Peter and John have been surrounded by curious Jews who want to see the familiar beggar who has just been healed of his life-long infirmity. Peter takes advantage of his ready-made pulpit. Chapter three verses twelve through eighteen: In verse 12 we find Peter beginning his discourse by reminding the Jews of who they are: […]

Peter and John have arrived at the Beautiful Gate of the Temple where they have pronounced God’s healing on a man crippled from birth who had been carried there by family or friends in order to beg for alms. Chapter three verses nine through eleven: Note that “all the people saw him” walking, etc. God […]

We do not know how much time has passed between 2:47 and 3:1. But we do know that the lives of those Jews in the New Covenant Church remained basically the same relative to their obedience to God. In 3:1 we find two Christian leaders entering the Jews Temple at the Jews time of prayer […]

The New Covenant Church has been created. Three thousand souls have been converted and would be sent back to their homelands to tell their fellow Israelites–known to the world as the “Lost Ten Tribes of Israel”–that their Messiah has come. Together they would carry the Lord’s “light to the Gentiles”–His Word. Chapter two verses forty-four […]

Peter has explained what has happened and what the Lord requires of those who would embrace Him. Chapter two verses forty-one through forty-seven: “Then they who GLADLY HEARD HIS WORD were baptized.” Note that they did not complain that “This is not what I was always taught,” or “That’s not what my denomination believes.” These […]

The Apostle Peter has told the new converts in Jerusalem that they must repent of their past sins, be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ and receive the Holy Spirit. Chapter two verse thirty-nine: Here Peter tells the Jews (tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi) that “the promise” is to them, their descendants, AND […]

The Apostle Peter has explained to the Jews gathered before him and the other disciples what has just happened and has instructed them to return to their homelands where they were to tell the other Israelites living there that their Messiah had come. It is at this point that the new converts asked THE ultimate […]

The Holy Spirit has fallen on the 120 disciples in the upper room. The Apostle Peter is explaining what has happened and what it means to the House of Israel, some of whom–thousands of Jews–having gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Day of Pentecost. Chapter two verses thirty-two through thirty-six: In verses 32 and 33 […]

By this time the reader has probably noticed that this is the second series I have posted concerning the same subject–the Book of Acts. Recall that the four gospels all have the same subject–the life and work of Jesus of Nazareth. You will also notice that each of the gospels is somewhat different from the […]

Chapter two verses twenty-one and twenty-three: In verse 22 the Apostle Peter speaks 9 Words that the entirety of professing Christendom has refused to believe for nearly 2000 years: “Ye men of Israel” and “Jesus of Nazareth, a man ….” Two Biblical facts concerning those 9 Words must be made clear. That the thousands of […]