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... important rebutting evidence , we are justified in assuming , with Harnack , that tradition is right in regarding " Luke the beloved physician " as the author of Acts . II . THE AIM OF ACTS . The second question which it is necessary to ...
... important rebutting evidence , we are justified in assuming , with Harnack , that tradition is right in regarding " Luke the beloved physician " as the author of Acts . II . THE AIM OF ACTS . The second question which it is necessary to ...
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... important question which the modern student of Acts is called upon to face is , How far can the narrative of Luke be relied upon as a trustworthy record of the Apostolic age ? Many different estimates have been formed with regard to the ...
... important question which the modern student of Acts is called upon to face is , How far can the narrative of Luke be relied upon as a trustworthy record of the Apostolic age ? Many different estimates have been formed with regard to the ...
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... important miracles of healing recorded in the book . 2. The problem of the authenticity of the speeches is more difficult , because in the case of Gamaliel Luke gives himself completely away by his anachronism with regard to Theudas ...
... important miracles of healing recorded in the book . 2. The problem of the authenticity of the speeches is more difficult , because in the case of Gamaliel Luke gives himself completely away by his anachronism with regard to Theudas ...
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... important dates . The following table ( which is taken from Hastings ' Dictionary ) gives four different schemes , a com- parison of which will indicate the main points of divergence : - Crucifixion St. Paul's conversion St. Paul's ...
... important dates . The following table ( which is taken from Hastings ' Dictionary ) gives four different schemes , a com- parison of which will indicate the main points of divergence : - Crucifixion St. Paul's conversion St. Paul's ...
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The most important point of divergence , it will be noted , is concerned with the length of the interval between the Crucifixion and the Conver- sion of St. Paul . When we ask the question , How long a period is covered by the first ...
The most important point of divergence , it will be noted , is concerned with the length of the interval between the Crucifixion and the Conver- sion of St. Paul . When we ask the question , How long a period is covered by the first ...
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Page 177 - Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.
Page 77 - Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
Page 125 - And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house ; and, putting his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord, (even Jesus that appeared unto thee in the way as thou earnest,) hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and 'be filled with the holy Ghost.
Page 157 - And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety that the LoRD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the- hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
Page 130 - But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, 'and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.
Page 84 - And now I say unto you ; Refrain from these men, and let them alone ; for if this counsel or this work, be of men, it will come to nought; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 49 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: And on my servants and on my hand-maidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy...
Page 106 - Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers...
Page 60 - The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus ; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Page 50 - Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne ; he, seeing this before, spake of the resurrection of Christ, that His soul was not left in hell, neither His flesh did see corruption.