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Acts
3:12-26
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Primary texts (Pseudepigrapha, Targum, Midrash, Targum) about Messainic Expectation from
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "As for the shame of the
cross, we have to set against that the decree and purpose of God for
Christ, foretold by the Prophets, how that first of all he would be
crucified here upon the earth, and then he would appear from heaven
the judge and restorer of all things, that all believers might be
saved, and all unbelievers utterly perish." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "Useful men must be very
humble." |
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| From Wesley's Notes.
| "The apostles generally speak
of our Lord's second coming, as being just at hand." |
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| "Apostolic
Exhortation: Acts 3:19," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1868.
| "I do not know why a poor weak creature saying to his fellow men,
"Believe," should lead them to believe, but it does so, and the Holy Spirit
blesses it, and they do believe and are saved; and if we cannot see how, if we see the
fact, we will be content and bless God for it." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871). |
| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Observe how prominent in the
early preaching is the resurrection and the apostolic witness to
it." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"Hearing Peter's Speech in Acts 3: Meaning and Truth in Interpretation,"
Donald Juel,
Volume XII, Number 1,
Word & World,
Luther Northwestern Theological School, 1992.
| "The story is largely about the
fulfillment of God's promises for Israel and the division within the
Jewish community that results from Jesus' ministry." |
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Acts 3:13-26, Acts and the Easter Season, Donald
Juel, Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern
Theological Seminary, 1985. |
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| Articles & Background:
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"The
Character of the Lame Man in Acts 3 - 4," Mikeal C. Parsons,
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2005.
(This URL links entire journal in one .pdf file. Slow connections will
require long download times.) |
| "Repentance
and Forgiveness," David R. Blumenthal, Cross Currents.
| "Teshuvá is the key concept in the rabbinic view of sin,
repentance, and forgiveness. The tradition is not of one mind on the steps one must take
to repent of one's sins. However, almost all agree that repentance requires five elements:
recognition of one's sins as sins (hakarát ha-chét'), remorse (charatá),
desisting from sin (azivát ha-chét'), restitution where possible (peira'ón),
and confession (vidúi)." |
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