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Acts
8:14-17
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative texts about Baptism:
Water & Spirit, Judean-Samaritan Feud and Samaritan Theology
from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At (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. |
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Chapter IX, On
Idolatry,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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VI.II, The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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Epistle LXXI
--
Cyprian of Carthage (c.
255) |
| From the Geneva Notes. |
| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
 | "No man can give the Holy
Spirit by the laying on of his hands; but we should use our best endeavours to instruct
those for whom we pray." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "The Holy Ghost - In his
miraculous gifts? Or his sanctifying graces? Probably in both." |
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| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "...the apostles ... sent Peter and John--showing that they regarded Peter as no more than
their own equal." |
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| From The People's
New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Prayed for them. That
the Holy Spirit might fall on them. They had been born of water and the Spirit (John 3:5),
but had not received that baptism of the Spirit which conferred miraculous
powers." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Baptism of Jesus," William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "At all the various levels of human
development which follow there will be a response of faith appropriate to
that level." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Acts 8:14-17. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
| "We still make up rules
and regulations about effective baptism and its deeper meaning when that
is not measurable. I can't help but wonder what Jesus would have said
about what additional was needed for a baptism in his name to be a baptism
in his name." |
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"They
Received the Holy Spirit,"
Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "How is the Spirit released in our
lives and what does this entail?" |
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Expository Essay,
Acts 8:14-17, Dr. William R. Long. |
| "Simon and
Simon (Acts 8:1-25)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Whenever men
lose sight of the sovereignty of God, they begin to think and to act according to the
rules of magic. And all of this can take on a very pious appearance." |
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| "The Conversion of
the Samaritans in Acts 8:14-17 and the Unified Progress of the Gospel in the Book of
Acts," Greg Herrick,
Biblical Studies Foundation.
| "Luke’s
presentation of the conversion of the Samaritans focuses on the issue of unity in the
church in the face of possible schism along religious and ethnic lines." |
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| Dickerson, Patrick L.,
"The Sources of the Account of the Mission to Samaria in Acts 8:5-25,"
Novum Testamentum, 1997.
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| Handy, David A.,
"Between Text and Sermon: Acts 8:14-25," Interpretation, 1993.
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| Turner, Max,
"Interpretating the Samaritans of Acts 8: The Waterloo of Pentecostal
Soteriology and Pneumatology?" Pneuma, 2001.
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| Wiberg, Glen V.,
"A Costly Baptism," The Christian Century, 1994.
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Clip Art,
Acts 8:17, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators. |
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