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 ).

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Many scholars see this as an indication that this letter was written before the Epistle to the Galatians, where Paul formed and identified his positions on these matters.

Many of the brethren went out to meet Paul on his approach to Rome.

Many scholars also doubt Petrine authorship because they are convinced that 1 Peter is dependent on the Pauline epistles and that is was written after Paul ’ s ministry because it shares many of the same motifs espoused in Ephesians, Colossians, and the Pastoral Epistles.

Many modern horror and fantasy writers, including Stephen King, Bentley Little, Joe R. Lansdale, Alan Moore, Junji Ito, F. Paul Wilson, Brian Lumley, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Neil Gaiman, have cited Lovecraft as one of their primary influences.

Many of the current " rules " of comedic improv were first formalized in Chicago in the late 1950s and early 1960s, initially among The Compass Players troupe, which was directed by Paul Sills.

Many argue that the author of the book must have been a companion of the Apostle Paul, because of several passages in Acts written in the first person plural ( known as the We Sections ).

Many modernists came to this viewpoint, for example Paul Hindemith in his late turn towards mysticism.

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Many post-British invasion Rickenbacker players such as Peter Buck, Paul Weller, and Johnny Marr have used instruments with these pickups.

Many of these carefully collected scientific data had been lost during the ill-fated journey of Peter Tessem and Paul Knutsen, two crew members sent on a mission by Amundsen, but they were later retrieved by Russian scientist Nikolay Urvantsev as they lay abandoned on the Kara Sea shores.

Many scholars have contended that in discussion on the resurrection, Apostle Paul refers to a rabbinic style transmission of an early authoritative tradition that he received and has passed on to the church at Corinth.

Many today believe that it was not written by Paul but by an associate or disciple after his death, representing what they believed was his message, so Ehrman, Gaventa, Smiles, Schnelle, Boring, and Kelly.

Many others also contributed, with their approaches flavouring the many models of the day, including: Tony Wasserman and Peter Pircher with the " Object-Oriented Structured Design ( OOSD )" notation ( not a method ), Ray Buhr's " Systems Design with Ada ", Archie Bowen's use case and timing analysis, Paul Ward's data analysis and David Harel's " Statecharts "; as the group tried to ensure broad coverage in the real-time systems domain.

Many models of quintessence have a tracker behavior, which according to Paul Steinhardt et al.

* Spanish — Carmona, Fernando Briones: Melancholy Pierrot ( 1945 ); Dalí, Salvador: Pierrot with Guitar ( 1924 ), Pierrot Playing the Guitar ( 1925 ); Gris, Juan ( worked mainly in France ): Many works, including Pierrot ( 1919 ), Pierrot ( 1921 ), Pierrot Playing Guitar ( 1923 ), Pierrot with Book ( 1924 )— see images at right of page ; Picasso, Pablo ( worked mainly in France ): Many works, including Pierrot ( 1918 ), Pierrot and Harlequin ( 1920 ), Three Musicians ( 1921 ; two versions ), Portrait of Adolescent as Pierrot ( 1922 ), Paul as Pierrot ( 1925 ); Valle, Evaristo: Pierrot ( 1909 ).

* Swiss — Klee, Paul ( worked mainly in Germany ): Many works, including Head of a Young Pierrot ( 1912 ), Captive Pierrot ( 1923 ), Pierrot Lunaire ( 1924 ), Pierrot Penitent ( 1939 ).

* French — Lannoy, Robert: " Pierrot the Street-Waif " ( 1938 ; choir with mixed voices and piano ; text by Paul Verlaine ); Poulenc, Francis: " Pierrot " ( 1933 ; voice and piano ; text by Théodore de Banville ); Privas, Xavier: Many works, in both Chansons vécues ( 1903 ; " Unfaithful Pierrot ", " Pierrot Sings ", etc.

" Many notable rock bassists have been influenced by John Paul Jones, including John Deacon, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Flea, Gene Simmons, and Krist Novoselic.

Many of Matisse's paintings from 1898 to 1901 make use of a Divisionist technique he adopted after reading Paul Signac's essay, " D ' Eugène Delacroix au Néo-impressionisme ".

" Many forecast an early demise especially in St. Paul where competition with the Minnesota Twins led many local sportswriters to consider it a " beer league.

Apparently referring to Kelly's ability to distract opposing fielders, Anson said, " Many a run has been scored through Kelly ’ s trickiness.

After an uncredited role in the film adaptation of Too Many Girls ( which costarred Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz ), Abbott hired him as a chorus boy and Gene Kelly's understudy in Pal Joey.

Edward Abbott's 1864 cookery book, The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many as Well as the ' Upper Ten Thousand, suggests that the concept of an ' upper ten thousand ' pre-dates the official publication of Kelly's directory.

Many Irish men, for example, entered law, the judiciary and politics, while in Ned Kelly's time 80 % of the Victorian police were Irish-born, and half of those had served in the Royal Irish Constabulary.

Many American anthropologists adopted his agenda for social reform, and theories of race continue to be popular subjects for anthropologists today.

Many species of Amaryllidoideae are popular as ornamentals in parks and gardens.

Many of these recipes have become very popular.

Many SysOps were transplants of the amateur radio community and thus amateur and packet radio were often popular topics.

* Lossy codecs: Many of the more popular codecs in the software world are lossy, meaning that they reduce quality by some amount in order to achieve compression.

Many ecclesias organise holidays for young people, the most popular form in the UK being camping holidays and Youth Weekends such as Swanwick and others locally organised by different ecclesias.

Many groups that were popular during the disco period subsequently struggled to maintain their success — even those that tried to adapt to evolving musical tastes.

Many popular vegetable juices, particularly ones with high tomato content, are high in sodium, and therefore consumption of them for health must be carefully considered.

Many of the most popular books of the Golden Age were written by Agatha Christie, who produced a long series of books featuring her detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, amongst others, and usually including a complex puzzle for the reader to try to unravel.

Many popular synthesizers are not synthesizers in the classic definition of the word.

Many types of surfing are popular on the island, including traditional surfing, windsurfing ( where the board is propelled by a sail ) and most recently kitesurfing.

Many popular games played in modern casinos originate from Europe and China.

Many of them also accept unique listings of caches for their site, but these listings tend to be less popular than the international sites, although occasionally the regional sites may have more caches than the international sites.

Many churches today use contemporary worship music which includes a range of styles often influenced by popular music.

Many libraries and reading rooms were established in small towns and villages, and numerous printed periodicals reflected the growing interest in popular education.

Many who have no love for Puritan doctrine, nor sympathy with Puritan experience, have appreciated the pathos and beauty of his writings, and his Looking to Jesus long held its own in popular appreciation with the writings of John Bunyan.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many projections would lose their elegant and popular properties.

Many modern day cooperatives are influenced directly or indirectly by economic mutualism that became popular in the late 19th century.

Many scholars in other fields use the term " myth " in somewhat different ways ; in a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story or, in casual use, a popular misconception or imaginary entity.

Many instrumental performers and singers, including a number of music celebrities, have learned " by ear ", especially in folk music styles such as blues and popular styles such as rock music.

Many of these early motels are still popular and are in operation, as in the case of the 3V Tourist Court in St. Francisville, Louisiana, built in 1938.

Many stereotypically " nerdy " interests, such as superhero and Sci-Fi movies, are now popular culture hits.

Many pagans in North America encounter the movement through their involvement in other hobbies ; particularly popular with U. S. Pagans are " golden age "- type pastimes such as the Society for Creative Anachronism ( SCA ), Star Trek fandom, Doctor Who fandom and comic book fandom.

Many card games use stripped decks, and stripped decks for popular games are commercially available.