Acts an exegetical commentary. 2 3 : 1-14 : 28 / Craig S. Keener

Keener, Craig S.

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Contents
b. Jerusalem’s Elite Confront the Apostles
(4:1–7)
i. The Elite Arrest the Apostles (4:1–3)
(1) Commander of the Temple Guard
(4:1)
(2) Sadducees (4:1)
(3) Announcing the Resurrection in Jesus
(4:2)
(4) Jailed Overnight (4:3)
ii. Church Growth despite Persecution (4:4)
iii. The Political Elite Confront the Apostles
(4:5–7)
(1) Rulers, Elders, and Scribes (4:5)
(2) The Sanhedrin (4:5)
(3) Named High Priests (4:6)
(4) The Authorities’ Challenge (4:7)
c. Salvation in Jesus’s Name (4:8–12)
i. Filled for Confrontation (4:8)
ii. Arraigned for Benefaction (4:9)
iii. Charging the Real Criminals (4:10)
iv. The Rejected Cornerstone (4:11)
v. Salvation in Jesus’s Name (4:12)
d. Confounding the Authorities (4:13–22)
i. The Apostles’ Boldness (4:13)
ii. “Uneducated” (4:13)
iii. Private Discussion (4:14–17)
iv. Refusing to Be Silent (4:18–22)
e. Prayer for More Boldness (4:23–30)
i. The Gathering and Address (4:23–24)
ii. The Enemies in Psalm 2 (4:25–26)
iii. The Psalm’s Present Application (4:27–28)
iv. Prayer for Boldness and Signs (4:29–30)
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1. Immediate Impact of Prayer (4:31)
2. Sacrificial Sharing of Believers (4:32–35)
a. Common Property (4:32)
b. Power and Grace (4:33)
c. How the Property Was Distributed (4:34–35)
3. Positive and Negative Examples of Sharing
(4:36–5:11)
a. Positive Example: Joseph Barnabas (4:36–37)
i. Naming Barnabas (4:36)
ii. A Cypriot Levite (4:36)
iii. Salvation for the Wealthy (4:37)
b. Negative Example: Ananias and Sapphira
(5:1–11)
i. Introduction
ii. Deceptively Withholding Income (5:1–2)
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iii. Spiritual Confrontation and Judgment
(5:3–6)
(1) Satan’s Activity (5:3)
(2) Lying to God (5:3–4)
(3) Ananias’s Death (5:5)
(4) Ananias’s Immediate Burial (5:6)
iv. Sapphira’s Lie and Judgment (5:7–10)
v. Others Observed and Feared (5:11)
4. Apostles’ Honor and Signs (5:12–16)
a. The People Revere the New Movement
(5:12–14)
i. Signs through the Apostles’ Hands (5:12)
ii. Respect for the Apostolic Movement
(5:13–14)
b. Seeking Healing (5:15–16)
i. Dramatic Signs (5:15)
ii. Shadows (5:15)
iii. The Word Spreads Further (5:16)
iv. Delivering People from Unclean Spirits
(5:16)
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1. Arrest, Release, Rearrest (5:17–28)
a. Sadducees Arrest the Apostles (5:17–18)
i. The Sadducean “Sect” (5:17)
ii. Jealousy as a Motivation (5:17)
iii. Arrest and Detention (5:18)
b. Released and Commissioned (5:19–20)
i. Miraculous Escapes (5:19)
ii. The Message of Life (5:20)
c. The Council’s Reaction (5:21–28)
i. Morning Discovery (5:21–25)
ii. Rearrest and Charge (5:26–28)
2. Obeying God rather than the Elite (5:29–33)
a. Obeying God (5:29)
b. The Message (5:30–32)
c. The Authorities’ Response (5:33)
3. Gamaliel’s Defense (5:34–39)
a. Gamaliel, Pharisees, and the Speech
(5:34–35)
i. Gamaliel
ii. Pharisees
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iii. The Speech’s Design
iv. Gamaliel Begins Speaking (5:34–35)
b. Jesus versus Revolutionary Movements
(5:36–37)
i. Luke versus Josephus on Theudas’s
Chronology
ii. Luke’s Rhetorical Use of Theudas
c. Gamaliel’s Wise Counsel (5:38–39)
4. Continued Obedience (5:40–42)
a. The Council’s Reticence to Execute (5:40)
b. Celebrating Persecution (5:41)
c. Continued Teaching about Jesus (5:42)
Part 3: The Hellenist Expansion (6:1–9:31)€€€€1247
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1. Historical Basis?
2. Literary Connections
3. The Problem (6:1)
a. Hellenists and Hebrews
i. The Tübingen Approach
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Год издания
2013
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