The Pharisees, along with the lawyers, followed Jesus throughout His preaching ministry. See the following Scriptures: Luke 5:21, 33; 6:2, 7; 7:30; 36ff; 10:25ff; 11:14ff, 37, 53; 12:1; 14:1; 15:2; 16:14; 17:20; 19:39. Jesus encountered the Sadducees when He attended the festivals in Jerusalem. The chief priest was a Sadducee. John 7:32; 11:47; 18:13. […]
Lesson 4 – The Jerusalem Meeting
Acts 15. Step One: The principle of reading Acts between the Gospels and the letters has been applied to the content in chapter fifteen: Luke wrote the Gospel of Luke and then continued with the same general cast of characters as he began Acts of the Apostles. Let us then first recall what Luke […]
Lesson 3 – God Opens the Door of Faith for the Gentiles
Things to keep in mind as Jesus began to call the Gentiles. The Holy Spirit was carrying out God and Jesus’ orders from heaven to people on earth. The church outside Jerusalem Peter’s mission outside Jerusalem in Palestine 9:32-35. He healed Aeneas and preached in Lydda and Sharon. A church was planted. 9:36-43. He […]
Lesson 2 – Jesus Evangelizes Judea, Samaria and Galilee
Luke introduced three evangelists: Stephen who became Luke’s first recorded martyr, Acts 6:8 – 7:60. Philip, the evangelist, 8:4 – 40. He was not Philip, the apostle (1:13). He was the evangelist in whose house the Apostle Paul once stayed. He lived in Caesarea by the sea. He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied, […]
Lesson 1 – Stephen and the Sanhedrin
God Jesus Christ Holy Spirit Apostles Church Grecian Jews Hebrew Jews Seven men Full of Spirit Stephen, the martyr. High Priest Sanhedrin, Teachers of law, A young man named Saul Synagogue of Freedmen, Acts 6:7 “So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly and a large number of […]