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「for he powerfully confuted the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.」

「Thus Paul went out from among them.」

「The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.」

「And when they had appointed him a day, they came to him into his lodging in great number; to whom he expounded the matter, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, both from the law of Moses and from the prophets, from morning till evening.」

「but rise, and enter into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.」

「Repent ye therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that so there may come seasons of refreshing from the presence of the Lord;」

Hebrew verb meaning 'to trust, to believe firmly.' Abraham's trust in God's promise is foundational to Pauline theology of justification by faith (cf. Romans 4:3, Galatians 3:6).

Abram's trust was credited as righteousness by God. This verse (Gen 15:6) is foundational for Paul's doctrine of justification by faith, quoted in Romans 4 and Galatians 3.

Hebrew noun meaning 'righteousness, conformity to God's standard.' God credits Abraham's faith as righteousness, establishing the doctrine of imputed righteousness central to Pauline and Reformation theology.

Why did the Holy Spirit descend on the fiftieth day, exactly ten days after Jesus' ascension?

Jesus told the disciples to wait, and on the day of Pentecost the Spirit came as tongues of fire and they began speaking in other languages.

Why did Peter quote the prophet Joel in his Pentecost sermon?

Peter stood up to explain the signs of the last days, citing Joel to show the Spirit's outpouring in the end times.

Why did the Holy Spirit descend on the fiftieth day, exactly ten days after Jesus' ascension?

Jesus told the disciples to wait, and on the day of Pentecost the Spirit came as tongues of fire and they began speaking in other languages.

What continuity exists between Pentecost and believers' experience today?

Is the Spirit's work in apostolic times continuous with today?

Why did some Jewish observers mock the disciples as being drunk with new wine at Pentecost?

Acts 2:13 records mocking voices — what assumptions about the Spirit's work did this response reveal?

What continuity exists between Pentecost and believers' experience today?

Is the Spirit's work in apostolic times continuous with today?