The Message of Jesus in Acts
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Case in chapter: |
Predicted in the OT |
Crucified by men |
Raised by God |
Enthroned with God |
Signs to verify |
Response required |
Spirit Given |
1. |
2, Peter |
Psalms, 25 - 28 |
23 |
24 |
33 |
43 |
38 |
38 |
2. |
3, Peter |
18 |
15 |
15 |
13 |
16 |
19 |
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3. |
4, Peter |
11 |
10 |
10 |
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10, 16 |
12 |
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4. |
5, Peter |
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30 |
30 |
31 |
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31 |
32 |
5. |
7, Stephen |
37 |
52 |
implied in 56 |
56 |
6:6 |
Speaker killed |
55 |
6. |
10, Peter |
43 |
39 |
40 |
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44 |
43, 48 |
“Poured out” |
7. |
13, Paul |
22 - 23, 32 |
28 - 29 |
30 |
33, “raised” |
31, appearance |
39 |
52 |
8. |
17, Paul |
Paul quoted their poet, 28 |
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18, 31 |
31, implied |
31 via resurrection |
30, 34 |
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9. |
22, Paul |
14 |
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Implied in 8 |
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13 |
16 |
21. See 13:2 |
10. |
26, Paul |
6 - 7, 22 |
23 |
23 |
Implied in 15 |
Implied in 14 |
20 |
Implied in 22 |
√ These seven points are common to most of the accounts. Some preaching was interrupted and so the right-most boxes are not complete.
√ Notice that the Raised, Signs and Response columns are filled in each of the 10 cases.
√ In Acts, the Resurrection of Jesus was much more prominent than his death on the cross. Today’s Evangelical preaching says little about the Resurrection and emphasizes the death of Jesus.