Esler believes that this specific point is supported through Luke ’ s emphasis on citing examples of Romans who come to believe in Christ ( Acts 10: 1-11: 18 ; 13: 12 ; 18: 7 ).

Many who side with this view disagree that Luke portrays Christianity or the Roman Empire as harmless and thus reject the apologetic view because “ Acts does not present Christians as politically harmless or law abiding for there are a large number of public controversies concerning Christianity, particularly featuring Paul .” For example, to support this view Cassidy references how Paul is accused of going against the Emperor because he is “ saying that there is another king named Jesus .” ( Acts 17: 7 ) Furthermore, there are multiple examples of Paul ’ s preaching causing uprisings in various cities ( Acts 14: 2 ; 14: 19 ; 16: 19-23 ; 17: 5 ; 17: 13-14 ; 19: 28-40 ; 21: 27 ).

* Acts 6: 7 Impact of the gospel in Jerusalem.

2: 13, 7: 6, 13-14, 12: 18 ; and Acts 19. 22 — all refer to the same journey of a single individual, Titus-Timothy.

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.

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:* Acts of the Apostles 8: 37 ; 15: 34 ; 24: 7 ; 28: 29 ;

The first given evidence for a differentiation, between traditional Jewish " Shabbat " observance and the religious observance of the first day of the week, appears in Acts 20: 7 where the disciples met and " broke bread " together.

Seventh-day Sabbatarians say that the believers met on all days of the week to " break bread " together for the sake of meals and fellowship, such as in Acts 2: 46, regarding the incident in Acts 20: 7 as nothing outside of usual practice.

In Acts 7: 16, it is said that " Their ( Jacob and his family ) bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.

Other noted New Testament commentary authors include: Joseph Shulam, who has written commentaries on Acts, Romans, and Galatians ; Arnold Fruchtenbaum of Ariel Ministries, who has written commentaries on the Epistles, Judges & Ruth, and Genesis, and 7 systematic doctrinal studies ; Tim Hegg of TorahResource, who has written commentaries on Romans, Galatians, Hebrews, and is presently examining Matthew ; Daniel Thomas Lancaster, who has written extensively for the First Fruits of Zion Torah Club series ; Stuart Sacks, author of Hebrews Through a Hebrews ' Eyes ; and J. K. McKee of TNN Online who has written several volumes under the byline " for the Practical Messianic " ( James, Hebrews, Philippians, Galatians, and surveys of both the Tanakh and the Apostolic Scriptures ).

The Septuagint renders " your king " as Moloch, perhaps from a scribal error, whence the verse appears in Acts 7. 43:

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On 7 August 1956 British Railways re-opened the line, with trains stopping at stations mentioned in the Acts.

Preachers of the early church include Peter ( see especially Acts 2: 14b – 36 ), Stephen ( see Acts 7: 1b – 53 ), Tertullian, John Chrysostom, Gregory Nazianzus.

The Comma Johanneum in 1 John 5: 7 is well known example, but there are also other texts like: Matt 10: 8 ; 27: 35 ; Luke 17: 36 ; John 3: 25 ; Acts 8: 37 ; 9: 5 ; 15: 34 ; and some readings (" book of life " instead of " tree of life " in Revelation 22: 19 ) which the Byzantine text did not have.

The Firearms Acts 1936 / 7 placed additional controls on fully automatic firearms, effectively restricting them to the armed forces and police.

See Matt 3, Mark 1, Luke 3, John 17, John 20: 17, Acts 7: 55-56.

Other references are in Acts 5: 29, 32 ; Romans 16: 19 ; 2 Corinthians 7: 15 ; Hebrews 5: 9.

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.

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.

Acts 15: 39 ; 23: 2-5 ).

UPCI beliefs on this subject are derived from Acts 2: 4, 17, 38 – 39 ; 10: 46 ; 19: 6 ; and I Corinthians 12: 13.

5: 39 ; Acts 17: 11-12 ; Rom.

The first two Acts were the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873 ( 36 & 37 Vict c. 66 ) and the Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1875 ( 38 & 39 Vict c. 77 ), with a further series of amending acts ( 12 in all by 1899 ).

The following verse ( Acts 2: 39 ) seems to cite a neglected source describing the New Covenant as the gift of the prophetic Spirit.

He makes no mention of Caiaphas ' role in Jesus ' crucifixion and emphasizes Jesus ' literal resurrection ( 24: 39 ), including an ascension into heaven as a realm of spiritual existence ( 24: 52 ; Acts 1: 1 ).

# The Messiah was crucified according to the purpose of God ( Mk 10: 45 ; Jn 3: 16 ; Acts 2: 23 ; 3: 13-15, 18 ; 4: 11 ; 10: 39 ; 26: 23 ; Ro 8: 34 ; 1 Corinthians 1: 17-18 ; 15: 3 ; Galatians 1: 4 ; Heb 1: 3 ; 1Peter 1: 2, 19 ; 3: 18 ; 1 Jn 4: 10 ).

Paul was able to persuade Lysias that he was not an agitator, and provides him with his provincial citizenship as being from Tarsus, in the province of Cilicia ( Acts 21. 39 ).

* 1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

* 1794 – U. S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

About a fifth of the law code is taken up by Alfred's introduction, which includes translations into English of the Decalogue, a few chapters from the Book of Exodus, and the " Apostolic Letter " from Acts of the Apostles ( 15: 23 – 29 ).

The author is traditionally identified as Luke the Evangelist ; see Authorship of Luke – Acts for details.

Acts 15: 22 – 24 from the 7th-century Codex Laudianus in the Bodleian Library, written in parallel columns of Latin and Greek language | Greek.

According to Richard I. Pervo, " Townsend's methodologically adventurous but ultimately cautious essay is another valuable lesson in the danger of establishing the date of Acts – or any work – by arguing for the earliest possible time of origin.

* Alan Taylor, " The Alien and Sedition Acts " in Julian E. Zelizer, ed., The American Congress ( 2004 ), 63 – 76

* Constitution of 1967 – after the 1964 coup d ' État against João Goulart, the military dictatorship passed the Institutional Acts, a supraconstitutional law.

* Acts – Revelation: Novum Testamentum Graece.

The Thuggee and Dacoity Suppression Acts, 1836 – 1848 was enacted in British India under East India Company rule.

Longenecker, " Acts of the Apostles ", in volume 9 of The Expositor's Bible Commentary, Frank E. Gaebelein, editor ( Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Corporation, 1976 – 1984 ), page 476.

Moreover, Paul's description of the Council of Jerusalem ( Gal 2: 1 – 10 ) gives a different point of view from the description in Acts 15: 2 – 29.

In this view, the visit to Jerusalem, mentioned in Galatians 2: 1 – 10, is identical with that of Acts 15, which is spoken of as a thing of the past.

In order to see that these churches were properly established ( as was Paul's typical pattern, see Acts 14: 21 – 23 ), Paul left Titus in Crete.

Tertullian ( c. a. d. 160 – 225 ) wrote that when it was discovered that a church elder had composed a pseudonymous work, The Acts of Paul ( which included a purported Pauline letter, 3 Corinthians ), the offending elder “ was removed from his office ” ( On Baptism 17 ).

* 1958 – Matthew Ward, American singer ( Second Chapter of Acts )

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 ).

After the " Helium Acts Amendments of 1960 " ( Public Law 86 – 777 ), the U. S. Bureau of Mines arranged for five private plants to recover helium from natural gas.

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

* 1774 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.

* 1948 – National Health Service Acts created the national public health systems in the United Kingdom