Who wrote the Bible?
(NOTE: inspiration, infallibility teaching, yet to
come)
66 books: 39 OT; 27 NT
40 different authors: physicians, fishermen, priests,
philosophers, kings, farmers
Written over a period of almost 1600 years (1500 BC
to 95 AD)
Oldest OT book? Job 1500 BC
Oldest NT book? James 45 AD
Languages of the original
manuscripts? Hebrew, Aramaic, Koine Greek
First English Translations?
Caedmon 670 AD; John Wycliffe 1382; William Tyndale, 1525 AD
Old Testament
Books
of Moses (Pentateuch; Torah)
History
Poetry
/ songs / philosophy
Prophecy
New Testament
Gospels
Acts
Letters
of the apostles
Luke is the author of the
“Gospel of Luke” and the “Acts of the Apostles”
Church
historian Eusebius 300 A.D. attributes the book to Luke
Luke is believed to have been a native of Syrian
Antioch
A
Gentile (by name)
Was
likely associated with Barnabas and Paul in the early days of the Antioch
church
(as early as 42 AD when Barnabas arrived?)
Traveled
on part of Paul’s 2nd and 3rd missionary journeys
Transitions to first person
plural from third person twice in Acts
The first
transition is on Paul’s second journey, joining Paul, Silas and Timothy in
Troas to go on a ship to Philippi
Acts 16:10
So passing by Mysia, THEY came down to Troas. 9 And a vision
appeared to Paul in the night. A man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him,
saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 Now after he had
seen the vision, immediately WE sought
to go to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel
to them.
Luke is left at Philippi on the second journey to
help lead and encourage the church
He
meets up with Paul again seven years later on the third missionary journey at
Philippi
The second transition of
the third missionary journey, on the way back to Jerusalem:
Acts
20:5-6
These men, going ahead,
waited for us at Troas. But we sailed away from Philippi after the Days of
Unleavened Bread, and in five days joined them at Troas, where we stayed seven
days.
Luke is the companion of Paul thereafter
Luke had several opportunities
in his life to interview Christians in Antioch, in Jerusalem and
in Caesarea who were familiar with the earliest histories including
Jesus’ ministry and the early church in Jerusalem
If Luke was a citizen of
Antioch, he was very familiar with the early Gentile church there
Knew Barnabas (who was
with the apostles in Acts 4: the early days of the Jerusalem church)
He knew John Mark from
Antioch (Mark was on part of the first missionary journey and went with
Barnabas on a second). Mark wrote the
gospel of Mark.
At the end of the third
missionary journey Luke stayed in Jerusalem with Mnason, one of the
original disciples (Acts 21:6) met James the Lord’s ½ brother (during the conference with Paul about Paul’s
teaching re: the law of Moses)
James was younger than Jesus…how much so???
Likely grew up as Jesus’ younger brother in the
Mary-Joseph household
Also, Luke spent two years
with Paul when he was in custody in Caesarea (58-60 AD) after
Paul’s
last visit to Jerusalem where he was imprisoned
In Caesarea lived Philip the evangelist with his four
prophesying
daughters
Also Cornelius had been saved there
Caesarea was just 80 miles from Jerusalem (three
day’s journey)
And perhaps Luke at Caesarea
or Jerusalem met other members of the holy family not including Mary, the mother of Jesus
Mary died at most 15 years after Jesus’ resurrection,
45 AD
During these two years he likely wrote the gospel and
much of Acts
Summary:
Luke personally experienced:
The early days of the Antioch church
Part of Paul’s second and third missionary journeys
The final trip
of Paul to Jerusalem, Caesarea and then Rome
Luke the obtained information
regarding the ministry of Jesus directly from:
Mark, James, Barnabas, and Philip
Chapter 3
Summary
The
Holy Spirit through Peter and John heal a lame man
Peter
teaches that if Israel repents and receives Jesus
Then
Jesus will return to restore the glory of Israel
And
Jesus will usher in the millennial period promised by the Old Testament
prophets
v. 1-6 Now Peter and John went up together to
the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 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; 3 who,
seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, asked for alms… 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.”
v. 1 continuing in the
Temple: keeping the law as observant Jews
Josephus: two daily sacrifices in the Temple Morning
and 3 PM
v. 7 The lame man healed /
overjoyed / praising / the people are amazed
Is 35:6
Then the lame man shall leap like a hart
Matt. 11:4-5
4 Jesus answered
and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and
see: 5 The blind
see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed
and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up
and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
v. 12 Peter’s second sermon
to the crowd at the temple (ONE LINE AT A TIME)
a. Again: Jesus is the Messiah
b.
It is in His name the man was healed
c.
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob glorified, certified Jesus by His
resurrection
d. Unfortunately, God’s chosen people, Israel,
rejected and crucified Him
e.
He is the Prince of Life (offers eternal life, the promise of our
resurrection)
f.
He is God’s Servant predicted in the OT
Is. 52:13
Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently;
He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.
14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His visage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;
Peter continues:
17 “Yet now, brethren,
I know that you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.18 But those things which
God foretold by the mouth of all His prophets, that the Christ would suffer..
19 Repent therefore
and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out
v. 17 In ignorance,
but you and your rulers (very gracious)
v. 18 Christ must suffer (Is. 53)
v. 18 Repent: the same verb metanoeo (MET-an-OH-eoh):
So that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, 20 and that He may send
Jesus Christ, who was preached to you before, 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.
v. 19 Time of refreshing may
come: a very near Parousia and worldwide blessing described as the character of
the Messianic age:
v. 21 restoration: apokatastasis (ap-oh-kah-TAS-tah-sis) =
restoration to a former state
Acts. 1:6
“Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
A restoration of glorious,
ruling Israel
Theocracy under David’s Son
(not the resurrection of the dead)
Gen 12:2-3 THE PROMISE TO ABRAHAM
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
3 I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
2 Sam 7:16 THE PROMISE TO DAVID
And your house and your kingdom shall be established
forever before you. Your
throne shall be established forever.”’ 17 According to all these words and according to all
this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.
Jer. 23:5-6 THE PREDICTED REIGN OF THE MESSIAH
“Behold, the days are
coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and prosper,
And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
6 In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and prosper,
And execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
6 In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel will dwell safely;
Now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Zech. 8:20, 21, 23 THE NATIONS WILL LEARN ABOUT GOD
THROUGH ISRAEL
Thus says the Lord of
hosts:
‘Peoples shall yet come,
Inhabitants of many cities;
21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
(cont) “Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts….
Inhabitants of many cities;
21 The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying,
(cont) “Let us continue to go and pray before the Lord,
And seek the Lord of hosts….
23 “Thus
says the Lord of hosts:
‘In those days ten men from every language of the nations shall grasp the
sleeve of a Jewish man, saying, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”’”
Is. 42:4 JUSTICE
He will not fail nor be discouraged,
Till He has established justice in the earth;
Till He has established justice in the earth;
IS. 60:18 NO VIOLENCE
Violence shall
no longer be heard in your land,
Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.
Neither wasting nor destruction within your borders;
But you shall call your walls Salvation,
And your gates Praise.
Is. 11:6, 9 NO ANIMAL VIOLENCE
“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb,
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
The leopard shall lie down with the young goat,
The calf and the young lion and the fatling together;
And a little child shall lead them.
They shall not hurt nor destroy in all My
holy mountain,
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
For the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord
As the waters cover the sea.
Hos. 2:18 NO WAR
Bow and sword of battle I will shatter from
the earth,
To make them lie down safely.
To make them lie down safely.
Micah 4:3
He shall judge between many peoples,
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
And rebuke strong nations afar off;
They shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning hooks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war anymore.
Is 65:20 LONG LIFE
No more shall an infant from there live
but a few days,
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Nor an old man who has not fulfilled his days;
For the child shall die one hundred years old,
But the sinner being one hundred years old shall be accursed.
Peter presents Jesus as the
second Moses:
Recall that John the Baptist
was like a second Elijah (TWO VERSES)
22 For Moses truly
said to the fathers, ‘The Lord your
God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall
hear in all things, whatever He says to you.
Deut 18:18
18 I will raise up
for them a Prophet like you from among their brethren, and will put My words in
His mouth, and He shall speak to them all that I command Him.
“You should listen to Him.”
Where
have we heard this before?
The voice at the Transfiguration
Matt. 17: 5
5 While he was
still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice
came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased. Hear Him!”
v. 25-26 an encouragement:
you are the sons of the prophets and covenant
To you FIRST, God has sent Jesus to bless you and the
earth
These recent events are a fulfillment of everything
we have been waiting for
So don’t miss your opportunity: repent and turn from
your sins.
Summary
The
Holy Spirit through Peter and John heal a lame man
Peter
teaches that if Israel repents and receives Jesus
Then
Jesus will return to restore the glory of Israel
And
Jesus will usher in the millennial period promised by the Old Testament
prophets
