References and Abbreviations


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BDAG Walter Bauer and Frederick William Danker, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Third Edition; based on previous English editions by W.F. Arndt, F.W. Gingrich, and F.W. Danker; University of Chicago Press, 1957, 1979, 2000)
BDB Francis Brown, S.R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (Clarendon Press, 1907)
Bruce, Acts F. F. Bruce, The Book of the Acts (New International Commentary on the New Testament [NICNT]; Eerdmans, 1954)
Bruce, Greek Acts F. F. Bruce, The Acts of the Apostles: The Greek Text with Introduction and Commentary (Eerdmans, 1951)
DJA2 Joel B. Green, Jeannine K. Brown, and Nicholas Perrin, Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (Second Edition; InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, 2013).
Edersheim, Temple Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services as they were at the Time of Jesus Christ, (London: Religious Tract Society, n.d.)
ESV English Standard Version (Crossway, 2001)
Grudem Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine (Zondervan, 1994, 2000)
Harrison Everett F. Harrison, Acts: The Expanding Church (Moody Press, 1975)
KJV King James Version
Liddell Scott Henry George Liddell and Robert Scott (compilers), Greek-English Lexicon with a Revised Supplement (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1940, 1968)
Marshall I. Howard Marshall, The Acts of the Apostles (Tyndale New Testament Commentaries; Eerdmans, 1980)
NASB New American Standard Bible (The Lockman Foundation, 1977, 1995)
NIV New International Version (International Bible Society, 1973, 1978)
NJB New Jerusalem Bible (Darton, Longman & Todd Ltd., 1985)
NRSV New Revised Standard Version (Division of Christian Education, National Council of Churches of Christ USA, 1989)
Robertson, Word Pictures A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (Broadman Press, 1933)
Schnabel, Acts Eckhard J. Schnabel, Acts (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament; Zondervan, 2012)
TDNT Gerhard Kittel and Gerhard Friedrich (editors), Geoffrey W. Bromiley (translator and editor), Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (Eerdmans, 1964-1976; translated from Theologisches Wörterbuch zum Neuen Testament, ten-volume edition)
Thayer Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889 edition)
TWOT Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke, (editors), Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (2 volumes, Moody Press, 1980)
Wagner C. Peter Wagner, The Book of Acts: A Commentary (Third edition; Regal, 2008)

 

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