To a reflecting believer it will be plain that the reasons for this do not hold at the present time. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. The man just now so ignorant is not the channel that God was about to use for bringing out the remarkable confession that is introduced prematurely here. But there is not yet the revealed truth of the body, though involved in the word of the Lord to Saul of Tarsus when he said, "Why persecutest thou me?" They felt in a measure, and justly, the tremendous deed that had been done. With a gesture of his hand he bade them be silent and he told them the whole story of how the Lord had brought him out of prison. What a wonderful change for these poor Gentiles to know Christ for themselves, and to be called after Christ! 12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. "Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of those things which ye have spoken come upon me.". Nincsenek jl bevlt helyszneim, helyette keresem az jabb helyeket, gy biztosan egyedi fnykpeitek lesznek. One of the chief means was prayer. Ignyes eskv fotzs vllalok Veszprmben, mvszi s dokumentarista fotkkal tudlak titeket elkprztatni. Surely it was true of all who really believed and knew His glory. It may be all right and in perfect keeping that one preaching the gospel should baptize; but occasion might well arise where he who preached would avoid it himself. Answering to the vision, messengers bring the apostle to the household of Cornelius, and Peter opens his mouth to the following effect: "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 449, 450). grace of God to sinners of the Gentiles as certainly as to the Jews to those who, in the judgment of the Jews, were nothing but refuse, vile, and unclean. It has indeed been suggested that it was in this very house that the Last Supper was eaten and that it continued to be the meeting place of the disciples in Jerusalem. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. It was a action that you would take in order that you might have greater freedom of movement. "You gotta have faith brother! In the midst of a storm, Paul prayed for Gods blessing (Acts 27:35), and after a storm, he prayed that God would heal a sick man (Acts 28:8). See Josephus, Antiq., book 19, chapter 5, section 1. He began with vexing them only, or afflicting them, imprisoning them, fining them, spoiling their houses and goods, and other ways molesting them; but afterwards he proceeded to greater instances of cruelty. And they said, "You're crazy!" And so they would gird themselves up, that is, they would take the sash and they would pull the robe up to the knees and then they would tie the sash so that the robe would then be short and they could run faster. And he said unto him, Put your garment on, and follow me. He could not deny the might that proved itself without effort superior to anything he had ever wielded. He did what, I have no doubt, was the right thing. As little could there be a question as to the grace exercised toward him, though the manner was not after that of man. No doubt their spiritual condition was defective, and their outward position must have seemed anomalous; but Scripture is decisive that such godly Gentiles there were. a. Herod the king: This was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great, who ruled in the days of Jesus birth ( Matthew 2:1-16 ). Let him that will, repair to the second to the Galatians. Way, more, had these been Presbyterians, all under the same government, the phraseology would not have been even the church of Judea, and the church of Galilee, and the church of Samaria, but all these would have been in one church, and even then but a small part of a church. Vincent says the word "vex" is used "in the older and stronger sense of torment or oppress rather than its modern usage of petty annoyances" (508). These essential conditions of the existence of any regular society we find from the very first in being in the Church: the Apostles were the officers, and, collectively, the organ of the community; members were admitted into it by baptism; and they testified their continuance therein by participating in the sacrament of Christ's body and blood. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea and stayed there. Isn't it interesting how much emphasis we often put on faith. God had published it already to the sons of Israel, and the good man rejoiced in it. And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. Herod the king This was Herod Agrippa, the son of Aristobulus, and grandson of Herod the Great; he was nephew to Herod Antipas, who beheaded John they Baptist, and brother to Herodias. Ennek a hobbinak a digitlis vilg elg nagy lehetsget nyjtott. He preached Him, and this boldly in the synagogue too, "that he is the Son of God." Now, Herod Agrippa I forever enshrines his name in infamy as the one guilty of the blood of the first apostle to be martyred. And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying ( Acts 12:12 ). 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. Nevertheless, being a good man and full of the Holy Ghost, he seeks out and takes Saul to the apostles when others stood aloof, and declared unto them "how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus; and he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem." Next we find Barnabas stirred up to another and a characteristic enterprise. Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. After this wonderful working of God the church had rest. Then we find Simon struck not so much by an individual's endowment with miraculous power, as by the fact that others received it by the apostles' laying on of hands. Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. Mary the mother of John was aunt to Barnabas (Colossians 4:10).If Paul and Barnabas were not in her house at the time (which there is no evidence that they were), it is likely that all the particulars of Thus on the great Gentile occasion, as before on the Jewish at Pentecost, the medium of man completely disappears. There is no question of a Jew, but "Whosoever believeth in him." He imprisoned Peter, of whom he had heard most, as making the greatest figure among the apostles and whom therefore he would be proud of the honour of taking off. . It was reserved for another of whom we shall read in the next chapter. Thus was the plot laid, and both Herod and the people long to have the feast over, that they may gratify themselves with this barbarous entertainment. * The external authority is very decidedly for the singular against the plural. . Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. . The Spirit given to the believer was a privilege over and above faith, and supposed, therefore, their repentance unto life. 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. The King James translators just translated this word Easter because it does signify that same time of the year. He was murdered by his own father but he had a son called Herod Agrippa. Observe here, 1. This who was here crowned with martyrdom was one of the first three of Christ's disciples, one of those that were the witnesses of his transfiguration and agony, whereby he was prepared for martyrdom; he was one of those whom Christ called Boanerges--Sons of thunder; and perhaps by his powerful awakening preaching he had provoked Herod, or those about him, as John Baptist did the other Herod, and that was the occasion of his coming into this trouble. On the greatest occasions, when the Holy Ghost was given, we have no ground to believe that hands were laid on any. (p. The apostle died a martyr, to show the rest of them what they must expect, that they might prepare accordingly. Leadership. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. "But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ." Certain - Some of the church. But the testimony of miracles is apt to act upon the flesh. Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. As far as God was concerned, it was James' time to come home; it wasn't Peter's time yet. I am, exist. To Philip was left Iturea and Trachonitis. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. He was going, back without the blessing that his earnest heart yearned after. Thus it might seem incredible, if it were not the notorious fact, that the only two known manuscripts in favour of that which is here most certainly requisite are the Alexandrian and the Cambridge Graeco-Latin of Beza. There were Gentiles who truly looked to the Lord, and not to self or man; who had been taught of Him to look for a coming Saviour, though they quite rightly connected that Saviour with Israel; for such was the burden of the promise. There is a mistake, not only in our vernacular Bible, but also in the common Greek text which is equally faulty as the authorized version. The greatest precautions had been taken to see that Peter did not escape. But they said unto her, [You're crazy.] A believer would have wondered more at the grace of God, and bowed in adoration before Him. 12:12-19 When Peter had grasped what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark. Remember that verse 37 is only an imaginary conversation between him and Philip. It is said according to the Gospel of the Hebrews, in one of the Apocrypha books, they have James saying after the death of Jesus and before His resurrection that he said, "I will not believe unless I can see Him myself." And he said, Go show these things unto James ( Acts 12:16-17 ). The church has economic diversity. How confirmatory it must have been to the apostle's heart to learn that Ananias was now sent by the same Lord Jesus, without the slightest intimation from without, whether of Saul himself or any other man! I call your attention to this. WebActs 12 shows that Peter and James put God first in their lives, regardless of the punishment they might receive. This man was incensed to afflict the Church not so much for any love he had to religion, as that by this means he might flatter the common people which did otherwise not greatly favor him; or rather, he was moved hereunto with tyrannical cruelty, because he was afraid of innovation, which tyrants do always fear, lest it trouble the quiet estate of their dominion. And because this was translated by the King James translators in 1600 and by this time this pagan celebration of Ashtar had invaded the church and was changed slightly to Easter instead of Ashtar. So there were sixteen soldiers altogether watching Peter in three-hour shifts, at all times chained to two of them while two were watching the door. He martyred James, seized and imprisoned Peter, planning to execute him publicly after the Passover festivities. And his chains fell off of his hands. Oh why should any confessor of Christ why should any child of God shrink from rendering godly satisfaction to those that seek it? This remained; but he preached Him rather in His own personal glory, not as the Son of David, the servant, which was the great burden of Peter's preaching, made Lord and Christ; not that He was the Son of man in heaven, as Stephen witnessed; but that this Jesus, the Christ, is the Son of God, clearly therefore more particularly bound up with the divine nature, or godhead glory of Himself. To these the Emperor Claudius afterwards added Judea and Samaria; which were nearly all the dominions possessed by his grandfather, Herod the Great. He ruled Judea for three years, A.D. 41-44 [Note: Josephus, Antiquities of . 1Ki 21:2 One day Ahab said to Naboth, Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden.
Prayer Sermon by Greg Nance, Acts 12:1-30 - SermonCentral.com Pray we exercise our gifts according to the grace given us (12:6-8). But the word of God grew and multiplied. In this passage we come on the first mention of the man who was the real leader of the Christian Church in Jerusalem. Mvsz belltottsg s egyben riport jelleg kpekkel gazdagthatlak benneteket. In the portion which follows we shall see the manner of the Spirit of God's working by the great apostle of the Gentiles. He handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard, for he wished to bring him before the people after the Passover Feast. The next chapter (Acts 11:1-30) shows us Peter having to give an account of himself before those who had not witnessed the effects of the mighty power of God in the house of Cornelius. This solemn act was not merely an ancient sign of divine blessing, but of identification also. Herod the Great left three sons, between whom his kingdom was divided - Archelaus, Philip, and Antipas. To kill an apostle now was killing he knew not how many. She despised the Holy Ghost as she had despised the Messiah; and no wonder therefore that he who had gone up to Jerusalem to worship was returning with the yearnings of his heart still unsatisfied. WebPrayer. If Israel would have received, the Lord would have given. WebThe greatest sacrifice and act of submission is when we lay our agenda down and pick up Christs. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.
Prayers Male facta male factis tegere ne perpluant--One evil deed is covered with another, so that there is no passage through them. This prayer lacks Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church ( Acts 12:1 ). "Christianity, as it appears in the New Testament, knows nothing of the atomistic theory of modern independentism. To vex certain of the Church. Even now, although it is the gospel that God sends out, we know well how many, through a misuse of Old Testament teaching, plunge themselves into distress and doubt. When he had seized Peter, he put him under arrest. Festus did not have any charges to send with Paul, and so he had asked Herod Agrippa II, the son of this Herod Agrippa I, to hear Paul's case in order that they might develop charges against him to send to Nero when he was sent there. It was not enough that they had rejected the Messiah, nor even that He was made Lord and Christ on high. It is important to distinguish between the two things one, the charge to which man appointed him; the other, the gift which the Lord conferred. They were in the church already. The previous gift of the Spirit without the intervention of any human hand was the most effectual stopper on the mouths of the brethren of the circumcision who were ever prone to object, and would surely have forbidden water, if God had not undeniably given them the unspeakable gift of the Spirit. God knows exactly the day and the circumstances by which He's going to take me home. It was no longer simply a cleaving to a God of goodness who could not deceive and would not disappoint the soul that hoped in His mercy, "but the conscious joy of knowing his sins all one, and himself distinctly put on the ground of accomplished redemption as a known present thing for his own soul in this world. "To him give all the prophets witness." O LORD, Where Is My Future Partner 19. . Surely He is always wise and consistent with Himself. Herod the king: The Herod here referred to is Herod Agrippa I. The fact is, that the notion of imposition of hands being a universal medium of conveying the Holy Ghost is certainly a mistake. When Peter escaped the soldiers were led away to execution because it was the law that, if a criminal escaped, his guard should suffer the penalty the prisoner would have suffered. There can be little doubt that, even in the apostolic age, the church of each considerable city such as Rome or Ephesus consisted, not of one congregation, but of several, who were collectively styled the church of that place; certain it is that such was the case towards the close of the first century. How startled this good man but excessively keen controversialist must have been, had he learnt that, beyond all just question, the only tenable text here is destructive of the notion of independent churches, and in reality gives the appellation to the entire body of the disciples throughout these regions, as standing on one common ground, and enjoying full intercommunion, though in these different districts. *Is it not distressing to find, in this thoughtful production of one in much above the traditions of men and the bias of party, the palpable omission of the grandest and most momentous distinction of the church, namely, the presence of the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven? ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T Cornelius prayed that God would show him how to be saved (Acts 10:14), 9. In earnest emphasizing the seriousness of prayer. It was at the feast of the passover, when their celebrating the memorial of their typical deliverance should have led them to the acceptance of their spiritual deliverance; instead of this, they, under pretence of zeal for the law, were most violently fighting against it, and, in the days of unleavened bread, were most soured and embittered with the old leaven of malice and wickedness.
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