We reviewed Peter's speeches in Acts for faith statements about Jesus. These speeches are presumed to record the essence of the apostolic preaching about Jesus.

In the former address, I shared finding a hint of "the more" about Jesus in the belief articulated in 2:24, that "it was impossible for death¹ to keep its hold on him," i.e., Jesus. A fleeting revelation of Jesus' eternal life.

We became pressed for time, so discussion of the latter address deteriorated into Jim telling us the key phrase: "the author of life."²

Next time, we'll look at a number of Pauline verses, including the Philippians hymn, and Jim recommended using the Catholic Comparative New Testament which I have here someplace³, if only I can lay my hands on it. Apparently, punctuation is of interest in these Pauline verses, so this side-by-side comparison will make those differences clear.

Speaking of the Catholic Comparative New Testament, just how difficult was it to come up with seven eight⁴ English translations of the New Testament that Catholics may reference?! I mean, shoot, I've never even heard of the Christian Community Bible!

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¹ Some ancient sources read "destruction" (αδην) in place of "death" (Θανατου) to complement verse 27 and 31 (Metzger, 259).

² Not capitalized in the NIV (or the NAB)! How curious! I suppose it isn't really creation language as much as it's salvation language.

³ The home remodel has been particularly hard on my books!

⁴ My mistake, the Greek is not included among the versions.