ZECNT 05: Acts

With attention to issues that continue to surface in today's church, the
Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament series offers pastors,
students, and teachers a focused resource for reading, teaching, and preaching
the Book of Acts. Acts highlights:

1. the work of God through the exalted Jesus who grants the presence of the
Holy Spirit
2. the significance of Jesus who is Israel's Messiah and the Savior of the
world and who directs the expansion of the church
3. the work of the Holy Spirit as transforming power present in the lives of
the followers of Jesus and their communities
4. the identity of the church as the community of God, comprised of Jews and
Gentiles who are followers of Jesus
5. the mission of the church whose leaders take the gospel to cities and
regions of the Roman Empire in which Jesus has not yet been proclaimed as
Messiah and Savior
6. the historical events and the persons who played a role in the expansion of
earliest Christianity.

With attention to issues that apply to today's church, this commentary offers
pastors, students, and teachers a focused resource for reading, teaching, and
preaching Acts.

Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, the Zondervan Exegetical Commentary
on the New Testament brings together commentary features rarely gathered
together in one volume. Written by notable evangelical scholars, each volume
treats the literary context and structure of the passage in the original Greek,
and each author provides an original translation based on the literary
structure. The series consistently provides the main point, verse-by-verse
commentary, and theology in application in each section of every commentary.
Critical scholarship informs each step but does not dominate the commentary,
allowing readers to concentrate on the biblical authorÆs message as it unfolds.
While primarily designed for those with a basic knowledge of biblical Greek,
all who strive to understand and teach the New Testament will find these books
beneficial. The ZECNT series covers the entire New Testament in twenty volumes;
Clinton E. Arnold serves as general editor.

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