The Acts of the Apostles records the Council of Jerusalem, which addressed the question of observation of biblical law in the early Christian community which included Gentile converts.

This presents a problem as the book of Acts records that Paul spent a significant amount of time with the church in Ephesus, and in fact was one of its founders.

Acts of the Apostles records Paul traveling to the " region of Galatia and Phrygia ", which lay immediately west of Galatia.

Acts records the martyrdom of the Christian leaders, Stephen and James of Zebedee.

After Jesus returned to heaven, the book of Acts records the disciples of Jesus praying to God to grant that miracles be done in his name, for the purpose of convincing onlookers that he is alive.

The Acts of the Apostles records that during this time, in 60, Paul of Tarsus appeared before their court at Caesarea.

The Book of Acts in the Christian Bible records that the Apostle Paul, on his second missionary journey outside of Palestine, sailed from Troas to Samothrace and spent one night there on his way to Macedonia.

The Acts of the Apostles 12: 2 records that Herod had James executed by sword.

The Acts of the Apostles records that Judas killed himself in the field, and it was thus known as acheldemach in Aramaic, and ager sanguinis in the Vulgate.

Acts that have performed for Leftfoot include Gilles Peterson, Mr Scruff, DJ Patife, Cleveland Watkiss, Keb Darge, Roots Manuva, Bonobo and Ninja Tune records.

The British North America Acts, including this Act, were renamed in 1982 with the patriation of the Constitution ( originally enacted by the British Parliament ); however, it is still known by its original name in United Kingdom records.

Acts records the martyrdom of the Christian leaders, Stephen and James of Zebedee.

The Bible records ( Acts 19 ) that the Apostle Paul while visiting some people who were described as " disciples ", established they had received the baptism of John for the repentance of sins but had not yet heard of or received the Holy Spirit.

His biography, the Gadla Iyasus Mo ` a (" Acts of Iyasus Mo ` a "), records that Yekuno Amlak had fled from the authorities in Amba Sel and hid in the church because of a prophecy ( tinbit ) that he would become a king.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

While government authorities prepared lists of aliens for deportation, many aliens fled the country during the debate over the Alien and Sedition Acts, and Adams never signed a deportation order.

Although many assume that the biblical Mark the Cousin of Barnabas ( Colossians 4: 10 ) is the same as John Mark ( Acts 12: 12, 25 ; 13: 5, 13 ; 15: 37 ) and Mark the Evangelist, the traditionally believed author of the Gospel of Mark, according to Hippolytus of Rome, the three " Mark " s are distinct persons.

Also, in Acts 1: 5, Jesus assured his disciples that they too would soon be baptised in holy spirit: " For John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.

Like many other Christian writers, he also claims that heresy began with Simon Magus, a figure whom receives mention in Acts 8: 9-13 for being a magician from the city of Samaria.

While the traditional view that Paul's companion Luke authored the gospel is still often put forward, a number of possible contradictions between Acts and Paul's letters lead many scholars to dispute this account.

The Book of Acts contradicts the letters of Paul on many points, such as Paul's second trip to Jerusalem for an apostolic council.

* 1774 – Orangetown Resolutions adopted in the Province of New York, one of many protests against the British Parliament's Coercive Acts

Some scholars believe that John was martyred along with his brother ( Acts 12: 1-2 ), although many other scholars doubt this.

The Manichaeans preserved many apocryphal Christian works, such as the Acts of Thomas, that would otherwise have been lost.

" In her book Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions, Steinem characterised the term as " cruel and ahistorical ", and elaborated on the repression of feminism under Hitler, noting that many prominent German feminists like Helene Stöcker, Trude Weiss-Rosmarin and Clara Zetkin were forced to flee Nazi Germany while others were killed in concentration camps.

The Inclosure Acts brought fencing and boundaries to many parts of the country as common ground was dispersed amongst wealthy landowners.

The Portland GMB also hosts many social and educational events, notably Music for the Working Class, a free event that occurs on the last Wednesday of every month at the Red and Black Cafe, 400 SE 12th St. Acts that have appeared include Brendan Phillips and Fast Rattler, David Rovics, and the unofficial band of the Portland branch, I Wobble Wobble.

Speech Act Theory's examination of Illocutionary Acts has many of the same goals as pragmatics, as outlined above.

The biblical narrative of Pentecost, where the 12 Disciples of Christ ( Acts 1: 13, 26 ) along with about 108 other individuals ( Acts 1: 15 ), including many women, among whom was Mary the mother of Jesus ( Acts 1: 14 ) received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room, is given in the second chapter of the Book of Acts.

His Captivity Epistles, as well as Mark, Luke, Acts, and 1 Peter were written here, according to many scholars.

Following the sinking of the U. S. destroyer on October 31, many of the provisions of the Neutrality Acts were repealed on November 17, 1941: merchant vessels were allowed to be armed and to carry any cargoes to belligerent nations.

Britain had been paying for its material in gold under " cash and carry ," as required by the US Neutrality Acts of the 1930s, but by 1941 it had liquidated so many assets that it was running short of cash.

In England, Nonconformists were restricted from many spheres of public life and were ineligible for many forms of public educational and social benefits, until the repeal in 1828 of the Test and Corporation Acts in the nineteenth century and associated toleration.

According to Acts, Paul spent better than two years in Ephesus and was emotionally attached to the believers there.

That visit could not be the one referred to in the Book of Acts 27: 7, when Paul was on his voyage to Rome as a prisoner, and where he continued a prisoner for two years.

According to Acts of the Apostles, Paul founded the church in Corinth ( Acts 18: 1 – 17 ), then spent approximately three years in Ephesus ( Acts 19: 8, 19: 10, 20: 31 ).

Luke, who wrote the Gospel of Luke, was a physician who lived around AD 30 to 130 ( exact years are not known ), and he also wrote the Book of Acts in the Bible.

Liberals generally favoured land reform in the early years, culminating in the Robertson Land Acts.

A few years later, the Kingdom of Scotland agreed to accept the Hanoverian succession for the new single throne of a new country, the Kingdom of Great Britain that Scotland and England had agreed to unite as, and which came into being under the Acts of Union, 1707.

He then leaves Corinth and spends about 3 years in Ephesus ( Acts 19: 8, 19: 10, 20: 31 ).

Until 1952, the Naturalization Acts written by Congress still allowed only white persons to become naturalized as citizens ( except for two years in the 1870s which the Supreme Court declared to be a mistake ).

The Naturalization Act of 1798, part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, was passed by the Federalists and extended the residency requirement from five to fourteen years.

Blind Harry was active some two hundred years after the events described in his The Acts and Deeds of the Illustrious and Valiant Champion Sir William Wallace, c. 1470.

Even though both the House and Senate had large Democratic majorities throughout these years, there was enough support for the Acts amongst Democrats ( especially those representing Southern states ) to ensure their passage.

In 1795, the King's carriage was assaulted in the street, providing an excuse for Pitt to introduce the infamous Two Acts: the Seditious Meetings Act 1795, which prohibited unlicensed gatherings of over fifty people, and the Treasonable Practices Act, which greatly widened the legal definition of treason, making any assault on the constitution punishable by seven years ' transportation.

Over the next few years, Walker suggested two new routes for the Higham to Strood stretch, for which Acts of Parliament were obtained and money raised.

These Acts also formed the basis for British overseas trade for nearly 200 years.

For three years, from 1787 to 1790, Dissenters had been attempting to convince Parliament to repeal the Test and Corporation Acts which limited the civil rights of Dissenters.

It was published over the years of the Popish Plot ( 1678 – 1681 ) and ten years before the Glorious Revolution of 1688, and it shows the influence of John Foxe's Acts and Monuments.

Reform began tentatively in 1870 and continued for fifty years during which a number of Irish Land Acts were passed ( see also Land War ).

The Acts of the Apostles was the only record and Ramsay, skeptical, fully expected his own research to prove the author of Acts hopelessly inaccurate since no man could possibly know the details of Asia Minor more than a hundred years after the event — this is, when Acts was then supposed to have been written.

In England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland a succession of Witchcraft Acts have governed witchcraft and provided penalties for its practice, or ( in later years ) for pretending to practise it.