In 1798 Birch published a collection of various readings to the Acts and Epistles (among them from Codex Vaticanus).
Following the initial small success, in 1523 Joachim von Watt (also known as Joachim Vadian) began to preach the reformed version of the Acts of the Apostles to friends and fellow clergy.
In the third stage the Acts of the Apostles were studied, while certain prayers were also learnt, and writing and arithmetic continued.
He is widely known as the author of a work on the Acts of the Apostles, Die Apostelgeschichte, ihre Quellen and deren geschichtlicher Wert (Acts of the Apostles, their sources and historical value, 1891).
He led the way in the task of discovering the origin of the Gospels, the Epistles, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Apocalypse.
Black takes these coincidences to be pointing him towards a Bible verse, Acts of the Apostles 26:8—"why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?".
"Apostolic" does not mean separation from other denominations, but correlation with the teaching of the apostles (see gospel, Acts of the Apostles).
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Luke the Evangelist, the author of the third gospel account (and the Acts of the Apostles) is symbolized by a winged ox or bull – a figure of sacrifice, service and strength.
The book of Acts in the New Testament, as well as other Pauline texts, make frequent reference to the large populations of Hellenised Jews in the cities of the Roman world.
In The Charismatic Theology of St. Luke (1984), he argues for a Pentecostal interpretation of Luke-Acts.
According to Bart D. Ehrman, the "we" passages are written by someone falsely claiming to have been a travelling companion of Paul, in order to present the untrue idea that the author had firsthand knowledge of Paul's views and activities, and Acts of the Apostles is thereby shown to be a forgery.
Porcius Festus, Roman leader mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, 24:27