The Acts of the Apostles: A Newly Discovered Commentary (Lightfoot Legacy Set)

Synopsis

Intervarsity Press Is Proud To Present The Lightfoot Legacy. A Three-volume Set Of Previously Unpublished Material From J.b. Lightfoot, One Of The Great Biblical Scholars Of The Modern Era. In The Spring Of 2013, Ben Witherington Iii Discovered Hundreds Of Pages Of Biblical Commentary By Lightfoot In The Durham Cathedral Library. While Incomplete, These Commentaries Represent A Goldmine For Historians And Biblical Scholars, As Well As For The Many People Who Have Found Lightfoot's Work Both Informative And Edifying, Deeply Learned And Pastorally Sensitive. Among Those Many Pages Were Two Sets Of Lecture Notes On The Acts Of The Apostles. Together They Amount To A Richly Detailed, Albeit Unfinished, Commentary On Acts 1-21. The Project Of Writing A Commentary On Acts Had Long Been On Lightfoot's Mind, And In The 1880s He Wrote An Article About The Book For The Second British Edition Of William Smith's Dictionary Of The Bible. Thankfully, That Is Not All He Left Behind. Now On Display For All To See, These Commentary Notes Reveal A Scholar Well Ahead Of His Time, One Of The Great Minds Of His Or Any Generation. Well Over A Century Later, The Acts Of The Apostles Remains A Relevant And Significant Resource For The Church Today. --inside Cover Part One : Introduction To Commenting In General -- Part Two : Introduction To Acts-preliminary Matters -- Part Three : The Commentary On Acts -- The Superscript -- The Preface -- Ascension, Judas' Demise, The Filling Up Of The Twelve -- Pentecost And Its Aftermath -- The Beginning And Trials Of The Church In Jerusalem -- The First Martyr For Christ -- Simon, The Samaritans, And Philip -- The Conversion Of Saul -- The Surprising Story Of Cornelius -- Trouble In Zion -- Peter Explains -- The Persecuted Church And The Dawn Of The Mission Of The Persecutor -- The First Missionary Journey -- The Apostolic Council And Its Aftermath -- The Second Missionary Journey -- Macedonia And On To Athens -- And So To Corinth -- Finally At Ephesus -- The Third Missionary Journey -- Conclusions On The Rest Of Acts. J.b. Lightfoot ; Edited By Ben Witherington Iii And Todd D. Still. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.