THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM Acts 1:1, Acts 7:60 All the events of the first seven Chapter s can be summed up under the heading: THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. In the picture of the preceding page you can observe an artist's conception of Jerusalem as it appeared in the time of the events recorded in the boo... [ Continue Reading ]
INTRODUCTION ACTS 1:1-5. Acts 1:1 The former treatise I made, O Theophilus, concerning all that Jesus began both to do and to teach, Acts 1:2 until the day in which he was received up, after that he had given commandment through the Holy Spirit unto the apostles whom he had chosen: Acts 1:3 to... [ Continue Reading ]
ON THE MOUNT OF OLIVET ACTS 1:6-11. Acts 1:6 They therefore, when they were come together, asked him, saying, Lord, dost thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath set within his own authority... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE UPPER ROOM ACTS 1:12-26 Acts 1:12 Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is nigh unto Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey off. Acts 1:13 And when they were come in, they went up into the upper chamber, where they were abiding; both Peter and John and James an... [ Continue Reading ]