Friday, November 10, 2006
An Outline of Acts Chapter 11
Peter Explains His Actions (11:1-18)
Word of the incredible event in Chapter 10 reached Jerusalem before Peter did. The Jewish believers were furious with Peter for violating Jewish Law and, upon his return, called him to answer.
Because of the importance of this matter, Luke takes the time and space to record once again Peter's story as he told it to the Jewish Christian leadership. The story was so clear, so factual, and so indisputable that the leadership recognized the truth of it and agreed, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life" (11:18).
The Church in Antioch (11:19-30)
Luke leaves Peter briefly at this point to catch us up on what has been happening elsewhere. Some of the Christians scattered during the persecution following Stephen's death wound up in Antioch, where they began a revival among the Greeks there. The Jerusalem church sent Barnabas to oversee this new outpost of the gospel. When Barnabas arrived, he was thrilled with what he saw and set out to find Saul. (Remember that Barnabas was the first of the Jerusalem group to accept Saul and introduce him to the others.)
Barnabas and Saul then ministered for a year at Antioch, where the believers were first called Christians (11:26).
Word of the incredible event in Chapter 10 reached Jerusalem before Peter did. The Jewish believers were furious with Peter for violating Jewish Law and, upon his return, called him to answer.
Because of the importance of this matter, Luke takes the time and space to record once again Peter's story as he told it to the Jewish Christian leadership. The story was so clear, so factual, and so indisputable that the leadership recognized the truth of it and agreed, "So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life" (11:18).
The Church in Antioch (11:19-30)
Luke leaves Peter briefly at this point to catch us up on what has been happening elsewhere. Some of the Christians scattered during the persecution following Stephen's death wound up in Antioch, where they began a revival among the Greeks there. The Jerusalem church sent Barnabas to oversee this new outpost of the gospel. When Barnabas arrived, he was thrilled with what he saw and set out to find Saul. (Remember that Barnabas was the first of the Jerusalem group to accept Saul and introduce him to the others.)
Barnabas and Saul then ministered for a year at Antioch, where the believers were first called Christians (11:26).
