Introduction
What was their purpose?
- Hebrews 2:3
- Miracles proved the message was legitimate.
- Acts 5:36-37
- Acts 2:22-23
- Acts 11:15-18
- John 3:1-2 – Nicodemus recognized Jesus because of His signs.
- Luke 5:20-26
- I Corinthians 2:3-5
- I Corinthians 12:8
- I Corinthians 14:22 – Speaking in tongues is a sign to unbelievers.
- II Corinthians 12:12
Who was doing miracles?
- John 16:7
- John 13:1
- Who was Jesus talking to in John 13-17?
- “His own” (John 13:1)
- “twelve disciples” (Matthew 26:20)
- “the twelve” (Mark 14:17)
- “the apostles” (Luke 22:14)
- Luke 24:49
- Acts 2:4 – Who got the Spirit here?
- Luke 1:67
- Luke 9:45
- Luke 10:1, 9, 17 – The seventy
- Acts 9:10-12 – Ananias
- Acts 10:44-48 – Gentiles: Cornelius and his household
- Acts 6:5-6; 8:5-7, 12-24
- Acts 19:2-6 – Not everyone who was baptized had the Holy Spirit in a miraculous way.