Tradition：Protestant
Acts 18:3
protestant「and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.」
Acts 17:30
protestant「The times of ignorance therefore God overlooked; but now he commandeth men that they should all everywhere repent:」
Acts 7:12
protestant「But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.」
Acts 28:11
protestant「And after three months we set sail in a ship of Alexandria which had wintered in the island, whose sign was The Twin Brothers.」
Acts 9:23
protestant「And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him:」
Acts 3:24
protestant「Yea and all the prophets from Samuel and them that followed after, as many as have spoken, they also told of these days.」
Believed
allHebrew 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).
Righteousness
allAbram'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.
Righteousness
allHebrew 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?