An Exegetical Summary of Acts 1–14

by Robert Stutzman; Belinda Cheng

Publisher:

SIL International

, 2017

Overview

How can biblical exegesis be fruitful and meaningful when commentaries and lexicons provide contradictory interpretations, seeming to support opposing translations? An Exegetical Summary of Acts 1–14 asks important exegetical and interpretive questions phrase by phrase, summarizing and organizing content from every major Bible commentary and dozens of lexicons. You can instantly identify exegetical challenges, discover a text’s interpretive history, and survey the scope of everything written about each verse and phrase.

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Key Features

• Phrase-by-phrase analysis
• Summary of lexical entries for nearly every word
• Comprehensive commentary comparisons

Contents

Top Highlights

“The offer of the gift of the Spirit and what the Spirit provides to the one who believes is the core of the gospel” (Page 71)

“The plural ‘times’ shows that the phrase is not a synonym for the sending of the Messiah at the time of the End” (Page 97)

“In this verse the phrase translated ‘times of relief’ is generally regarded as a reference to the Messianic age” (Page 96)

“The Israelites not only would be freed from the rule of Rome but Israel would then rule over all other nations” (Page 19)

“χρόνους ‘times’ refers to a span/duration of time and καιρούς ‘seasons’ refers to specific events/times” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: An Exegetical Summary of Acts 1–14
• Authors: Robert Stutzman, Belinda Cheng
• Series: Exegetical Summaries
• Publisher: SIL International
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Pages: 417
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Acts 1-14 › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. Acts 1-14 › Translating
• Resource ID: LLS:EXGSUM65AC1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-24T16:23:30Z

About the Authors

Belinda Cheng is a part of the Wycliffe Bible Translators Canada (WBTC) organization, where she works with the Chinese Diaspora Engagement team. The teamd advocates for Bible translation needs in the world via church connection, prayer letters writing, Kairos course facilitation, promotion of Wycliffe Bible Translators Canada (WBTC) and its ministry at public mission events.

Robert Stutzman develops exegetical and computerized tools for Bible translators. He worked in Papua New Guinea from 1984 to 1995 with SIL International. Some of the projects he worked on include: Scripture testing questions, the Bible background series, exegetical summaries, proper names in the Bible, speech types in the Bible, New Testament parallel passages, metaphors in the New Testament, and section headings in the entire Bible.

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