Category: <span>Acts</span>

While Paul had endured long journeys evangelizing as far as Macedonia and Achaia, his journey to Rome was perhaps the most difficult. Paul and company had to endure turbulent seas,…

In Acts 24-26, Luke described Paul’s defense before Governors Felix and Festus and King Agrippa II, the son of Agrippa I—who had “cruelly attacked some who belonged to the church,…

Paul’s appearance in the temple did not go as he had hoped. Having traveled as far as Achaia on his third missionary journey, Paul returned to Jerusalem with the gifts…

Luke provided little information regarding the transition between Paul’s second and third journeys. After landing back at Caesarea to conclude his second trip, Paul went up to Jerusalem to give…

After the Jerusalem Council and a season edifying the believers in Antioch, Paul requested of Barnabas, “Let’s go back and visit the brothers in every town where we have preached…

After God sent His Spirit upon Gentiles in Acts 10:44-46, just as He had upon those gathered in the temple in Acts 2:1-13, controversy developed as to what the Gentiles…

The record of Paul’s first missionary journey demonstrated the significance of Syrian Antioch as a missionary-sending church. From that assembly, Paul and Barnabas were called to evangelize Gentiles, enduring much…

Having composed a scholarly biography of the life of Jesus, Luke set out for Theophilus an account of the early church. Luke had an affinity for clarifying the place of…

Luke provided an account of the early church, describing the shift that had occurred in salvation history with the coming of Jesus the Messiah. Paul’s conversion in Acts 9 provided…

After research and analysis, Luke wrote Theophilus with an orderly account of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ (Luke 1:1-4). Luke followed that volume with a report of the…