The earlier persecutions of chapters 4 and 5 involved persecutions of the christian leaders, the apostles, by the jewish leaders, primarily the priests. The book of acts ends with paul in house arrest waiting to. They will deliver you to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all. In the first verse of the book of acts the author mentions the fact that he has already written an earlier report concerning all things which jesus began both to do and to teach, until that day in which he was taken up. Drusilla, the wife of felix, was the daughter of herod agrippa i chapter 12, and the sister of agrippa ii and bernice 25.
The god of glory appeared unto our father abraham, when he. He has been kept in herods judgment hall when ananias, the high priest, comes into his cell with several elders and with tertullus, a lawyer. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. But before all this, they will lay hands on you and persecute you. The purpose of the observation stage is to maintain focus on the text at hand within the normative rules of language, context and logic. Acts 24 commentary matthew henry commentary on the whole. Four different times the book of proverbs connects flattery with the sin of. Next chapter of acts the book of acts, chapter 26 we hope that you find the content of the book of acts, chapter 26 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Acts chapter 24 questions for discussion the living. Acts bible study discussion questions chapter 24 acts 24. What did felix do to paul to please the jews right before he left office. Many of you already know that the theme verse of acts is found in the first chapter, but you.
The genre of the book of acts is narrative history with several sermons. The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early christian tradition. Acts chapter 24 explained discover the 66 books of the bible. Acts chapter 24 begins five days after paul is sent to caesarea. Acts chapter 25 commentary northwest college of the bible. Acts 7, new international version niv the bible app. The ending of acts plays an important role in route of determining the books date. The third of five defenses which marked the early part of pauls period of imprisonment is given in this chapter, the same being a formal arraignment and trial before the procurator felix at caesarea, about 58 a. The book of acts sheds light on the gift of the holy spirit, who empowers, guides, teaches, and serves as our counselor. Acts 24 commentary acts chapter 24 commentary bible study. Five days later the high priest ananias went down to caesarea with some of the elders and a lawyer named tertullus, and they brought their charges against paul before the governor. When paul was called in, tertullus presented his case before felix.
This seminarylevel study also retains its depth and uses an engaging interactive format. And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith god, i will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh. So doing we shall be directed, supplied, protected, corrected, and rewarded. The storms of life introduction why do i call chapter 27 the storms of life. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. And when felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, when lysias the chief captain shall come down, i will know the uttermost of your matter.
The natural abilities and moral virtues of the heathens often have been employed to protect his persecuted servants. Even the resurrection chapter of 1 corinthians 15 doesnt discuss the resurrection of the. He worked with paul and he travelled with paul philemon 1. Ted kirnbauer acts 2426 102515 acts 2426 an overview paul, on the last day of a vow in chapter 22, entered the temple for ceremonial cleansing and was taken into custody by the romans because some jews from asia had made accusations against him and stirred up a mob who wanted to drag him out of the temple to kill him.
Acts chapter 27 is a great chapter to read during lifes difficult times. He seems a little bit of a slimball, having a reputation for cruelty, persuaded drusilla to leave her husband for him and hoped that money would be given him by paul p. Paul had no idea his trip to jerusalem would lead to an ordeal that would last not days, not months, but years. Acts 8, new international version niv the bible app. Book of acts versebyverse bible study and indepth commentary of the acts of the apostles in plain english for everyone to understand. 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. In acts 24, tertullus, an orator, is employed by the high priest to present a convincing case against paul to the governor felix. Watch paul throughout these years of captivity and injustice. Even the men of the world can discern between the conscientious conduct of upright believers, and the zeal of false professors, though they disregard or understand not their doctrinal principles.
Study of the book of acts chapter 24 ivy baptist church. Christianity jesus early church history acts of the apostles what can we learn from the book of acts. Since luke is the author of acts, any date between ad 60 and 100 is reasonable as conzelmann points out. Acts, chapter 24 king james version christian answers webbible. 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. Starting your free trial of bible gateway plus is easy. Next chapter of acts the book of acts, chapter 19 we hope that you find the content of the book of acts, chapter 19 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. The next step is to enter your payment information. In this chapter we have his arraignment and trial before felix the governor at caesarea. Numbers chapter 24 kjv king james version before pentecost, the holy spirit would come upon men as he chose. Acts, chapter 4 king james version christian answers. This is a selftest on chapters 22 24 of the book of acts. Acts 24 commentary commentary critical and explanatory.
The god of glory appeared to our father abraham while he was still in mesopotamia, before he lived in harran. Acts 24 is the twentyfourth chapter of the acts of the apostles in the new testament of the christian bible. Notes for acts chapter 27 page 1 of 3 johns title for chapter 27. Discuss verses 7 and 8 from different versions of the bible. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy. Luke bible book with full chapters new international. Reading the book of acts, we are enlightened and encouraged by the power of the gospel as it spread throughout the world and transformed lives. Clicking on a chapter will show you the text of that chapter of luke in the bible new international version. Acts 7 niv stephens speech to the sanhedrin bible gateway. It refers to those difficult times in life when it seems all is lost. Clicking on that will take you to the next section or chapter. The last five chapters of acts concentrate on pauls captivity and the efforts of the jewish religious leaders to have him killed. This persecution is much more severe, since it involves the laypeople and since it comes from the unrelenting hands of saul.
It records the period of pauls imprisonment in caesarea. Complete bible timeline links interlinear bible bible commentaries bible lexicon topical bible bible summary bible outline bible timeline childrens bible bible hub homepage. Acts 24 indepth versebyverse commentary and bible study of acts chapter 24 in plain english. In acts, he told how the good news about jesus christ spread. David guzik commentary on acts 24, the record of the apostle pauls trial before the. The book of acts kjv audio holy bible high quality and. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1.
Go to previous section go to next section return to book of acts menu return to home. Other passages must have a relationship with the context at hand, such as a scriptural quotation or reference in the passage at hand. We left paul a prisoner at caesarea, in herods judgmenthall, expecting his trial to come on quickly. Acts 7 new international version niv stephens speech to the sanhedrin. The acts of the apostles from the holy bible king james version kjv authorisedauthorized version book 44 please note we have slowed the speed of the original by 3%, so this speed and. I was in a turkey accident and it look like no way out i was in a truck that was on fire and i couldn t excape. And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness. This commentary on acts 24 treats the adjudication of pauls case by the roman governor felix. It is titled acts to emphasize that this book records the acts of.
Luke, the author of the gospel of luke, was a doctor and gentile. Youre already logged in with your bible gateway account. When a chapter or section is finished, you will see at the bottom of the page over the links, go to the next section. All people are from the blood line of adam and eve. Acts 24 niv pauls trial before felix five days bible gateway. Acts with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Acts 14 now at iconium they entered together into the. As i read though chapter 24 and the post, i first thought that it was odd that felix did not do more with paul.
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