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Synopsis of Acts 29

Acts 29 is a fictional or symbolic reference often used within Christian circles to describe the ongoing and expanding work of the church beyond the biblical account recorded in the Book of Acts. Unlike the canonical Acts, which concludes with the Apostle Paul under house arrest in Rome, Acts 29 represents the continuing story of Christian mission, growth, and the spread of the gospel throughout history and into the present day.

The chapter begins with the early church's perseverance amid persecution. Following the events of Acts 28, believers are depicted as continuing to spread Jesus’ message despite opposition from religious and political authorities. This ongoing resistance serves to highlight the resilience and faithfulness of Christians as they carry the gospel into new regions and cultures.

A central theme of Acts 29 is the expansion of the church into unreached areas. Missionaries, inspired by the Holy Spirit, venture into unfamiliar territories, establishing new churches and communities of believers. These efforts are characterized by boldness, faith, and reliance on divine guidance. The chapter emphasizes that the mission is driven by love for God and compassion for humanity, aiming to bring salvation to all nations.

Acts 29 also underscores the importance of leadership and community in the church’s growth. It describes the role of apostles, elders, and lay leaders in nurturing spiritual development, ensuring doctrinal integrity, and fostering unity among believers. The chapter highlights that effective leadership is rooted in humility, service, and dependence on the Holy Spirit.

A significant aspect of Acts 29 is the emphasis on cultural contextualization of the gospel. Missionaries are shown adapting their methods and message to different cultural settings while remaining faithful to core Christian teachings. This flexibility enables the church to effectively reach diverse populations and break down barriers that hinder the spread of the gospel.

The chapter further explores the themes of perseverance, faith, and hope amid trials. It acknowledges that challenges such as persecution, misunderstanding, and cultural differences are inevitable but encourages believers to remain steadfast, trusting that God's purposes will prevail.

Finally, Acts 29 portrays the ongoing nature of the church’s mission. It portrays the story as unfinished, with new chapters being written by each generation of believers. The chapter closes with a call to continue the work of spreading the gospel, making disciples, and living out the teachings of Jesus until Christ’s return.

In summary, Acts 29 symbolizes the perpetual, dynamic mission of the church, emphasizing resilience, cultural engagement, leadership, and faithfulness as it continues to expand across the globe, driven by the Holy Spirit and rooted in love for God and neighbor.

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Olaf Bacon

Aug 21 2024 08:19 AM

Biblesupport.com Text of Acts 29.topx.exe Submitted by Module Robot Jun 23 2011, and last updated Jun 23 2011. File imported by an administrator.

As at 21 August 2024 this entry provides one download file: applicable to a PC running e-Sword for the PC.

[1] Text of Acts 29.topx.exe 303.24K

There is no *.refi version for use by e-Sword X for the Apple Mac, nor for the e-Sword HD for the iPad, nor for e-Sword LT for the iPhone, nor for e-Sword for the Android tablet and Android mobile phones, on this specific entry as at current date.

I tried to download this and had to respond to queries, to the download options, in Microsoft Edge on the ellipses ... option; stating that this was not a usual type of downloaded module. I instructed the PC to "keep" the entry; and the PC responded by blocking the entry, and reported that it could not download the module.

The solution: In Biblesupport.com on the download option, and to the question "What do you want to do with Text of Acts 29.topx.exe?" instruct the PC to use the "Save as" option, and to save the file as "Text of Acts 29.topx.exe.docx" into the download folder. This changes the format of the filetype. Then select the "Save" option. Then in response to the query: "Text of Acts 29topx.exe.docx could harm your device. Do you want to keep it anyway?", there are two options offered, "Keep", or "Delete". Select the "Keep" option. Now select the option to show (list) the file in the download folder. Move the pointer over the filename, and tap the right click mouse button. In the list of options, select "Properties".

The Type of file will be identified as "Microsoft Word Document (.docx)" but do not change that now. Notice the Security notice towards the bottom of display of the Text of "Acts 29.topx.exe.docx Properties" window. The added message warning is as follows:

"This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer."

Notice that there is an open check block alongside the word "Unblock". Move your pointer over this checkbox, and then tap the left mouse button to select this option while the pointer hovers over the checkbox. Where the cursor stands, the checkbox will be changed to an entry that is highlighted, and having a tick mark in the checkbox. In the footer were three buttons, "OK", "Cancel" and the third one, "Apply" that had previously been greyed out. When the checkbox is updated, then the "Apply" button becomes accessible. Move the pointer over the "Apply" button, and select this with the left mouse button. Then you will notice that the "Accessed:" details of Date and time will be updated, and the security blocking message will be removed. Move the pointer to the "OK" button and select this. The Properties pop-up display will close.

Again move the pointer over the filename, right-click the mouse button, and use the option to edit the filename. Maneuver to the end of the filename, then delete the extra letters ".docx" and tap your pointer outside the filename. When the PC displays the following caution "Rename If you change a filename extension, the file might become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?" there are two authorized options, "Yes" or "No". Move your pointer over the "Yes" button, and tap the left mouse button.

We now have a Setup application file, instead of a Microsoft Word Document file. This program must be run under Win32. Now either Open the file, or select the option to Run as Administrator.

The Setup Wizard will open. Read all instructions carefully, and respond appropriately to the prompts. Notice the target destination to which this file, "Text of Acts 29.topx" will be sent. This will be where you can view the contents with the Topic Editor after you close and then re-start your e-Sword to be able to view the added module.

The module that will be provided to you is "Text of Acts 29.topx" with the Date Modified being 2011-06-18.

In the Topic Editor file are four sections:

1: Introduction; 2: Acts 29; 3: St Paul's Tomb; 4: Notes:.

Here is the content of 1: Introduction

NOTE: The website http://jacksonsnyder...2005/Acts29.htm is no longer available.

NOTE: Refer to https://yahadblogs.o...ions/Acts29.pdf

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1: Introduction

The material in this resource is taken from <http://jacksonsnyder...2005/Acts29.htm>

Rom_15:24-25. I hope to see you in passing as I go to Spain, and to be sped on my journey there by you, once I have enjoyed your company for a little. At present, however, I am going to Jerusalem with aid for the saints.

Excerpt from The Lost Chapter of Acts, pp. 8,9: In every instance the word “nations” is translated from the Hebrew word, “Goy” given in Strong s Concordance (#1471) as foreign nations; hence a gentile . . . heathen, nation, people. Was Paul’s commission to go far hence unto the “Goyim?” It is the word he would most probably use to his fellow Judeans when arguing with them. It was the word used in the predictions to the patriarchs, as a description of their after-seed in the latter days. Where would he be likely to find those Old Testament “Goyim” in New Testament times? The Hebrew prophets foretold many things descriptive of them, both as regards to places of residence and racial characteristics. Seemingly, the Long Lost Chapter of the Acts of the Apostles known as the Sonnini Manuscript, gives us the answer.

The Sonnini Manuscript contains the account of Paul’s journey to Spain and Britain. The document, purported to be the concluding portion of the “Acts of the Apostles” covers a portion of the period after Paul’s two year enforced residence in Rome, in his own hired house. It is written in the style of the Bible Acts and reads like a continuation.

The Manuscript was found interleaved in a copy of Sonnini’s Travels in Turkey and Greece and was purchased at the sale of the library and effects of the late Right Honorable Sir John Newport, Bart, of Ireland. Sir John’s family arms were engraved on the cover of the book. It had been in his possession for over thirty years. With the book was a document from the Sultan of Turkey, granting to C. S. Sonnini permission to travel in all parts of the Ottoman dominions. The document was translated by C. S. Sonnini from an original Greek manuscript found in the Archives at Constantinople, and presented to him by the Sultan Abdoul Achment.

The following is the contents of the title page of Sonnini’s work, in which the English translation of the document was found: “Travels in Turkey and Greece undertaken by order of Louis XVI, and with the authority of the Ottoman Court by C. S. Sonnini, member of several scientific or literary societies. ‘Mores mulorum videt et ubes.’ - HOR., London; Printed for T. N. Londman and 0. Rees, Paternoster Row. 1801.” Points in favor of the authenticity of the manuscripts are:

(1. It is being preserved in the Archives of Constantinople.

(2. It has all the appearances of being of an ancient date.

(3. It was written in Greek, and in the manner of the Acts.

(4. The places and people mentioned are called by their ancient Roman names.

(5. Its Scriptural brevity and conception of the Divine purpose and plan.

(6. Its Gospel-like character is dignified and spiritual.

(7. Its prophetic expressions are in a Biblical style.

(8. Its ending in the word “amen.”

The Biblical Acts of the Apostles and the Book of James are the only two New Testament books not ending in ‘amen.’ This has led some Bible scholars to believe they are incomplete in their present form.

Act_28:25-30

Act_28:25. And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Spirit through Isaiah the prophet unto your fathers, 26. saying, Go thou unto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 27. For this peoples heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest, haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them. 28. Be it known therefore unto you, that this salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles: they will also hear. 29. [And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, having much disputing among themselves.] 30. And he abode two whole years in his own hired dwelling, and received all that went in unto him, 31. preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, none forbidding him. (ASV)

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4: Notes

NOTES:

[1] 2 Esdras 14: : these are the ten tribes which were led away from their own land into captivity in the days of King Hoshea, whom Shalmaneser the king of the Assyrians led captive; he took them across the river, and they were taken into another land. 41: But they formed this plan for themselves, that they would leave the multitude of the nations and go to a more distant region, where mankind had never lived, 42: that there at least they might keep their statutes which they had not kept in their own land. 43: And they went in by the narrow passages of the Euphrates river. 44: For at that time the Most High performed signs for them, and stopped the channels of the river until they had passed over. 45: Through that region there was a long way to go, a journey of a year and a half; and that country is called Arzareth. 46: “Then they dwelt there until the last times; and now, when they are about to come again, 47: the Most High will stop the channels of the river again, so that they may be able to pass over. Therefore you saw the multitude gathered together in peace.

[2] Raphinus: This is the Roman name for Sandwich, in Kent. In Saxon times there was, still standing in Sandwich, an old house called the “House of the Apostles” and tradition has it that Paul was one of the Apostles.

[3] Mount Lud: Ludgate Hill and Broadway where St. Paul’s cathedral stands in London, England.

[4] See note 9 for “God of Peace.”

[5] Gaul is part of modern-day France.

[6] Belgae was south, central coastal England.

[7] Helvetia is Switzerland.

[8] Lake Lucerne in Switzerland?

[9] Mausoleum Augustus in Rome, of which the Livius Archive says: “If you draw a line from the center of the mausoleum to the obelisk of the Horologium Augusti (upper edge), and a second line from the obelisk to Augustus’s Altar of Peace (Ara Pacis; the small square building in the upper left corner), you get a right-angled triangle. If there is any deeper significance, is not known.” Note that upon this Julian burial ground stood the Altar of Peace.

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Part 3: St Paul's Tomb

Vatican to announce St. Paul’s tomb found

Sarcophagus could contain remains of apostle

Vatican archeologists are preparing to announce they have positively identified the tomb of St. Paul the apostle. Basilica in Rome where Vatican says it found remains of St. Paul. Giorgio Filippi, a specialist with the Vatican Museums, said a sarcophagus that might still contain the apostle’s remains was identified in the basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, reported Catholic World News. The independent Catholic news service said the sarcophagus was discovered during excavations in 2002 and 2003 around the basilica in south Rome.

Vatican experts soon will make a public announcement of their discovery, Catholic World News said. “The tomb that we discovered is the one that the popes and the Emperor Theodosius [A.D. 379- 395] saved and presented to the whole world as being the tomb of the apostle,” Filippi said. The excavation was conducted after the administrator of St. Paul’s basilica, Archbishop Francesco Gioia, received inquiries about the location of St. Paul’s tomb from thousands of pilgrims visiting during the Jubilee Year of 2000. An initial survey of the basilica enabled archeologists to reconstruct the 4th century building’s original shape.

The Vatican team found the sarcophagus during a second excavation under the basilica’s main altar. Under the altar, a marble plaque is visible, dating to the 4th century, bearing the inscription “Apostle Paul, martyr.” Surprisingly, said Filippi, “nobody ever thought to look behind that plaque,” where the Vatican team found the sarcophagus.

Filippi said the tomb should not be opened merely to satisfy curiosity as to whether Paul’s remains still are there. He has no doubt, however, Paul was buried on the site, “because this basilica was the object of pilgrimages by emperors; people from all around the world came to venerate him, having faith that he was present in this basilica.” Filippi said church officials must now decide whether to order further excavation to make the sarcophagus more visible.

The Bible does not state how Paul died. Many scholars believe he was beheaded in Rome in about the A.D. mid-60s during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero.

Archeologists discover St Paul’s tomb Catholic News, 18 February 2005

Vatican archeologists believe that they have identified the tomb in Rome’s St Paul Outside the Walls basilica, following the discovery of a stone coffin during excavations carried out over the past three years. Catholic World News reports that a sarcophagus - or stone coffin - which may contain the remains of St Paul has been identified in the basilica, according to Giorgio Filippi, a archeology specialist with the Vatican Museums.

“The tomb that we discovered is the one that the popes and the Emperor Theodosius (379- 395) saved and presented to the whole world as being the tomb of the apostle,” Filippi reports. The discovery was made by a team composed exclusively of experts from the Vatican Museum. They had undertaken their exploration in response to a request from the administrator of St. Paul’s basilica, Archbishop Francesco Gioia. During the Jubilee Year 2000, the archbishop noticed that thousands of pilgrims were inquiring about the location of St. Paul’s tomb. The excavation effort was guided by 19th-century plans for the basilica, which was largely rebuilt after a devastating fire in 1823.

An initial survey enabled archeologists to reconstruct the shape of the original basilica, built early in the 4th century. A second excavation, under the main altar of the basilica, brought the Vatican team to the sarcophagus, which was located on what would have been ground level for the original 4th-century building. The Vatican archeologist said that Church officials would now have to decide whether to undertake further explorations around the tomb, to make the sarcophagus more visible.

In St. Peter’s Basilica, excavations that were begun in June 1939 finally uncovered the tomb of the first Pope in 1941. But it 35 more years before the Church officially attested to the authenticity of those remains, in a statement released by Pope Paul VI in June 1976. A similar span of years could elapse before the Church confirms that the tomb discovered in St. Paul’s Basilica is truly that of the apostle.

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Olaf Bacon

Aug 21 2024 09:27 AM

Acts 29 - An Apocryphal Addition of Paul's Missionary Travels 1.0

Available at BibleSupport.com Submitted by BaptizedBeliever Nov 13 2011, and updated with Mac/e-Sword 11 version Dec 19 2021. To find the entry, search on "Downloads" for Acts 29

There are two series of downloads, bbli and cmti; for newer versions of e-Sword; and bblx and cmtx for older versions of e-Sword for the PC.

[1] acts29.bbli 20K [2] acts29.cmti 28K

[3] Acts29.bblx 11K [4] Acts29.bblx 17K

These display the content in the Bible and in the Commentary options.

Olaf Bacon

Aug 26 2026 06:30 AM

http://www.biblesupport.com/e-sword-downloads/file/2465-text-of-acts-29

I found three files [1] text_of_acts_29.refi [2] a setup file Text of Acts 29.topx.exe and [3] Text of Acts 29.topx.

In part 1: Introduction, we are told: The material in this resource is taken from <http://jacksonsnyder...2005/Acts29.htm>

NOTE: The website is not longer available at http://jacksonsnyder...2005/Acts29.htm
NOTE: Refer to https://yahadblogs.o...ions/Acts29.pdf for the text of this chapter, and for a picture of an Inscription:

"PAULO, APOSTOLO MARTYR"
This inscription was found in 1923 on a marble slab under the high altar in the "Church of St. Paul Outside the Walls", in Rome. The lettering is typical of the period of Emperor Constantine who is said to have built the first church on this site above the grave of the Apostle Paul.

In Part 4: Notes note 9 is connected with Acts 29:24. There is a note number 9 in the Acts chapter 29 verse 24 that said: "Mausoleum Augustus in Rome, of which the Livius Archive says: “If you draw a line from the center of the mausoleum to the obelisk of the Horologium Augusti (upper edge), and a second line from the obelisk to Augustus’s Altar of Peace (Ara Pacis; the small square building in the upper left corner), you get a right-angled triangle. If there is any deeper significance, is not known.” Note that upon this Julian burial ground stood the Altar of Peace.

The previous link would have been https://www.livius.o...um_augusti.html

The website is currently being restructured and all links have changed. If the webmaster from the Netherlands replies to my query, I will provide a link, if one is again available from https://www.livius.org