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Originally Posted by Revangelist
There is a verse in the AV1611 that I wonder if anyone wantes to comment on.
Acts 19:2 He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.
It reads differently in the NKJV:
Acts 19:2 he said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?”
So they said to him, “We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.”
In the KJV, the word "since" is used. In the NKJV, "when" is used, changing the meaning.
In verse 6, it says, "And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied." KJV
"And when Paul had laid hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke with tongues and prophesied". NKJV
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It has been said: "If someone is going to break their neck in Scripture - they are most likely going to do it in the Books of
Matthew,
Acts, and
Hebrews!"
Matthew is the Gospel of the "King of the Jews" (pecularly Jewish).
Acts is a
transitional Book - going from the Kingdom to the church. What takes place in the beginning of Acts is not the Gospel of the Grace of God, but an extension of the Gospel of the Kingdom (an offer by God to send the Lord Jesus back
IF the nation Israel will repent of killing their Lord and Christ.)
In Acts Chapter 2 Look at
WHO is speaking (Peter - a Jew). Look at
WHO he is speaking to (ye men of Judea and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem; ye men of Israel; men and
brethren; all the house of Israel) . Read the words carefully - This is a Jewish message about the fulfilling of a Jewish Old Testament prophesy (prophesied by a Jewish prophet {Joel} addressed to the nation of Israel or a Jewish King {the patriarch - David} testifying to the glory of the risen Lord - all Jews or Proselyte Jews).
In Acts Chapter 3 again the Apostle Peter is speaking again to WHOM?: "he answered unto the
people ye men of Israel," ("the people" - what people? - "ye men of Israel") and peter goes on "The God of
Abraham, and of
Isaac, and of
Jacob, the God of
our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom
ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go." [
Acts 3:13]
Abraham-Isaac-Jacob? The God of whose fathers?
Ye delivered up? This is clearly a Jewish message addressed to Jews - NOT the church. I could go on chapter after chapter until we come to Paul (the Apostle to the gentiles - the Apostle to whom the mysteries were "revealed).
And the book of "Hebrews" - the title should give us a "hint" to be extra careful in "rightly dividing" this book. The same goes for James - addressed to "the 12 tribes which are scattered abroad".
This is known as: "Rightly Dividing" 101 & Basic Bible study101. WHO said that? - WHO is he speaking to? The whole of the Bible is FOR us, BUT the whole of the Bible is not directly addressed TO us.