Is Philip in Acts 8 the deacon or the disciple?
I would like to know if the Philip who baptized the eunuch in Acts 8 is Philip the disciple or the deacon mentioned in Acts 6
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Acts 6:3 -Does a person full of "the Spirit" still need wisdom?
What does the men "full of (the)Spirit mean,"full of the Holy Spirit?
Can the men full of "the Spirit" (=the Holy Spirit) as rendered in all Eng. Translations,lack anything?
(In all English Versions, πλήρεις πνεύματ…
The time of restoration of the Kingdom asked in Acts 1:6? Why didn’t Jesus answer plainly?
It does not seem that Jesus gave a direct answer when the disciples asked him about the Kingdom in Acts 1:6.
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at
this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” (ESV)
His res…
The Gospel From Acts :: By Grant Phillips
Jesus told the remaining eleven apostles in Acts to take the Gospel to Jerusalem, to all Judea, to Samaria, and to the ends of the earth when the Holy Spirit came upon them. The Holy Spirit did come, as recorded in Acts 2. After Jesus gave them these instructions, He was taken up to Heaven […]
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In Acts 8:32–33 was the Ethiopian eunuch reading a Septuagint scroll or a Hebrew scroll?
Texts are listed below for reference. Acts written in Greek and the Septuagint (LXX) are word for word the same but is this enough evidence to say the Ethiopian read from the LXX. Phillip probably could read both. The Ethiopian probably…
Acts 15: Are Gentiles Allowed in the Church?
How is the message about a God who made covenants with a particular people in a particular land move into the gentile world? This was a perplexing issue for the early church, and the early Jewish leaders used the book of Leviticus to help solv…
Water Baptism And Spirit Baptism In Luke Acts
PNEUMA 38 (2016) 476–501 Water Baptism and Spirit Baptism in Luke-Acts Another Reading of the Evidence Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg,…
Trajectories In The Book Of Acts
146 Book Reviews / Pneuma 33 (2011) 109-169 Paul Alexander, Jordan Daniel May, and Robert G. Reid, eds., Trajectories in the Book of Acts:…
Baptism In The Spirit — Luke Acts And The Dunn Debate
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 131 William P. Atkinson, Baptism in the Spirit — Luke-Acts and the Dunn debate (Eugene OR: Pickwick…
Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church and Acts
120 Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 Luke Timothy Johnson, Prophetic Jesus, Prophetic Church: The Challenge of Luke-Acts to Con- temporary Christians (Grand…
Did James & the elders in Jerusalem advise Paul to compromise in Acts 21:21-24?
(KJV)Acts 21:21-24
And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. …
First Gentile Convert
Cornelius in Acts chapter 10 is generally cited as the first Gentile convert to Christianity. What then is the status of the Ethiopian eunuch baptised by Philip in chapter 8? Was he a Jew in the service of Candice? If so w…