Acts 13: 28

By Dr David L Cook

How did the early church grow? How did Christianity spread? What about set backs? How did we approach mission today? This wonderful account by Luke of the early church and Paul's journeys is fascinating and inspiring. Here we find guidance for Christian living, church life and evangelism.

This publication is part of the Epistole Bible Study Series, by the late Dr David L Cook. Each study in the series features questions for individuals and group discussion, together with a follow up section for each study.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dr David L Cook
• Release date: Nov 18, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310229145

Dr David L Cook

Dr David L Cook ( 1932 - 2013) was a highly experienced Scottish educationalist and Bible teacher. He worked in education all his life, first as a classics teacher, and then secondary school headmaster. He studied the Bible continually throughout his life, and was familiar with NT Greek and also Hebrew. As well as his MA in the classics, he obtained both a BD and a PhD in Theology. From a young man until his late 70s, he travelled all over Scotland, and beyond, preaching and teaching, mainly in Brethren churches. He wrote several Bible Study booklets, which he had hoped to revise and make available, but he passed away before that work was completed. His family have completed that work and the studies are now available as the Epistole Bible Study Series.

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Acts 13 - 28

By Dr David L Cook

Copyright 2013 Dr David L Cook

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Table of Contents

Making The Most Of This Series

Introduction

Skeletal Outline of Acts

Detailed Outline of Acts

Paul's First Missionary Journey

Session 1

Session 2

The Council of Jerusalem

Session 3

Paul's Second Missionary Journey

Session 4

Session 5

Paul's Third Missionary Journey

Session 6

Session 7

Session 8

Session 9

Paul the Prisoner

Session 10

Maps

About The Author

More Titles In This Series

Making The Most Of This Series

What you need

1. Your Bible. Make sure the print is easy to read. The basic version for this study is N.I.V. For close study, using a modern ‘word for word’ type of translation, consult the English Standard Version.

2. This booklet and a pen or pencil.

3. The desire to learn what the Lord wants to teach you.

How to proceed on your own

1. Always with prayer and dependence upon the Holy Spirit.

2. Read the passage of Scripture as often as necessary to grasp its general meaning.

3. Answer the questions and write down your findings so that you will be able to read them again. Don't avoid this. It will help you. What you write is for your own eyes, for nobody else's. So don't have any hang-up about writing.

In the group

1. Come with the spirit of learning together.

2. Try to participate in the group in a natural way.

3. Others will be helped by your contribution, however brief, as you will be helped by theirs.

4. No one is forced into saying anything, but even a nod or shaking of the head, a smile or a frown adds something. Be there if at all possible, even if you have not had as much time to prepare as you hoped.

5. Try to find time as soon after the group discussion to go back over the passage again. There's a follow-up section to help you with this.

Note: Some hyperlinks to www.biblegateway.com beside the Bible passages referenced in the study have been added for your convenience, eg 1 Cor 13 N.I.V.

Introduction - Acts 13 - 28

Author

The author's name does not appear anywhere in the book. He was obviously the same person as the writer of the third of the Gospels. We can be certain he was Luke, the well-loved doctor, friend and colleague of the apostle Paul (Col 4:14; Philm 24; 2 Tim 4:11). He was probably a Gentile.

Author = Luke: Acts 1:1 and Luke 1:1-4

- Doctor, Traveller, Missionary, Faithful Colleague, Historian

Some features

We discovered in our studies in Luke's Gospel how much trouble the author took to research the data for his book. We can be sure that he showed the same painstaking diligence to have accurate information for Acts. The result is a book on whose historical accuracy the reader can rely totally.

Luke himself accompanied Paul on some of his travels and in addition to having his own diary entries, he could consult Paul and the others about anything he needed to know. And so he was fully informed about the subject matter of the second part of Acts. It was once fashionable among some scholars to criticize Luke on a number of historical details, but research into the actual evidence has vindicated him.

Think about the providence of God and add the work of the Holy Spirit. What a book this is!

The Link

Acts makes the perfect transition from the Gospels to the story