Acts of the Apostles

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Acts of the Apostles

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Believers Had Everything in Common (Acts 4:32-37)

This brief comment, on the way how the believers shared their possessions, pictures the social order in the early Christian community. This order is no doubt influenced by the fervent expectation of the coming of the kingdom of God. 

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Simon Magus (Acts 8:9-25)

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Paul in Athens (Acts 17:16-34)

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Paul's Direct Quotations of Greco-Roman Philosophers and Poets

Paul directly quotes or alludes to Greco-Roman philosophers and poets in only a few places in the New Testament. These instances include Acts 17:28, 1 Corinthians 15:33, and Titus 1:12. In Acts 17:28, Paul addresses the Areopagus in Athens, engaging with Greek philosophical and religious thought...

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