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 ]
c. Stephen's defence. Acts 7:1-53. Acts 7:1 And the high priest said, Are these things so? Acts 7:2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, Acts 7:3 and said unto him, Get thee out of... [ Continue Reading ]
OUTSIDE THE CITY WALL. Acts 7:58-60. 58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul, 59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled down, and... [ Continue Reading ]