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Sunday, April 28th, 2024
the Fifth Sunday after Easter
the Fifth Sunday after Easter
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Bible Commentaries
Bell's Commentary on the Bible Bell's Commentary
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Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
These files are the property of Brian Bell.
Text Courtesy of Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. Used by Permission.
Bibliographical Information
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Acts 8". "Bell's Commentary". https://beta.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/cbb/acts-8.html. 2017.
Bell, Brian. "Commentary on Acts 8". "Bell's Commentary". https://beta.studylight.org/
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Verses 1-25
An observer came along and said to the holy man, “Don’t you know that’s a scorpion, and it’s in the nature of a scorpion to want to sting?”
To which the holy man replied, “That may well be, but it is my nature to save, and must I change my nature because the scorpion does not change its nature?”
Verses 1-25
An observer came along and said to the holy man, “Don’t you know that’s a scorpion, and it’s in the nature of a scorpion to want to sting?”
To which the holy man replied, “That may well be, but it is my nature to save, and must I change my nature because the scorpion does not change its nature?”
Verses 26-40
[1] It symbolized cleansing. As a man’s body was cleansed by the water, so his soul was bathed in the grace of Christ.
[2] It marked a clean break. We are told how 1 missionary when he baptized his converts made them enter the river by one bank and sent them out on the other, as if at the moment of baptism a line was drawn in their lives which sent them out to a new world.[we should incorp]
[3] Baptism was a real union with Christ. As the waters closed over a man’s head he seemed to die with Christ and as he emerged he rose with Christ. (The Acts of the Apostles. 2000, c1976 (W. Barclay). The Daily study Bible series, Rev. ed. (69). Philadelphia: The Westminster Press.)
Verses 26-40
[1] It symbolized cleansing. As a man’s body was cleansed by the water, so his soul was bathed in the grace of Christ.
[2] It marked a clean break. We are told how 1 missionary when he baptized his converts made them enter the river by one bank and sent them out on the other, as if at the moment of baptism a line was drawn in their lives which sent them out to a new world.[we should incorp]
[3] Baptism was a real union with Christ. As the waters closed over a man’s head he seemed to die with Christ and as he emerged he rose with Christ. (The Acts of the Apostles. 2000, c1976 (W. Barclay). The Daily study Bible series, Rev. ed. (69). Philadelphia: The Westminster Press.)