Acts 6:1-7:8 Dear RTB’ers, Mayday!! And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith. (Acts 6:7) Here we have our fifth transition verse / section (see also Acts 2:42-47, 4:32-37, 5:42, 6:1a), but this …
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May 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-May Acts 6:1-7:8 23 02-May Acts 7:9-43 35 03-May Acts 7:44-8:4 21 04-May Acts 8:5-25 21 05-May Acts 8:26-40 15 06-May Acts 9:1-19a 19 07-May Acts 9:19b-31 13 08-May Acts 9:32-42 11 09-May Acts 9:43-10:33 34 10-May Acts 10:34-48 15 11-May Acts 11:1-18 18 12-May Acts 11:19-30 12 13-May Acts 12:1-24 24 …
April 30 / Acts 5:17-42
Acts 5:17-42 Dear RTB’ers, Yesterday’s closing verse: The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed. (Acts 5:16) Today we see the Jewish leaders jealous of the apostles’ success with the people and angry that Peter and the others are disobeying …
April 29 / Acts 4:32-5:16
Acts 4:32-5:16 Dear RTB’ers, Today we have two sets of “transition verses” (Acts 4:32-27 and Acts 5:12-16), sandwiched around the story of Ananias and Sapphira. In these transition sections time passes, but we don’t know how much. In chapters 1 and 2 Luke had definite time intervals – the Ascension occurred 40 days after Jesus’ …
April 28 / Acts 4:1-31
Acts 4:1-31 Dear RTB’ers, Acts 4, following the healing incident and Peter’s sermon. We have arrived at the passage that I had pointed to back on April 2: Jesus speaking: “But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will …
April 27 / Acts 3
Acts 3 Dear RTB’ers, Today, a healing incident and a long sermon. The healing incident in today’s reading continues tomorrow in Chapter 4. As for the sermon, we see exactly what I posted about two days ago, “My Study Bible pointed out some general Acts speech items that we will see again in similar fashion …
April 26 / Acts 2:37-47
Acts 2:37-47 Dear RTB’ers, The Acts of the Holy Spirit. Yes, definitely, in this chapter! In that room where He first appeared (Acts 2:1-4); in Peter’s transformation – his bold, confident preaching (Acts 2:14-36); in the gospel message received by Peter’s listeners and their repentance (Acts 2:37-41); and in the believers’ fellowship (Acts 2:42-47). Yes, …
April 25 / Acts 2:14-36
Acts 2:14-36 Dear RTB’ers, Today, Peter’s first speech, this one to the Pentecost crowd. A quick clarifying note and a bit of “theological geography” – in verse 14 Peter speaks to “Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem…” We celebrate today’s reading as the feast of Pentecost. The root word, “Pente” refers …
April 24 / Acts 2:1-13
Acts 2:1-13 Dear RTB’ers, The Holy Spirit makes His presence known! Get the full sense of His arrival. The eleven (or more) who were gathered together were hearing a sound from heaven like a mighty wind (v. 2), seeing tongues like fire on everyone’s head (v. 3), and speaking in different languages (v. 4). Put …
April 23 / Acts 1:12-26
Acts 1:12-26 Dear RTB’ers, Continuing in Acts 1. Many writers refer to the formal name of this book as “Acts of the Apostles”. [NOTE: This name was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem …