The Acts of the Apostles, with intr. and notes by J.R. LumbyJoseph Rawson Lumby 1879 |
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Page vii
... teach until the day in which he was taken up " ( Acts i . 1 , 2 ) . This description accords exactly with the character and contents of St Luke's Gospel , and , moreover , the opening sentences of the Acts are an ex- pansion and ...
... teach until the day in which he was taken up " ( Acts i . 1 , 2 ) . This description accords exactly with the character and contents of St Luke's Gospel , and , moreover , the opening sentences of the Acts are an ex- pansion and ...
Page viii
... teach . " He had not , any more than the other Evangelists , aimed at giving a complete life of Jesus , but only an explanation of those principles of His teaching , and those great acts in His life , on which the foundations of the new ...
... teach . " He had not , any more than the other Evangelists , aimed at giving a complete life of Jesus , but only an explanation of those principles of His teaching , and those great acts in His life , on which the foundations of the new ...
Page ix
... teachers . Blasphemous words 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 ...
... teachers . Blasphemous words 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 ...
Page x
... these persecutions become the cause of a still wider propa- gation of the new teaching and effect the very object to which the Jews were so strongly opposed . This is the longest speech contained in the Acts , X INTRODUCTION .
... these persecutions become the cause of a still wider propa- gation of the new teaching and effect the very object to which the Jews were so strongly opposed . This is the longest speech contained in the Acts , X INTRODUCTION .
Page xii
... teach , after His ascension into heaven . THE TITLE . It will be clear from what has been already said , that the title , by which the book is known to us , can hardly have been given to it by its author . The work is certainly not ...
... teach , after His ascension into heaven . THE TITLE . It will be clear from what has been already said , that the title , by which the book is known to us , can hardly have been given to it by its author . The work is certainly not ...
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Page 136 - How GoD anointed JESUS of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil, for GoD was with him.
Page 65 - And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest asked them, saying; Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name ? and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
Page viii - 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 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 51 - And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.
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 78 - And said. This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 77 - And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him and brought him to the council, and set up false witnesses, which said ; This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
Page 74 - And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost...
Page 9 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white : for they are worthy.