Category Archives for Interpretation

Daily Thoughts from Acts: New Energy (Acts 1:12-26)

Book of Acts Christian Mission Discipleship Interpretation New Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying,

An Evangelical Perspective on the Baptism in the Spirit

Book of Acts Holy Spirit Interpretation New Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

Even to call this the baptism “in” the Spirit used to bother me. That sounded too Pentecostal (though, “baptism in the Holy Ghost” sounded even more so). And the Greek preposition en that is

Jesus the Fulfiller of Prophecy

Interpretation Jesus New Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

The prophecies Jesus fulfilled can be broken down into (1) the prophecies about Jesus’ lineage, (2) those describing the attributes of God that Messiah would bear, (3) those about what Messiah would

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