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C | 2: 14 - 8: 1. The ministry of PETER and others.
A1 | 2: 14-47. PENTECOST EXPLAINED.
Wonders and signs in heaven and earth.
David's testimony.
Christ the King.
All things common.
Possessions sold.
The Lord added to the church.
B1 | 3: 1 - 4: 22. PENTECOST SYMBOLIZED.
The miracle of healing.
The gate called `Beautiful'.
Moses a type of Christ.
Prison for Peter.
We cannot but speak.
Threatened: Let go.
A2 | 4: 23 - 5: 11. PENTECOST REPEATED.
Signs and wonders.
David's testimony.
The kings of the earth rebel.
Place shaken.
Filled with holy spirit.
All things common.
Possessions sold (part of price kept back).
Great fear on the church.
B2 | 5: 12-42. PENTECOST WITHSTOOD.
Miracles of healing.
Solomon's Porch.
Prison for Peter.
We ought to obey God rather than man.
Beaten: Let go.
A3 | 6: 1-7. PENTECOST EXTENDED.
The ministry of the deacons; "Full of holy spirit."
B3 | 6: 8 - 8: 1. PENTECOST REJECTED.
Moses a type of Christ.
Stephen stoned.
The introduction of Saul strikes the first note in Israel's rejection.
To attempt a literary structure of these chapters would occupy about one half of the
present issue, and is uncalled for, but with the foregoing hints the reader will be able to
dig for himself and find more and more treasure.
Let us now return to Peter's explanation of what the happenings on the day of
Pentecost really meant. And here we are at a disadvantage. Most of us who know
anything at all about Pentecost have received that knowledge through tradition. We were
sure that it was a feast of the church; we were convinced that on the day of Pentecost the
church was brought into being; we were positive that there were gathered together on
that day a multitude of both Jews and Gentiles who, by having all things in common,
gave expression to the truth of the One Body and its fellowship. Yet all these fondly held