11/06/08: Acts 14
Many believe it was when Paul was stoned, and left for dead (Acts 14:19), that he had his vision of the third heaven (2 Corinthians 12:2-7). In the latter, he spoke of himself in the third person. He himself was the man who was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things (12:4).
11/04/08: Acts 7
Acts 7:2-53 is an excellent summary, by Stephen, of the history of the Israelites from Abraham to Jesus (the Righteous One). At the stoning of Stephen, Saul was present (7:58).
Saul's name later was changed to Paul, when he had a supernatural encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and a radical conversion to Christianity (Acts 9:3-19). This same Paul, originally a fervent hater and persecutor of Christians, later wrote most of the New Testament.
Saul's name later was changed to Paul, when he had a supernatural encounter with Jesus on the road to Damascus and a radical conversion to Christianity (Acts 9:3-19). This same Paul, originally a fervent hater and persecutor of Christians, later wrote most of the New Testament.
11/04/08: Acts 2
The day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1) occurred on the fiftieth ("pente") day following the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (on the Feast of Firstfruits--Leviticus 23:9-14). Pentecost corresponds to the Jewish Feast of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15-22), also known as Shavuot. Jesus, through the Holy Spirit, fulfilled this Jewish Feast by coming onto many people in power, filling them, and causing them to speak with other tongues and languages (Acts 2:2-4).
