Acts 14:8-18
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- III.35, Against the Heathen, Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 318.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- From Matthew Henry's Commentary.
- From Wesley's Notes.
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Articles & Background:
- The Riot at Lystra, (Acts 14:8-18), excerpt from Evidence and Paul's Journeys by Jefferson's White.
- "Faith:
Response in Relationship," by Douglas
John Hall at The Living Pulpit.
- "When it comes to defining something as elusive and misunderstood as faith, perhaps the way to begin is to say what it isn't."
- "Acts
14: Ideology of Difference," from "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical
Interpretation in the Acts of the Apostles" at Dr. Vernon Robbins' Encyclopedia
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
- "The fun the narrator has with his culturally informed audience occurs at the expense of Jewish tradition. Jews, whose overall behavior is 'wolflike', transform the hospitable Lycaonians into wolflike people, willingly stoning Paul and leaving him for dead after they had initially been hospitable. Despite all the 'Jewish' tradition that informs the Lukan story, what the reader hears again and again is rhetoric that suggests that Christianity is something quite distinct from, and quite opposed to, 'the Jews'."
- "Acts
14:11-12: Reference or Allusion" from "Examples of Socio-Rhetorical
Interpretation in the Acts of the Apostles" at Dr. Vernon Robbins' Encyclopedia
of Socio-Rhetorical Interpretation.
- "A person only knows the meaning of Zeus and Hermes if they have Greek cultural knowledge. There is, however, more than a "reference" to these two Greek gods in this text. Acts 14:11 refers to their coming down to earth in the likeness of men. Is there an allusion here to one or more stories that recount a time when one or both of these gods came down to earth?"
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"Speaking
in (the World's) Tongues," Wes Howard-Brook, Living the Word,
Sojourner's, November-December 2000.
- "As long as we keep to this bottom line, we are free, indeed compelled, to adapt our language to the ears of those who may choose to listen to our proclamation of good news."
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
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- Béchard, Dean P., S.J.,
"Paul Among the Rustics: The Lystran Episode (Acts 14:8-20) and Lucan
Apologetic," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Culpepper, R. Alan,
"Paul's Mission to the Gentile World: Acts 13-19," Review & Expositor,
1974.
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"'The Christ Must Suffer': New Light on the Jesus -- Peter, Stephen, Paul
Parallels in Luke-Acts," Novum Testamentum, 1986.
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- Béchard, Dean P., S.J.,
"Paul Among the Rustics: The Lystran Episode (Acts 14:8-20) and Lucan
Apologetic," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 2001.
- Reviews:
- Review: Dean Philip Bechard, Paul Outside the Walls: A Study of Luke's Socio-Geographical Universalism in Acts 14:8-20. Editrice Pontificio Instituto Biblico, 2000. Review by F Scott Spencer in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
- Sermons:
- "Lizards and Alligators--The Old and the New," the Very Rev. Samuel G. Candler, Day 1, 1998.
- With Children:
- Acts 13 & 14 Word Search, Don Crownover's Bible Puzzles.
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Acts 14:17. The Cyber Hymnal.
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