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Acts 08 General Notes

Structure and formatting

Some translations prefer to set apart quotations of the Old Testament. The ULB and many other English translations indent all the lines of 8:32-33, which is a quotation from the Old Testament.

The first verse appears connected to the narrative of chapter 7 and not the events of Chapter 8.

Special concepts in this chapter

Receiving the Holy Spirit

Many scholars believe this events marks the time when the Spirit started to indwell people when they began to believe in Jesus. The Spirit did this in order to assure them and to guide them. Others believe this event gave them the ability to speak in tongues, in addition to indwelling them, but that it is an event that occurs after they come to faith in Christ. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/believe and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/save)

Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter

Preached the gospel

While "preaching" can take many forms, the general idea in this phrase is that they share the good news that Jesus died and rose again for the sins of man. It is the message and not its presentation that is significant here. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin)