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Acts 4
Acts 15:22-24 in Latin (left column) and Greek (right column) in Codex Laudianus, written about AD 550.
BookActs of the Apostles
CategoryChurch history
Christian Bible partNew Testament
Order in the Christian part5

Acts 4 is the fourth chapter of the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records the aftermath of a healing by Simon Peter and his preaching in Solomon’s Portico, that Sanhedrin arrested the apostles, but had to let them go.[1] The book containing this chapter is anonymous but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that Luke composed this book as well as the Gospel of Luke.[2]

Text

The original text is written in Koine Greek and is divided into 37 verses. Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter are:

Structure

This chapter can be grouped:

Cross reference

Verse 10

[Simon Peter said]: "let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole."[3]

Verse 12

[Simon Peter said]: "Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."[4]

Verse 36

And Joses, who was also named Barnabas by the apostles (which is translated Son of Encouragement), a Levite of the country of Cyprus,[5]

Barnabas would play an important role in the early ministry of Apostle Paul.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
  2. ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
  3. ^ Acts 4:10
  4. ^ Acts 4:12
  5. ^ Acts 4:36
  6. ^ Acts 11