First Reading

The Jewish leaders in Judea, the circumcised, criticized Peter for sharing a meal with the [...]

Peter and Cornelius and Trouble in Jerusalem This lesson for the 5th Sunday of Easter [...]

Just prior to the beginning of this text, Paul and his companions Silas and Timothy [...]

Like much of Luke-Acts, this week’s text finds Christians on the road. Seemingly unable to [...]

In Acts, trouble follows Paul. Or perhaps Paul tends to help precipitate the various controversies [...]

In last Sunday’s lesson, Paul met Lydia while he was looking for a place of [...]

According to several interpreters, there is an apparent redundancy in this passage.  The Cornelius episode [...]

Within the New Testament, only Luke-Acts divides Jesus’ resurrection, his ascension, and the giving of [...]

Finding a text for today from the Hebrew Bible, which knows nothing of the Christian [...]