Acts 5-8

Acts 5-9

S5E25: The movement grows in the face of resistance (Acts 5.7-16)

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S5E26: The apostles, in and out of prison, again (Acts 5.17-28)

Angels in Acts (PDF)

S5E27: We must obey God rather than humans (Acts 5.29-42)

Acts 5 shape and keywords (PDF)

S5E28: Introduction to Acts 6-7

Some issues in interpreting Acts 6-7 (PDF)

Acts 6 shape and keywords (PDF)

S5E29: Responding to the needs of the community (Acts 6.1-7)

Historical interpretations of Acts 6 that are no longer viable (PDF)

S5E30: Stephen is confronted (Acts 6.8-15)

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S5E31: Stephen tells of Abraham (Acts 7.1-8)

Acts 7 shape and keywords (PDF)

Stephen’s speech (Acts 7) and Paul’s speech (Acts 13) compared (PDF)

S5E32: Stephen speaks slyly of Joseph (Acts 7.9-16)

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S5E33: Stephen speaks of baby Moses (Acts 7.17-22)

Moses in Acts (apart from Stephen’s speech) (PDF)

S5E34: Stephen tells of Moses seeking justice among the Israelites (Acts 7.23-29)

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S5E35: Stephen speaks of Moses at the bush (Acts 7.30-38)

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S5E36: Stephen speaks of idols made with human hands (Acts 7.39-50)

Prophetic passages in Acts 7.40-49 (PDF)

S5E37: Stephen, first martyr in the Name of Jesus (Acts 7.51-60)

“One mind” in Acts (PDF)

S5E38: Samaritans, magic, a eunuch and Saul: Introduction to Acts 8.1-9.31

Issues to be addressed in interpreting Acts 8.1-9.31 (PDF)

Acts 8 shape and keywords (PDF)

“Judeans” in Acts (PDF)

S5E39: Saul, "the destroyer" (Acts 8.1-3)

Sequence of Saul’s transformation in Acts 8-9 (PDF)

S5E40: Philip in Samaria encounters "magic: (Acts 8.4-9)

Roots of the Judean-Samaritan schism (PDF)

“Magic” at the time of Acts (PDF)

S5E41: The Samaritans, including Simon, join The Way (Acts 8.9-13)

Nested chiasm of Acts 8.5-13 (PDF)

S5E42: Peter "cancels" Simon (Acts 8.14-24)

“Peter and John” in Luke-Acts (PDF)

S5E43: Philip is sent to the wilderness to meet an Ethiopean power-eunuch (Acts 8.25-28)

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S5E44: Philip and the power-eunuch engae Isaiah (Acts 8.28-34)

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S5E45: The Ethiopian eunuch joins The Way (Acts 8.35-40)

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S5E46: Saul, on the road to Damascus (Acts 9.1-5)

Presuppositions about the “conversion of Saul” (PDF)

4 Maccabees 4.2-14 as parallel to Saul in Acts 9 (PDF)

S5E47: Saul takes a three day retreat (Acts.9.6-9)

Harvey Egan, SJ quotes used in the video (PDF)

S5E48: Ananias: "Brother Saul!" (Acts 9.10-19a)

“Visions” in Acts (PDF)

S5E49: "This one is the son of God" (Acts 9.19b-22)

Psalm 2 annotated (PDF)

S5E50: Saul escapes plots against him (Acts 9.23-31)

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