Get ‘Lukcy’?
161. Acts 20   Paul’s Defense Before Believers
162. Acts 20   Paul Bound in the Spirit
163. Acts 20   Purchased by the Blood of God
164. Acts 20   Wolves Shall Come in Among You
165. Acts 21   Paul and Believing the Holy Spirit
166. Acts 21   Paul’s Mixed Reception at Jerusalem
167. Acts 21   Overview of Paul’s Journey to Jerusalem
168. Acts 21   Paul in the Image of Christ
169. Acts 21   Paul in Chains
170. Acts 22   Paul’s Defense-“I Am a Jew!”
171. Acts 22   Paul’s First Defense
172. Acts 22   Paul, the Roman Citizen
173. Acts 23   Who Was the High Priest in 56 CE?
174. Acts 23   Paul Before the Sanhedrin
175. Acts 23   The Plot on Paul’s Life
176. Acts 23   Paul and Roman Benevolence
177. Acts 24   Paul’s Trial Before Felix
178. Acts 24   Why Didn’t Felix Release Paul?
179. Acts 25   Festus and Paul’s Accusers
180. Acts 25   Paul in Festus’ Court
181. Acts 25   Paul’s Appeal and Festus’ Predicament
182. Acts 25   Festus’ First Consultation with Agrippa
183. Acts 26   The Matter Set Before King Agrippa
184. Acts 26   Paul’s Defense Before Agrippa
185. Acts 26   This Is Madness!
186. Acts 26   A Contrast of Paul’s Conversion Accounts
187. Acts 26   Paul, Balaam and Heliodorus
188. Acts 26   Paul’s Post-Council Journeys
189. Acts 26   Paul’s Life in the New Testament
190. Acts 27   The Voyage to Rome Begins
191. Acts 27   Famines and Fair Havens
192. Acts 27   The Storm and Paul’s — I Told You So…
193. Acts 27   Shipwreck and Safety
194. Acts 27   The Gospel and the Voyage to Rome
195. Acts 27   Paul on the Island of Malta
196. Acts 28   Paul’s Triumphal Entry
197. Acts 28   Did Rome Know Nothing of Paul?
198. Acts 28   Paul’s Argument in Rome
199. Acts 28   How Can You Be So Obtuse?
200. Acts 28   The Gospel Cannot Be Hindered!