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The Acts

AN EXPOSITION

BY

CHARLES R. ERDMAN

Professor of Practical Theology
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, New Jersey

Author of "The Gospel of John, an Exposition,"
"The Gospel of Mark," "The General Epistles,”
"Coming to the Communion,"
"Sunday Afternoons with Railroad Men," etc.

PHILADELPHIA
THE WESTMINSTER PRESS
1919

ANDOVER-ARVARD
THEOLOGICAL LIBRA

CAMBRIDGE, MUS-

A 69,761

Copyright, 1919
by

F. M. BRASELMAN

BS
2625
EZ
1919

The Bible text printed in boldface is taken from the American Standard Edition of the
Revised Bible, copyright, 1901, by Thomas Nelson & Sons, and is used by permission.

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THE STUDENTS OF

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW WORKERS

IN FURTHERANCE OF THE GOSPEL

FOREWORD

In peace or war, in the past or present, no project has been so bold, no adventure so thrilling, as the enterprise of carrying the gospel to the whole world. The Acts tells how this work was begun, and how the good news was brought across the imperial provinces from Jerusalem to Rome, not by a single messenger or by individual effort, but by the rapid extension of the Christian Church. The book is a record of heroic achievement and inspired eloquence, a treasury of truths vital to believers, a manual of methods for evangelists and missionaries, and a witness to the unceasing activity of the living Christ and to the present power of his divine Spirit. Those to whom the story is quite familiar will be the most eager to read it anew, for they know best its value and its charm.

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