WHO SPEAKS, WHO LISTENS, WHO ACTS: A INNOVATIVE MODEL FOR THOUGHTFUL AND UNDERSTANDING NARRATIVETraditionally we have examined narrative structures primarily in terms of voice (who is speaking). Although a number of critics have revised how we think of voice, for example by making the distinction...
Acts 4:12 reinforces this by declaring, "there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved." Persons / Places / Events1. PeterThe apostle who is speaking in this passage. He is delivering a message to Cornelius and his household, emphasizing the universality...
1 If I am the only parent who still corrects his child's English, then perhaps my son is right. To him, I am a tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in the rules of grammar, which my son seems allergic to....
For centuries, Latin allowed t he Copernicuses, Keplers, and Newtons of Eur ope to stand, in Newtons words, on the should ers of giants."Now, non-Anglophone(不以英语为母语的)sc ientists learn English; English-speaking scient ists hardly bother with other languages at all.T he rise in...
“Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?The identification of the speakers as Galileans is significant. Galilee was a region often viewed with skepticism and prejudice by Judeans, as seen in John 1:46 when Nathanael questions if anything good can come from Nazareth. The Galilean identit...
Acts 22:9 Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me... Read verse in Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
9 Now those who were with me saw the light but did not hear the voice of the one who was speaking to me. 10 And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Rise, and go into Damascus, and there you will be told all that is appointed for you to do.' ...
This promise was fulfilled in the events recounted in Acts 2. On the first Pentecost, Jesus' disciples were gathered in Jerusalem when a mighty wind was heard, and tongues of fire appeared over their heads. A multilingual crowd heard the disciples speaking, and each heard them speaking in ...
Who is coming today? They are. * *Who will take the singular form when posing a question, even though we may be speaking of more than one person. Of course, who can still be used as a subject pronoun in a clause without needing to be a question. Mike, who went to the store ear...
Therefore when Jesus, the Son of David and promised Messiah (Acts 2:14-36), says the following, we know that He is speaking in fulfillment of the prophesy in Ezekiel 34 and that the flock He is referring to is none other than Israel. 11 I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giv...