Dr. Craig Keener, Acts, Lecture 21, Acts 21-22
Craig Keener
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22 January 2016
20 August 2025
Biblical eLearning (https://biblicalelearning.org) presents (audio is also available on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3tQAmvqiBRetclgpYVEIG2?si=b7823a1a24624fba): Dr. Craig Keener on Acts This is the twenty-first of 23 lectures Dr. Craig Keener of Asbury Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky has done on the book of Acts. Be sure to check out his 4 volume analysis of Acts published by Baker Book House. The audio, full text in English, Spanish, Russian, Chinese, and others are freely available at https://biblicalelearning.org. Also found there are AI-generated Short Summaries, study guides, FAQs, and a summary dialogic audio Podcast. Timed Outline: 00:20 Travel Accounts 1:45 Travels (Acts 211.1, 3, 7) Tyre 7:00 Prophecies (Acts 21.4, 9, 11) Agabus 18:50 Jerusalem: Jewish believers, delivers collection 21:30 Attempts at conciliation (Acts 21.20-26) 27:45 The newest riot (Acts 21.27-29) 29:50 Paul's Teaching: Building one new temple in Christ (Eph 2.11-22) 31:05 Gentiles Welcomed in God's people 32:15 OT Temple did not segregate Gentiles from Jews 32:35 Purity regulations, Herod's Temple segregated them 33:35 In Acts 21, some Ephesian Jews saw Paul exiting the temple 35:00 Paul preached to them 38:15 Paul now writes this letter to Ephesus from detention in Rome 39:40 Days before it was popular in any circle to discuss ethnic reconciliation 40:40 Paul goes on to speak of a new temple (Eph 2. 21-22) 41:00 Acts 21 Dragged into outer court 44:05 Acts 21.37-40 Greek widespread 49:10 Born in Tarsus, brought up (Acts 22.3) 55:50 Final quarter of Acts: Paul in custody 1:02:00 Ways to acquire Roman citizenship (Acts 21.27-28) Dr. Keener's teaching in audio format is now available on Spotify Podcasting playlist [Biblical eLearning - Ted Hildebrandt]: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4EuuysbhrLA48QjuBoE3Dc?si=c15ee1d9c5c54008
