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Apostles
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1 resultVerses
84 results- Verse2 Corinthians 11:13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as apostles of Christ.
- VerseLuke 17:5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!”
- VerseActs 15:6So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.
- VerseActs 5:18and arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.
- Verse1 Corinthians 15:7Then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles.
People
4 results- PersonLukeThe beloved physician and companion of Paul; careful historian of the orderly account — the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles, one two-volume work to Theophilus.
- PersonBarnabasThe Levite from Cyprus whom the apostles nicknamed son of encouragement; he vouched for Saul when nobody in Jerusalem would go near him, fetched him from Tarsus to Antioch, and…
- PersonGamalielThe Pharisee and teacher of the law who talked the Sanhedrin out of killing the apostles with an argument from patience: if this counsel is of men it will come to nothing, and…
- PersonSimon MagusThe sorcerer at Samaria who believed and was baptized, then offered the apostles money for the power to give the Holy Spirit — and gave his name to the sin of simony.
Words (Strong's)
3 results- WordG651 ἀποστολή · apostolḗ (Greek)commission, i.e. (specially) apostolate. The Greek word stands 4 times in the original text.
- WordG2280 Θαδδαῖος · Thaddaîos (Greek)Thaddæus, one of the Apostles. The Greek word stands 2 times in the original text.
- WordG993 Βοανεργές · Boanergés (Greek)sons of commotion. The Greek word stands 1 time in the original text.
Themes
2 results- ThemeResurrectionThe hope of resurrection surfaces gradually across the Old Testament before it becomes explicit. Job — likely the oldest book in the canon — already confesses a living Redeemer…
- ThemeSalvationSalvation in Scripture is not a single transaction but a single story told from Eden to Revelation: God rescues a people who cannot rescue themselves, and He does it on His own…
Topics
1 resultProphecies
1 resultFeatured studies
5 results- StudyActs: the Study GuideWhat the risen Christ kept doing from the throne: the 1:8 arc from Jerusalem to Rome, paced by six refrains: the word of God grew.
- Study2 Corinthians: the Study GuidePaul's most autobiographically exposed letter: comfort carried through affliction, glory outshining Moses' veil, the grace of giving, and power made perfect in weakness.
- StudyThe Fivefold MinistryEphesians 4:11-13 as the charter (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, teachers) the one-office-or-two grammar question, and the contested center presented at full strength: continuing…
- StudyActsThe Spirit carries one command from an upper room in Jerusalem to the heart of the empire: the hinge between the Gospels and the church.
- StudyThe Imprecatory PsalmsPsalms 35, 69, 109 and 137 ask God to act against an enemy. The four with their occasions, the readings the church has given them, and the apostles' own use of two of them.
Voices
2 results- VoiceThe Liturgy Of The Blessed ApostlesThe Liturgy Of The Blessed Apostles (d. ~200). Early Church voice from the church's historical commentary tradition, present in MannaFest's quote pool with source citations…
- VoiceHegesippusIn the middle of the second century the gnostic teachers were making a specific claim: that alongside the public teaching of the apostles there had been a secret one, handed…