Acts 21-28. Faithfully Witness of Christ

Keywords

Paul’s missionary ministry, early Christian persecution, gospel to Jews and Gentiles

Abstract

The final chapters of Acts present us with an enormous amount of information—historical, geographical and doctrinal—as it follows the last years of Paul’s earthly ministry.  To do the richness of these texts justice, I feel tempted to just sit down and write out an 800 page commentary.  But then I realize that I also have home teaching to complete by the end of the month and that I do not want to numb the minds of patient readers.  So instead I will take another approach, that our understanding might be quickened.  I will create a brief outline of these eight chapters, (1) offering a few insights into the religious and social tensions simmering in the days of Paul and how his work to preach the Gospel to Jew and gentile alike landed him in hot water because of these tensions, and (2) drawing parallels between Paul and Christ, their ministry, testimony and suffering at the hands of authorities.  In these chapters pay attention to the diverse (though contextually undesired) audiences and opportunities Paul had to preach the message of Christ and consider how Paul’s missionary efforts were the fulfillment of many promises and revelations.

Original Publication Citation

“Acts 21-28: Faithfully Witness of Christ.” Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship. 2015.

Document Type

Peer-Reviewed Article

Publication Date

2015

Publisher

Interpreter: A Journal of Latter-day Saint Faith and Scholarship

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Marketing

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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