Some have suggested that the title " Acts " be interpreted as " The Acts of the Holy Spirit " or even " The Acts of Jesus ," since 1: 1 gives the impression that these acts were set forth as an account of what Jesus continued to do and teach, Jesus himself being the principal actor.

Historians believe that the author of Acts did not have access to a collection of Paul's letters.

Discrepancies between the Pauline epistles and Acts would further support the conclusion that the author of Acts did not have access to those epistles when composing Acts.

Some feel that the text of Acts shows evidence of having used the Jewish historian Josephus as a source ( in which case it would have to have been written sometime after 94 AD ).

In fact, Fitzmyer believes that the preface of Luke should only be “ the starting point in the discussion of the aim of Luke-Acts .” Because the author ’ s intended purpose for the Book of Acts is not that straightforward, scholars have put forth four main claims to address this.

However, since Paul was from Cilicia and refers to himself using this name ( see Acts 21: 39, 22: 3 ), it seems very natural that the name Cilicia would have continued to be in colloquial use among its residents despite its hiatus in official Roman nomenclature.

Parallels between Acts and Josephus ' The Wars of the Jews ( written in 75-80 ) and Antiquities of the Jews ( c. 94 ) have long been argued.

Several scholars have argued that Acts used material from both of Josephus ' works, rather than the other way around, which would indicate that Acts was written around the year 100 or later.

Surprisingly, Acts does not record the outcome of Paul's legal troubles — some traditions hold that Paul was ultimately executed in Rome, while other traditions have him surviving the encounter and later traveling to Spain — see Paul-Imprisonment & Death.

These speeches, which are given in full, have been the source of debates over the historical accuracy of Acts.

In England a number of statutes on the subject have been passed, the chief being the Bastardy Act of the Parliament of 1845, and the Bastardy Laws Amendment Acts of 1872 and 1873.

Acts that have performed at Aberdour festival have been Yard Of Ale, Percy & The Peanuts, Swings & Roundabouts, Capercaillie, Boys of the Lough, Eddi Reader and The Fence Collective's Three Craws

A 6th-century Greek and Latin manuscript of Acts that is believed to have been used by Bede survives and is now in the Bodleian Library ; it is known as the Codex Laudianus.

However, it should be noted that variations on this geographic theory would have the epistle written during Paul's 2nd Missionary Journey around 50-52, or during the events described in Acts.

In addition, the exclusion of any mention of the letter of Acts 15 is seen to indicate that such a letter did not yet exist, since Paul would have been likely to use it against the legalism confronted in Galatians.

2: 11 ) would have been necessary after the events described in Acts 15.

( Acts, ) Other scholars have suggested that it was written from Caesarea or Ephesus.

In November 1686 James had wished to gain William's support for the repeal of the Test Acts, as this would have delivered a blow to the English opposition.

In the Book of Acts, Paul and other men performed ablution before entering the Temple in Jerusalem: " Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them.

Acts such as Adam Ant, Bad Manners, Buzzcocks, Evile, Fish, Hawkwind, Half Man Half Biscuit, John Martyn, Ocean Colour Scene, The Beat, Ron Sexsmith, Suzi Quatro, Saxon, The Beat and Red Hot Chilli Pipers have performed.

Thomas Bonham v College of Physicians, commonly known as Dr. Bonham's Case was a decision of the Court of Common Pleas under Coke in which he ruled that " in many cases, the common law will controul Acts of Parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void: for when an Act of Parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will controul it, and adjudge such Act to be void ".

Acts of charity have been performed anonymously when benefactors do not wish to be acknowledged.

Dana also performed extensively in cabaret venues and was voted Top Female Vocalist at the National Club Acts Awards in 1979.

The first was Humfrey Duke of Gloucester by Ambrose Philips, which used about thirty lines from Acts 1 – 3 of 2 Henry VI and was performed at Drury Lane.

The second 1723 adaptation, also performed at Drury Lane, was Theophilus Cibber's King Henry VI: A Tragedy, which used Act 5 of 2 Henry VI and Acts 1 and 2 of 3 Henry VI, and which featured his father Colley Cibber as Winchester.

The Jesus ' Name belief originates from Acts 2: 38, and members also stress Acts 8: 16, Acts 10: 48, Acts 19: 5, and Acts 22: 16, claiming that these are the only scriptures showing how the early Church performed baptisms, and that the Bible authorizes no departure from that formula. See Chapter 7, " Baptismal Formula: In the Name of Jesus ", in Bernard, David K.

Oneness Pentecostals assert that of the five mentions of baptism in the Book of Acts, all were performed in the name of Jesus Christ, and that no Trinitarian formula is ever referred to therein.

Acts that performed at the festival in order of appearance:

While Jesus ' circumcision was recorded as having been performed in accordance with Torah requirements in, according to the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 15, the leaders of the Christian Church at the Council of Jerusalem rejected circumcision as a requirement for Gentile converts, possibly the first act of differentiation of Early Christianity from its Jewish roots, see also list of events in early Christianity.

Acts who have performed there in the past include Super Furry Animals, Feeder Love, Ray Davies, Freddie Starr and Sweet.

The four gospels are not the only references to the baptisms performed by John and in Acts 10: 37-38, the apostle Peter refers to how the ministry of Jesus followed " the baptism which John preached ".

Acts such as Motörhead, Limp Bizkit, Saliva, Run – D. M. C., Salt-n-Pepa, Ice-T, Drowning Pool, Flo Rida, P. O. D., and Kid Rock have also performed during the live entrances of competitors.

However, the State Acts have performed their function and the expression " Australia Act ( s )" is now used to refer only to the Commonwealth and UK Acts.

Other stage plays she has written include Not Enough Rope, Mr Gogol And Mr Preen, Hotline ( which was performed on Broadway in 1995 as part of the anthology play, Death Defying Acts ), After the Night and the Music, Power Plays, Taller Than A Dwarf, and Adult Entertainment.

" Premieres ", which are student-written, are performed in the winter, while in the spring " One Acts for Charity " are selected from the works of professional playwrights.

) Recent London After Midnight material ( such asnew CD release " Violent Acts of Beauty "), which has been performed in concert, is highly political with songs like " Feeling Fascist ?," " The Pain Looks Good on You ," " America's a Fucking Disease ," and others.

Acts performed outside the United Kingdom have to constitute an offence in the country where they are committed, in order to constitute an offence under this Act.

He appeared again as Poirot in three made-for-television movies: Thirteen at Dinner ( 1985 ), Dead Man's Folly ( 1986 ), and Murder in Three Acts ( 1986 ).

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

Fitzmyer states that by looking at the prefaces of Luke and Acts together it can be seen “ that Luke-Acts purports to be basically ‘ a work of edification ’.”

Many believe this group of texts comes from the original Book of Acts by looking at the Byzantine text for the whole of the New Testament.

* Book of Acts at Bible Gateway ( NIV & KJV )

Titus was with Paul and Barnabas at Antioch and accompanied them to the Council of Jerusalem, although his name occurs nowhere in the Acts of the Apostles.

Monmouthshire County Council, which requested that the Abergavenny Improvement Acts be repealed, is supporting plans for a new cattle market to be established about ten miles from Abergavenny at Raglan.

In writing the Kentucky Resolutions, Jefferson warned that, " unless arrested at the threshold ," the Alien and Sedition Acts would " necessarily drive these states into revolution and blood.

Barnabas is one of the first teachers of the church at Antioch ( Acts 13: 1 ).

When Jesus told Lazarus ’ sister, Martha, that Lazarus would rise again, she replied, " I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day ". 11: 24 Also, one of the two main branches of the Jewish religious establishment, the Pharisees, believed in and taught the future resurrection of the body. Acts 23: 1-8

The assembled bishops informed the pope that a copy of all the " Acta " would be transmitted to him ; in March, 453, Pope Leo commissioned Julian of Cos, then at Constantinople, to make a collection of all the Acts and translate them into Latin.

Christians explain that such selectivity is based on rulings made by early Jewish Christians in the Book of Acts, at the Council of Jerusalem, that, while believing gentiles did not need to fully convert to Judaism, they should follow some aspects of Torah like avoiding idolatry and fornication and blood, including, according to some interpretations, homosexuality.

Lake wonders why it would be necessary for the Jerusalem Council ( Acts 15 ) to take place at all if the issue were settled in Acts 11: 30 / 12: 25, as this view holds.

The Acts of Union 1800 united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, abolishing the Irish Parliament and giving Ireland representation at Westminster.

) show that Apollos was known to Paul and the church at the time of writing, which would preclude the first recorded visit to Ephesus ( See Acts 18: 24-28 ).

Several sources informed Paul of conflicts within the church at Corinth: Apollos ( Acts 19: 1 ), a letter from the Corinthians, the " household of Chloe ", and finally Stephanas and his two friends who had visited Paul ( 1: 11 ; 16: 17 ).

* Acts 2, which describes an occurrence of speaking in tongues in Jerusalem at Pentecost, though with various interpretations.

* Acts 10: 46, when the household of Cornelius in Caesarea spoke in tongues, and those present compared it to the speaking in tongues that occurred at Pentecost.

Pentecostals appeal to the declaration of the Apostle Peter at Pentecost, that " the gift of the Holy Spirit " was " for you and for your children and for all who are far off " ( Acts 2: 38-39 ).

Acts 5: 15 reports that " people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on beds and mats so that at least Peter's shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.

In 1833 and 1844, the first general laws against child labour, the Factory Acts, were passed in England: Children younger than nine were not allowed to work, children were not permitted to work at night, and the work day of youth under the age of 18 was limited to twelve hours.

We see him in the company of Peter at the healing of the lame man in the Temple ( Acts 3: 1 sqq .).

Rather than purporting to nullify the Alien and Sedition Acts, the 1798 Resolutions called on the other states to join Kentucky " in declaring these acts void and of no force " and " in requesting their repeal at the next session of Congress ".