Category: Acts for a 21st c. Church
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Can anyone withhold Baptism from Gentiles?
Acts of the Apostle Peter 11: link above to NASB, KJ21, Orthodox Jewish Bible, SBL Greek New Testament; MOBILE Friendly LINK to ACTS 11 21st Century King James Version only Peter has no sooner returned to Jerusalem from his first mission trip to Joppa, Lyda and Caesarea when traditional worshipers of the Lord question what…
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The Holy Ghost! Fear of GOD also ignites the Gentiles
Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? Acts of the Apostles 10:47 KJV The Question of those ‘chosen’ Fact is that many religious men do NOT fear God. It is true of many ‘christians‘ in this 21st century — it was…
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Friends, Romans, Brothers: Lend me your ears
An angel of the Lord summoned Jews from Joppa and Romans from Caesarea to hear Peter preach the Gospel for all. Acts 10: of Peter and the Romans in Caesarea In case you missed it, Peter’s Roman Centurion host has just bowed down to him when the Apostle approached the group of believers at his…
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Caesar’s Palace East welcomes PETRUS
Peter in Roman Sin City A background behind Caesar’s Palace in Judea Initially, a few decades before.. Caesarea is sixty some miles northwest of Jerusalem. Herod had expanded it to become one of the most important cities in the Roman Empire, which would later serve Rome as Judea’s capital. (Yes, it would later have a…
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Preparation of a New Lunch Menu in Joppa
And Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a tanner named Simon. ACTS of the Apostles 9:43 NASB20 In fact, an angel has just told a Roman centurion the day before where he can send his ambassadors to find Simon Peter. What’s for lunch? – a scene in Joppa Some quoted text from NASB20 +…
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The Gospel of an Angel to Cornelius
ACTS 10 – of Cornelius – a devout Roman Centurion Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian [~600 man] cohort, a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and made many charitable contributions to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. Who do we see here? A Roman…
