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Acts
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
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Possession and Exorcism from Philo, Lucian, Josephus, the Babylonian Talmud, Midrash,
Philostratus, etc. 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. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "Philip, who was before a deacon in
Jerusalem, is made an evangelist by God in an extraordinary way." |
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| From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
| "As far as the gospel
prevails, evil spirits are dislodged, particularly unclean spirits." |
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| From Wesley's
Notes.
| "Stephen - Being taken
away, Philip, his next colleague, (not the apostle,) rises in his place." |
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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.
| "It was the miracles that,
at first, fixed their attention." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
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"Steps of Evangelization," Larry Broding's Word-Sunday.Com:
A Catholic Resource for This Sunday's Gospel.
| "Pray that the Spirit might lead you
and use your talents to support your words. And pray the Spirit might fall
upon your audience, even if only one person is 'in the house.'" |
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| "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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