Hechos de los Apostoles, Un Comentario

by J. Vernon McGee

Este libro narra los hechos de los Apóstoles, y se le ha llamado el quinto evangelio. Es una continuación del evangelio de Lucas, como se ve en el versículo 1. Pero es interesante notar algo más. Algo bastante notable.Primero, el último capítulo de Mateo trata con la Resurrección, la cual también se da en Hechos 1. En segundo lugar, vemos que, en el Evangelio según San Marcos, el último hecho de Jesús que él da, es la Ascensión, un hecho que también aparece en el capítulo uno de los Hechos. Luego, en el Evangelio según San Lucas, las últimas palabras de Jesús dadas, tratan con la promesa del Espíritu Santo. Esa promesa se halla también en Hechos capítulo uno. Por último, vemos que los últimos versículos del Evangelio según San Juan anticipan la Segunda Venida de nuestro Señor. Y amigo, esa promesa también se halla en Hechos capítulo uno.

274 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 31, 2021

About the author

John Vernon McGee was born in Hillsboro, Texas, in 1904. Dr. McGee remarked, "When I was born and the doctor gave me the customary whack, my mother said that I let out a yell that could be heard on all four borders of Texas!" His Creator well knew that he would need a powerful voice to deliver a powerful message.

As a student pastor, Dr. McGee's first church was located on a red clay hill in Midway, Georgia. It was there that he received his greatest compliment: "It was from a country boy wearing high buttoned, yellow shoes. After a morning service he came to speak to me. He groped for words, then blurted out, 'I never knew Jesus was so wonderful!' He started to say more but choked up and hurried out of the church. As I watched him stride across the field, I prayed, 'Oh, God, help me to always preach so that it can be said, I never knew Jesus was so wonderful.'"

After completing his education (earning his A.B. from Southwestern University in Memphis, Tennessee; his B.D. from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; his Th.M. and Th.D. from Dallas Theological Seminary in Dallas, Texas), and after pastoring Presbyterian churches in Decatur, GA, Nashville, TN, and Cleburne, TX, he and his wife came west, settling in Pasadena, where he accepted a call to the Lincoln Avenue Presbyterian Church. He recalls this period as the happiest in his life, with a young family and a young congregation whom he loved.

Dr. McGee's greatest pastorate was at the historic, Church of the Open Door in downtown Los Angeles, where he served from 1949 to 1970. There he began a daily radio broadcast called "High Noon Bible Class" on a single station.

Dr. McGee began teaching Thru the Bible in 1967. After retiring from the pastorate, he set up radio headquarters in Pasadena, and the radio ministry expanded rapidly. Today the program airs on over 400 stations each day in the United States and Canada, is heard in more than 100 languages around the world and is broadcast worldwide via the Internet.