Acts 3

Introduction

III. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH UNFOLDING IN MIRACLE AND ENDURANCE OF PERSECUTION, Acts 3:1 to Acts 4:37.

Few were the days of the Pentecostal peace described in the closing verses of the last chapter. Our historian will now relate, not what Baumgarten calls “the first miracle,” for, in addition to the Pentecostal miracle, signs and wonders had already been done, (Acts 2:43;) but a closing miracle, which by its boldness roused the powers of the State and Church from their lethargy, and brought on “The First Persecution.” The complete narrative, to be taken in at a single reading, extends to Acts 4:31, when the writer pictures a second interval of holy, triumphant peace.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel Whedon was born in 1808 in Onondaga, N.Y. Dr. Whedon was well qualified as a commentator. He was professor of Ancient Languages in Wesleyan University, studied law and had some years of pastoral experience. He was editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review for more than twenty years. Besides many articles for religious papers he was also the author of the well-known and important work, Freedom of the Will. Dr. Whedon was noted for his incisive, vigorous style, both as preacher and writer. He died at Atlantic Highlands, N.J., June 8, 1885.Whedon was a pivotal figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism in the nineteenth-centry America. As a result of his efforts, some historians have concluded that he was responsible for a new doctrine of man that was more dependent upon philosophical principles than scripture.... Show more

Dr. Daniel D. Whedon was a central figure in the struggle between Calvinism and Arminianism. He devoted 25 years to writing the New Testament commentaries. Other authors wrote the Old Testament commentaries with Whedon serving as the editor. Study the bible online.... Show more

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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

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