To break bread that is, to celebrate the lords supper. The psalms that peter are quoting are prayers to god from david. Acts 20 is the twentieth chapter of the acts of the apostles in the christian new testament of the bible. Acts, chapter 20 united states conference of catholic bishops. He was in the very height of his powers, was surrounded with responsibilities, was pressed with cares and anxieties.
Deep sleeping music, relaxing music, stress relief, meditation music. It is an evening service, since troas has many disciples who are slaves and cannot meet during the day. The book of acts was written by luke in the new testament of the holy bible. The two apostles set out for a temple called beautiful because it was the ninth hour, a time for prayer.
He reminds them of his dedication to the gospel acts 20. Kjv the book of acts is the historical link between the. This is an important evidence of the keeping of the lords day by the church as a day for their church assemblies see luke 24. Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. Paul was preaching a farewell meeting, not on sunday morning, but on saturday night. Pauls career at which we have now arrived was full of life, vigour, activity. Book of acts movie supernatural events watch for free. Acts 20 after the uproar ceased, paul sent for the. At that time moses was born and was exceedingly fair, and was nourished in his fathers house three months.
Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy. So the syriac understands it, by translating it, to break the eucharist. This scripture is one of the clearest verses to indicate that sunday was the day that the early church chose to meet together, to celebrate their. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early christian tradition. First notice that this was after the days of unleavened bread verse 6. Impact of the christian church a summary of chapter 19. I love to read i love the holy bible i also love the writings of john r rice. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy english.
The history of moses and his acts till the exodus from egypt, vv. The book of acts is the record of that commission beingcarried out. The rebellion and idolatry of the israelites in the wilderness, acts 7. Acts 20 through macedonia and greece 1 when the uproar had ended, paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said goodbye and set out for macedonia. He reminds the sanhedrin that god appeared to abraham while he was still in mesopotamia and told him to go to haran. They began to spread the gospel to cities and villages that were far off. And upon the first day of the week showing thus that this day was then observed by christians as holy time. Watch our overview video on the book of acts, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. The men in the sanhedrin knew that a miracle had happened. Acts 7 is the seventh chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. He also wrote on prayer asking and receiving awesome. Here are some other verses from the book of acts, that unlike acts 20. Tonight we continue to look at the development of christianity to the uttermost part of the earth. Luke wrote about what happened during that time acts 16.
Verse 8 summarizes the spread of the gospel as recorded in acts. If used in a social sense, it referred to a slave or servant. It records the address of stephen before the sanhedrin and his execution outside jerusalem, and introduces saul who later became paul the apostle. They wanted to know how peter and john had done it.
The book of acts chapter 2 has to be one of my favorites. 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. We see the fulfillment of this promise in the second chapter of acts as the. The book of acts shows how god fulfilled his ancient promises to restore his blessing to all the nations through the offspring of abraham. Paul encounters 12 men who only know jesus via johnthebaptist. You can find the best commentary on acts for you using the tools on the right side. Hence i would expect those seeking truth will see through this instantly. It records the third missionary journey of paul the apostle. And upon the first day of the week or lords day, revelation 1. Standing between the gospels and the epistles, the book of acts is a bridge between the life of jesus and the ministry of the apostle paul. Verse 7 7 and upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow.
Acts 20 bible commentary wesleys explanatory notes. In which time moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his fathers house three months. Concerning the beauty of moses, see the note on exodus 2. The spread of the gospel in acts acts 17 the gospel preached in jerusalem acts 812 the gospel preached in judea and samaria acts 28 the gospel preached throughout the world please read mark 9. It is the story of apostles and disciples of jesus. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to egypt. The whole chapter takes place in the city of ephesus. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early christian tradition uniformly affirmed that luke composed this book as well as the gospel. In acts, jesus sends the holy spirit to empower his disciples as they carry. He was accompanied by sopater son of pyrrhus from berea, aristarchus and secundus from thessalonica, gaius from derbe, timothy also, and tychicus and trophimus from the province of asia.
In this verse, peter is standing in jesuss empty tomb. This change was undoubtedly made by the authority of the church. Located about 10 miles south of the city of troy c. Acts 7, new international version niv the bible app. Acts chapter 3 is where we find peter and john healing a crippled man as they continue to tell people with boldness about jesus christ. Net bible on the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, paul began to. Verse 7 jesus did not answer yes or no to the disciples question. Acts 7 new international version niv dramatized audio bible duration. Verse 7 peter and john stood in front of the most clever and powerful men in the country. Chrysostom and many other interpreters of the scripture explain, that the christians even at this time, must have changed the sabbath into the first day of the week, the lords day, as all christians now keep it. And when he was cast out, pharaohs daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. The erection of the tabernacle of witness, which continued till the time of david, acts 7. A versebyverse commentary hardcover january 1, 1963. As acts 20 shows us, eutychus is bored to death, but it doesnt have to be that way.
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