Today's passage shows that God's people can be caught off guard by how quickly and completely God works at times. It makes sense that people would be skeptical about whether a well-known persecutor of them would be truly changed.

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Today's passage is an early demonstration of one of Christ Jesus' prophecies coming to pass. On numerous occasions, Jesus forewarned His disciples that following Him would include suffering and death [e.g. Matthew 24.9, John 15.18-20].

Luke Harbaugh

Today's passage gives a glimpse at the New Testament proto-church. Beyond the build-up of believers who came in through the Good Shepherd while Jesus was still walking the Earth, we get to see the response of the first members who joined in our current environment…

Luke Harbaugh