The Acts of the ApostlesUniversity Press, 1885 - 387 pages |
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Page xi
... spoken against the Temple and the Law would be but a vague accusation were it not explained by the defence which was made in reply to it . From this defence we can see that the provocation which had roused the Jews against Stephen was ...
... spoken against the Temple and the Law would be but a vague accusation were it not explained by the defence which was made in reply to it . From this defence we can see that the provocation which had roused the Jews against Stephen was ...
Page xxiii
... spoken of as a chief man among the brethren , " to see that Silas could not be the writer of such a notice concerning himself . 66 And the argument which would make Silas ( i.e. Silvanus ) , and Luke ( i.e. Lucanus ) , two names ...
... spoken of as a chief man among the brethren , " to see that Silas could not be the writer of such a notice concerning himself . 66 And the argument which would make Silas ( i.e. Silvanus ) , and Luke ( i.e. Lucanus ) , two names ...
Page xxvi
... spoken of as though still ex- isting and as well - marked spots ; the synagogues erected in the city for the foreign Jews are mentioned , and the writer speaks of them as places which would be well known to his readers . Annas and ...
... spoken of as though still ex- isting and as well - marked spots ; the synagogues erected in the city for the foreign Jews are mentioned , and the writer speaks of them as places which would be well known to his readers . Annas and ...
Page xxxiii
... spoken of definitely before the close . To God's ancient people His offers of mercy were made first , and in accordance with this is the conduct of all the preaching of the Acts , but Gentiles are no longer excluded when once Christ has ...
... spoken of definitely before the close . To God's ancient people His offers of mercy were made first , and in accordance with this is the conduct of all the preaching of the Acts , but Gentiles are no longer excluded when once Christ has ...
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... spoken ( Matt . iii . 11 ) , " He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire . " Such an event , when it came to pass , could not fail to work mightily on the minds of those among Christ's Apostles who had been disciples of ...
... spoken ( Matt . iii . 11 ) , " He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire . " Such an event , when it came to pass , could not fail to work mightily on the minds of those among Christ's Apostles who had been disciples of ...
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Page 26 - Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Page 257 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Page 36 - Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Page x - Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father : for my Father is greater than I.
Page 247 - And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came to Ephesus. And finding certain disciples, he said unto them ; Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? And they said unto him; We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
Page 25 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins according to the flesh he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne : He, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.
Page 121 - But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, 'and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Page 107 - And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still : and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch ; and he baptized him.
Page 168 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 19 - And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judea and Cappadocia, in Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.