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Acts Episodes

Dec. 5, 2021

Acts 2:45

Sunday, 5 December 2021   and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. Acts 2:45   The previous verse noted that “all who believed were together, and had all things in common.” Along with that, it now goes on ...
Dec. 6, 2021

Acts 2:46

Monday, 6 December 2021   So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, Acts 2:46   The previous verses spoke of the new believers having everythi...
Dec. 7, 2021

Acts 2:47

Tuesday, 7 December 2021   praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved. Acts 2:47   The words of this verse continue those of the previous verse. Taken together they read, “So c...
Dec. 8, 2021

Acts 3:1

Wednesday, 8 December 2021 Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. Acts 3:1   Acts 3 opens with a great verse to demonstrate why the book of Acts is descriptive in nature and doesn’t prescribe doctrine...
Dec. 9, 2021

Acts 3:2

Thursday, 9 December 2021   And a certain man lame from his mother’s womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms from those who entered the temple; Acts 3:2   As seen in the previous verse, ...
Dec. 10, 2021

Acts 3:3

Friday, 10 December 2021   who, seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms. Acts 3:3   The narrative continues concerning Peter and John’s going to the temple at the ninth hour. As they were going through the Beautiful gate of ...
Dec. 11, 2021

Acts 3:4

Saturday, 11 December 2021   And fixing his eyes on him, with John, Peter said, “Look at us.” Acts 3:4   The lame man sitting at the gate called Beautiful had noticed Peter and John going into the temple. Upon noticing them, he asked for alms. In res...
Dec. 12, 2021

Acts 3:5

Sunday, 12 December 2021   So he gave them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. Acts 3:5   In the previous verse, Peter fixed his eyes on the beggar who had asked for alms and called out to him, “Look at us.” Now, in response to t...
Dec. 13, 2021

Acts 3:6

Monday, 13 December 2021   Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.” Acts 3:6   Luke’s precisely worded account of the beggar at the gate called Beautif...
Dec. 14, 2021

Acts 3:7

Tuesday, 14 December 2021   And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. Acts 3:7   Peter’s last words to the beggar on the street were, “In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, ris...
Dec. 15, 2021

Acts 3:8

Wednesday, 15 December 2021   So he, leaping up, stood and walked and entered the temple with them—walking, leaping, and praising God. Acts 3:8   Peter took the beggar by the right hand and lifted him up. As he did this, the feet and bones were heale...
Dec. 16, 2021

Acts 3:9

Thursday, 16 December 2021   And all the people saw him walking and praising God. Acts 3:9   With the complete healing of the crippled beggar, it then said that he went into the temple with Peter and John “walking, leaping, and praising God.” With th...
Dec. 17, 2021

Acts 3:10

Friday, 17 December 2021   Then they knew that it was he who sat begging alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Acts 3:10   When the people saw the man joyously walking an...
Dec. 18, 2021

Acts 3:11

Saturday, 18 December 2021   Now as the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly amazed. Acts 3:11   Luke continues to describe the excitement of the healin...
Dec. 19, 2021

Acts 3:12

Sunday, 19 December 2021   So when Peter saw it, he responded to the people: “Men of Israel, why do you marvel at this? Or why look so intently at us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk? Acts 3:12   It was just seen how...
Dec. 20, 2021

Acts 3:13

Monday, 20 December 2021   The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let Him go. Acts 3:13   Peter now explains the...
Dec. 21, 2021

Acts 3:14

Tuesday, 21 December 2021   But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, Acts 3:14   Peter just noted to those gathered before him. They, men of Israel who should have known better, had delivered up Jesus w...
Dec. 22, 2021

Acts 3:15

Wednesday, 22 December 2021   and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses. Acts 3:15   The previous verse should be cited together with this to see the contrast and to better understand the paradox that is ...
Dec. 23, 2021

Acts 3:16

Thursday, 23 December 2021   And His name, through faith in His name, has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. Acts 3:16   Peter has conve...
Dec. 24, 2021

Acts 3:17

Friday, 24 December 2021   “Yet now, brethren, I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers. Acts 3:17   Peter has scathingly rebuked the “Men of Israel” (verse 3:12), and then he provided the explanation for his rebuke in the previou...
Dec. 25, 2021

Acts 3:18

Saturday, 25 December 2021   But those things which God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. Acts 3:18   Peter, after having clearly identified the men of Israel as having been those who kill...
Dec. 26, 2021

Acts 3:19

Sunday, 26 December 2021   Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, Acts 3:19   The words of verse 17 just said, “I know that you did it in ignorance, as...
Dec. 27, 2021

Acts 3:20

Monday, 27 December 2021   and that He may send Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, Acts 3:20   The words now continue the thought of Peter that is being expressed to the men of Israel. As they are a continuation of the previous verse, it i...
Dec. 28, 2021

Acts 3:21

Tuesday, 28 December 2021   whom heaven must receive until the times of restoration of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all His holy prophets since the world began. Acts 3:21   Peter has asked the men of Israel to repent and be conver...