REL 1005 : Test 3 Religion Notes
Document Summary
Starts in jerusalem and by the end there"s a movement out to the nations. Big deal at the beginning of acts: peter, then it turns to paul. Festus and agrippa have taken over pilot"s position in rome: they get together and say well we could have let paul go if he hadn"t been a roman citizen , magistrate beat him. He was scared to death because this is a capital offense: pulls the r card. Saul first shows up at the stoning of stephen, same year jesus died and rose. Right after pentecost: on the road to damascus to find christians belonging to the way to arrest them and bring them back to jerusalem. Acts says this is good that he"s going to rome, so he can spread the word: book ends with him in rome. Was it just non-jews that were chased out: by being chased out, the word was spread.
