Commentary on Acts 1:1-11
Forty days after Easter in the liturgical calendar is a festival day, the Ascension of [...]
First Reading
Commentary on Acts 2:1-21
Pentecost, in many Christian circles, is acknowledged as the birthday of the Church, but we [...]
Commentary on Acts 1:6-14
What question would you pose to the recently resurrected Jesus? In the passage, we find [...]
Commentary on Acts 17:22-31
As Paul stands in the midst of the Areopagus or Mars Hill, he speaks to [...]
Commentary on Acts 7:55-60
This is a disturbing story. Stephen speaks truth to power and is stoned to death. [...]
Commentary on Acts 2:42-47
The reading for the Fourth Sunday of Easter stretches into the days following the Pentecost [...]
Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 22-32
The lectionary readings for the Sundays after Easter contain passages [...]
Commentary on Acts 2:14a, 36-41
The reading for the Third Sunday of Easter continues Peter’s [...]
Commentary on Acts 10:34-43
When Peter opens his mouth before Cornelius, his message succinctly captures the heart of Acts’ [...]
Commentary on Isaiah 52:13—53:12
There were many in the early Jesus movement who identified [...]
