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The narrative underlines the authority of Peter, who could see through the deception by Ananias and Sapphira (verses 3–5, 8–9) and highlights the spiritual authority of the "church" (Greek: ekklesia, first used in Acts in verse 11) in form of 'signs' of God (inducing 'great fear' in verses 5 and 11, as well as healing miracles in the next section). [6]
The name "Acts of the Apostles" was first used by Irenaeus in the late 2nd century. It is not known whether this was an existing name for the book or one invented by Irenaeus; it does seem clear that it was not given by the author, as the word práxeis (deeds, acts) only appears once in the text (Acts 19:18) and there it refers not to the apostles but to deeds confessed by their followers.
Reason: This phrase, which also appears in Acts 5:39, does not appear in the earliest and best resources – p 74, א,A,B,C (original hand) ,E,Ψ, Latin, Syriac, and others – and does not appear until H,L, and P (all 9th century). As the original verse ended with a question, it is suspected that this phrase was taken from 5:39 to serve as an ...
Acts 20:32-35 1 Frg Austrian National Library: K 7377 Vienna: Austria ANL [41] INTF: Acts 20:35-38, 21:1-3 1 Frg Austrian National Library: K 7547 Vienna: Austria ANL [42] CSNTM, INTF: Acts 21:26-27 1 Frg Austrian National Library: K 7912 Vienna: Austria INTF: Acts 22:11-14, 16-17 1 Frg Austrian National Library: K 7548 Vienna: Austria ANL [43 ...
Ananias and Sapphira on the Brescia Casket, late 4th century (middle register, centre and right) [1]. Acts chapter 4:32 closes by stating that the first followers of Jesus did not consider their possessions to be their own but rather held in common, in order to use what they had on behalf of those in want.
For example, according to Luke 2:11 Jesus was the Christ at his birth, but in Acts 2:36 he becomes Christ at the resurrection, while in Acts 3:20 it seems his messiahship is active only at the parousia, the "second coming"; similarly, in Luke 2:11 he is the Saviour from birth, but in Acts 5:31 [47] he is made Saviour at the resurrection; and he ...
Acts correctly refers to Cornelius as centurion and to Claudius Lysias as a tribune (Acts 21:31 and Acts 23:26) The title proconsul ( anthypathos ) is correctly used for the governors of the two senatorial provinces named in Acts ( Acts 13:7–8 and Acts 18:12 )
The Acts of Peter is one of the earliest of the apocryphal Acts of the Apostles in Christianity, dating to the late 2nd century AD. The majority of the text has survived only in the Latin translation of the Codex Vercellensis , under the title Actus Petri cum Simone ("Act of Peter with Simon").