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Nor is it that the other disciples had not the same faith. Luke recorded the events in this section to illustrate Gods supernatural protection and blessing of the church, even though the Christians suffered increased persecution, and Israels continued rejection of her Messiah. Surely He is always wise and consistent with Himself. The Passover Feast was on 14th Nisan; for that day and the seven following no leaven must be used and the week was called the days of unleavened bread. Then Peter says to them, "Can any man forbid water?" [Note: Longenecker, p. He would make a spectacle of him. ". But the close lets us see more than this. Isn't it interesting how much emphasis we often put on faith. No doubt he had read them many a time, but no better than we have read them, and many other words likewise; and how little we understood any of them to profit until the mighty power of God gave it efficacy in our souls! To the argument drawn from the use of similar terms under the Mosaic covenant in a merely national and external sense to prove that they mean the same, and nothing more, under the gospel., our author answers, "Here, in fact, is the real source of the error. But it is still more strange as evidence of the slipshod criticism of the Reformers that Beza, who was more of a scholar than his predecessors, uniformly edits , and writes a blundering note to the effect that it is here used in the sense of . arise and bring an end to the plaques on the land as a result of these evil acts in Jesus name. Philip, who had been appointed by the apostles at the choice of the multitude of the disciples to care for the distribution to the poor, goes down to the cities of Samaria preaching Christ. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. Acts 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. "When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life." Acts 9:1-43. Society's edition of his Comm. "You gotta have faith brother! Rengeteg ismers, sajtos hangulat lepte be az ifj TovbbEgy gynyr ifj pr legszebb napja kpekkel EskvI fotzs Tapolcn, Rvid trtnetem egy gyri fotzsrl. And as there was reality at least in their feeling, they made suitable lamentation. 407-8, for a brief biography of Herod Agrippa I.] All know that there were Jews waiting for the Saviour. 286, 287). . Placed in a dungeon, Peter had 16 soldiers guarding him (4 squads of 4 each). Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. intending after Easter [or really after Passover] to bring him forth to the people. His appointment was to take care of the tables. Nlam barti hangulatban zajlik a fotzs, garantltan izzads-mentesen Lendletes, prgs s vidm fnykpezs a mottm. Paul had it not more suddenly than with a heavenly splendour which was peculiar to himself; and thus there was a vast work soon wrought. It says Easter there, and that's a King James translation. This is the only apostles death that the New Testament recorded. A. So he comes to the place where the prayer meeting is being held. The holy city had rejected the gospel. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. I refer to this just to show how far scripture is from countenancing the cramped ideas of men, and that the only way of truth is to believe all the word of God, searching out the special principle of God by which He instructs us in the different characters of His action. 2. It was the Lord that had brought Philip, and it was His Spirit that bad taken him away; but it was He too who had given him and left him Jesus for ever. Philip goes down, then, preaching Christ; "and the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did." However, in answer to the prayers of the Jerusalem church, Peter miraculously escaped (6-11). So Paul and Barnabas had come back to Jerusalem with this collection that was taken from the church in Antioch. It may well be that what the life of Jesus could not do his death did, and that when James saw his brother die he discovered who he really was and dedicated all his life to serve him. Some of our other records tells us that he went to Rome and was there crucified upside down. These gifts, at least such as were of an extraordinary sort, were the outward signs of that gift in early days; and it was of great importance that there should be a decisive palpable testimony to it. He did so. It did not escape the discerning eyes of Peter a little afterward. Because He lives we - Pastor David Jetts daily prayer: Lord, SPEAK to me today SEARCH me today SHOW me today SEND me today. - The saint who advances on his knees never retreats. (Jim Elliot) - Be sure that no time is so well spent as that which a man spends on his knees. (J.C. Ryle) - Pray without ceasing. ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17) "In proportion to the apparent simplicity of the question, would be his surprise to hear it affirmed that he is mistaken, and that, in addressing a Christian society as a congregation of Christians, St. Paul merely regards it as a society of men professing the same faith, and participating outwardly in the same sacraments (it being immaterial to the idea whether they possess saving faith or not); a society invested with spiritual privileges, but not necessarily realizing those privileges, and that, consequently, we must lower the import of the terms, 'saints' and 'faithful in Christ Jesus,' to signify outwardly dedicated to God, and professing with the lips the doctrines of Christianity . 4. When the matter is rehearsed, the great argument is this, "Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?" There is a certain mystery about him. Where they really didn't know if it was reality or just some spiritual revelation. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. Yet it is likely that he did shed innocent blood, that, according to the common craft of kings, he might gratify a furious people; because St. Luke will shortly after declare that Peter the apostle was put into prison that he might be a pleasant spectacle. I can understand difficulties in the minds of believers; and no one would wish to force or hurry the convictions of any; nor would it be of the slightest value to receive even a truth without the faith that is produced, and exercised, and cleared by the word of God. Ministry. And in the area around Caesarea they had observed all of these sand dunes, and one day someone started digging down into one of these sand dunes and they found this beautifully preserved Roman theater there right next to the Mediterranean Sea in Caesarea. And when Herod Agrippa saw this pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. so gross was his darkness even as to the general point of the chapter. He dared not doubt longer: to him it was self-evident. The Jews in general were becoming restless concerning the free mixing between Jewish and Gentile Christians, and were angry at the apostles for encouraging it. 2. . "Herod the king" was Herod Agrippa I whom the Roman emperor Gaius appointed king over Palestine in A.D. 37. WebActs 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. Vidm, bohks, letszer fotkkal tudok szolglni s f clom, mindenkibl kihozni a profi modellt. I pray thatI may read its pages with wisdom and understanding. ( Acts 12:1) Herod harasses the church. ., 2:11:6; Bruce, "Chronological Questions . Designed by, INVERSORES! A zene vegyes felhozatal volt egy kivl Dj-vel. Acts 7:54-60). This precisely Cornelius had not known, nor could any one have known it till the work of redemption was done. * It is well to avoid a figure which churchism has ever turned to its own aggrandisement and the Lord's dishonour. The first of the New Testament Herods (see Herodes G2264) is Herod the Great who reigned from about 41 B.C. First, there are saints, or men in whom Christ is formed by an invisible operation of His Spirit, whose origin, however, is not unknown; then these saints proceed to execute their appointed mission" (p. 272). "All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord." "To him give all the prophets witness." Supplicate, worship. Evidently the authorities remembered the last time Peter had been arrested, and how he had mysteriously escaped from jail. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and he stayed there. Agabus had come to Antioch and predicted a great drought was going to come, and so they took up a collection to take back to the saints in Jerusalem. At Joppa too was wrought a still more striking miracle of the Lord in Tabitha's case, already dead, than in that of Eneas, who had been paralysed for years. But that branch of criticism which consists in a full knowledge of the sources, a nice discrimination of the various readings, and a sound judgment in deciding the preferable text, as it is rarely found, so it certainly was not the forte of Dr. C. One hundred and fifty years ago, Dr. E. Wells, in his "Help for the more easy and clear understanding of the Scriptures" (Oxford, 1718), not only adopted the singular in his Greek text and his English paraphrase, but pointed out in his Annotations the great weakness of the argument drawn by dissenters from the plural , as if it favoured their system of separate churches. He seems to have lost sight of the words of the Lord Jesus that he was told by Jesus risen from the dead to preach the gospel to every creature. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. God answered prayer and gave a And he commanded us to preach unto the people." TUESDAY Pray we Demonstrate genuine love Now about that time: This phrase refers to the time Saul and Barnabus make their trip to take the collection gathered by the saints in Antioch to the famine stricken brethren in Jerusalem. To regard him as unawakened at that time is to mistake a great deal of the teaching of the chapter. It was now guilty of resisting unto blood, not merely as their fathers had done, but the heavenly testimony of Jesus. Thus we find the utmost simplicity and quietness. The church at Antioch fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Paul (Acts 13:13; and note 14:23), 12. ], 4. He was a thoroughly bad ruler and was deposed and banished. EXCELENTE OPORTUNIDAD DEPARTAMENTO CNTRICO EN COSQUIN, OPORTUNIDAD CHALET VILLA MIRADOR DEL LAGO. Now Herod was highly displeased with those that were from Tyre and Sidon ( Acts 12:19-20 ): Cities that exist to the present day that have been in the news quite a bit of late as Israel has gone into southern Lebanon. [Alas! So introducing you now to James, half brother to Jesus, who will now begin to take a more dominant role in the early church. Father, I declare that I walk in the wisdom of Christ today in Jesus name. When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. God's going to do what God wants to do whether you have faith or not. Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. This did not at all flow from his ordination. Apologetic: Writes a defense of persecuted Christianity (Acts 13:6-12). In fact, I don't expect you to keep them all straight. James the brother of John has been put to death by Herod. All these things were pressed home by Stephen; indeed, I have simply touched on a very small part of his most telling address. Now the reason, as it appears to me, why divine wisdom led to this striking difference at Samaria, was the necessity of hindering that independence to which even Christians are so liable.