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It is more a story of the expansion of the church from jerusalem to rome. Acts chapter 1 begins with a summary of proofs of the life of jesus christ. David spoke about judas concerning his betrayal in the book of psalms. Our story starts off where the gospel of luke left offjesus is back now that hes resurrected, jesus decides to hang out and chat with his disciples whom luke calls apostles for forty days. Luke uses the words we, us, and our in the narrative 16. Acts 1 english standard version esv the promise of the holy spirit. Acts 1 in the first book, o theophilus, i have dealt.

The book of acts also describes the work of the two apostles peter and paul. But gods presence in the original moveable sanctuary, the tabernacle, did not keep the israelites from idolatry 7. Pauls dramatic conversion on the damascus road acts 9. This jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way as you have seen him go to heaven. To make the picture abundantly clear, god has given us a hand picked record of the activities of the early church. As modern readers, then, we should approach the book of acts as another channel to lukes view of salvation history. The acts of the apostles is a unique and therefore crucial book of the new testament. These verses contains lukes introduction to the book of acts, and his account of christs parting words to his disciples before his ascension into heaven.

Now with matthias added to the eleven, the twelve apostles were complete again. Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity. Summary of acts chapter 1 7 we studied the book of acts for almost a year, and it is extremely hard to summarizewe shouldnt have waited until the. Found as the 5th book in the new testament, the book of acts can best be split into two parts. We see in the book of acts how the gospel of jesus christ is spread not only to the hebrews, but to the entire world through the empowering of the holy spirit of. These verses contains lukes introduction to the book of acts, and his. These proofs include his resurrection, his conference with the disciples, and the instructions that he left for them before he ascended into heaven. Acts chapter 1 questions for discussion the living. In 30 ad, all of israel was gathered in jerusalem to celebrate this feast of. Today, we hope to discuss the confirming of the lords resurrection and the lords commissioning. The waiting period introduction the gospel story has a sequel. Whereas jesus is the chief character in the gospels, the holy spirit, working through the apostles, is the dominant character in the book of acts. They erroneously believed that they were in gods presence as long as they worshiped in the temple.

Reduce his encampment to ruin and leave his tent unoccupied. The birth of the church happens in acts 2 with the outpouring of the holy spirit. Acts of the apostles follows a similar pattern as it recounts the greatness of the apostles and the power of holy spirit. Acts chapter 1 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. Acts 1 is the first chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. Studies in acts chapters 1 3 by francis dixon study verses. The baptism of the great commission was a command required of all people throughout the whole world. It contains many particulars concerning the apostles peter and paul, and of the christian church from the ascension of our saviour to the arrival of st. A key idea in the book of acts is that gods people should be witnesses wherever they go. The presence and working of the holy spirit is the dominating mark of the book of acts. The title as we know it comes from the second century and only partially discloses the theme of the document. I connect the commencement and the close, because i think that the juxtaposition throws great light upon the purpose of the writer, and suggests some very important lessons. A timid peter is transformed into a bold evangelist whose first preach sees about three thousand souls added to the church acts 2.

Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. Their belief was that god would cause the lot to fall to the more worthy one. Comparing these passages to acts 1, we can learn that holy spirit baptism and the baptism of the great commission were two separate baptisms. English standard version in the first book, o theophilus, i have dealt with all that jesus began to do and teach, berean study bible in my first book, o theophilus, i wrote about all that jesus began to do and to teach. There is no single chapter that does not exhibit gods power and wisdom in operation. Study 1 going through the book of acts words of life. Acts 1 indepth versebyverse bible study and commentary of acts chapter 1 in plain english.

At one time the gospel of luke and the book of acts were joined together as one. A better title would be the acts or the workings of the holy spirit, because he is the real main character of the book. Limited objectivity is especially apparent in ancient histories. The life of the early church is recorded and preserved for us in the book of acts and the epistles. The book begins with the ascension of jesus and goes on through pauls jail time in rome, which opens his ministry to the church at rome. Acts 1 niv jesus taken up into heaven in my bible gateway. Many people call acts the acts of the apostles, but really, if you want to add to the name acts, perhaps, a better name would be the acts of the early church. You pick up your bible and see the ministry of jesus ending in the gospel of john. The acts of apostles gives us a unique insight into how the church began. This is a selftest on chapters 1 and 2 of the book of acts. In many ways acts is the most exciting book in the new testament because it is full of movement and interest. Acts 1, new international version niv the bible app. Acts 1 jesus ascends to heaven, a new apostle chosen a. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of god.

I believed judas was predestined to betray jesus as in acts 1. Acts 1 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Everyone in jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language akeldama, that is, field of blood. The jews are mistaken if they think that god dwells in the nation simply because the temple is in jerusalem 7.

Acts 1 new international version niv jesus taken up into heaven. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early. Chapterbychapter bible studies acts kathleendalton. Read acts 1 commentary using matthew henry commentary on the whole bible concise. Welcome to ivy baptist churchs bible study on demand before beginning this study, please take an opportunity to download the worksheet for this bible study. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. We see in the book of acts how the gospel of jesus christ is spread not only to the hebrews, but to the entire. Luke wrote the book of acts acts of the apostles to record how believers were empowered by the holy spirit, worked to spread the gospel of christ, and are a model for the future church. Many decisions of this nature in the church were decided by casting lots. The book contains only a few of the acts of some of the apostles, primarily peter and paul.

We will see many examples of this baptism in the book of acts and will learn much more about it. The book of acts course a, lesson 1 free bible study. The book of acts was penned by luke, the physician. The following outline is intended to be used while studying the book. The former account i made, o theophilus, of all that jesus began both to do and teach. Acts 1 jesus taken up into heaven 1 in my former book, theophilus, i wrote about all that jesus began to do and to teach 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the holy spirit to the apostles he had chosen. It will help to keep the whole of the book before you as you work your way through each section. The apostles were ordained, not to wordly dignity and dominion, but to preach christ, and the power of his resurrection. After his conversion he went to the opposite extreme of loving god and preaching his word with power and fervency in the spirit of the true and living god. Accordingly, we can assume that acts reflects the concerns of its author. A chapter by chapter bible study of the book of acts 10 acts 2 the day of pentecost in the old testament, our day of pentecost was called the feast of weeks, or the feast of harvest, or the day of first fruits. And it was known unto all the dwellers at jerusalem. Repeat, baptized in the name of jesus, for remission of your sins and ye shall receive the gift if the holy ghost, which is speaking in u known tounge directly to.

The key personalities of acts are peter, paul, john, james, stephen, barnabas, timothy, lydia, silas, and apollos. It is the greatest sequel ever written, the sequel of sequelsthe sequel to the story of christ see 1. Before you attempt to answer the questions below you should read these chapters in the bible and answer the questions at the end of each chapter found at the website answer the questions below and then click ok to send your answers. In my former book, theophilus, i wrote about all that jesus began to do and to teach until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the holy spirit to the apostles he had chosen. The ancient world had similar works such as the acts of caesar, which praised the greatness of the caesars while providing moral lessons in the process. It alone presents an extensive picture of early church life and history. Jesus knew from the begging that he was going to be betray by judas jesus said it was better for him judas not to be born. Peter is the human main character in the first 12 chapters. Imagine what it would be like if the book of acts wasnt in the bible.