Acts is the second volume of the two-volume work, Luke-Acts. Written by Luke the beloved physician (Col 4:14), Luke-Acts seamlessly connects the life of Jesus to the lives of the early Apostles ...
In this article we are centering our thoughts on a man, Ananias, whose name does not quickly spring to mind partly because there is little written about him in the Bible. However we are introduced to ...
Thecla's story is one of many in the Apocryphal Acts which portray women giving up ... and all the people pay attention to him. Chapter 4 Then Thamyris stood before the governor's judgment-seat ...
Later texts support these early portraits of women, both in exemplifying their prominence and confirming their leadership roles (Acts 17:4, 12). Certainly the most prominent among these in the ...