whom they slew and hanged on a tree: him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly" (not to all the people, but) "unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. Saul was consenting unto Stephen's death, and Saul was the expression of Jewish feeling in its best aspect. Paul tells us in Galatians how he came to the church in Antioch, caused some trouble that Paul had to rebuke him for. And you say, "Well, Jesus was tried during the Feast of Passover." She was a direct descendant of the Maccabeans, which made her a Jewess, but she was married to Herod the Great and so Herod Agrippa I was sort of half Jewish in a sense. It was the fact. ], The supernatural deliverance of Peter 12:1-19, "Peters rescue from prison is an unusually vivid episode in Acts even when simply taken as a story about Peter. The word "Grecians" does not mean "Greeks," but rather Greek-speaking Jews; to whom the gospel had been preached long before, as the cases of Stephen, for instance, and Philip clearly testify. 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." In the remarks sometimes made upon this subject it seems to be assumed that there is no medium between our affirming of persons that they are not perfect Christians, and that they are not Christians at all; whereas in fact there is no Christian, however holy, who comes up to the ideal of Christian practice. Settle it invariably that God is wiser than we. 2. He struck Peter's side and wakened him and said, "Rise quickly." He caused the chains to fall from his wrists, kept the guards asleep, and opened the iron gates (vv. Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. The Vatican and all others, uncial and cursive (as far as collated and known), support the error. Cornelius was not in ignorance of the gospel going out to the children of Israel, but it was precisely because he was a lowly-minded believer that he did not therefore arrogate the blessing to himself. After his death, the word of God prospers. What earnest desire should there not be to bow to all that which is. We will deal with Herod Agrippa II, his son, in a few weeks as we move on in the book of Acts. Egy kedves bartom eskvjn ktttem ki Gyr vrosban.Bemutatnk pr fott a lakodalom rszleteibl. So he comes to the place where the prayer meeting is being held. 466, 467. When day came there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter. . Also help me to bring to my mind some urgentprayerrequests. Oh why should any confessor of Christ why should any child of God shrink from rendering godly satisfaction to those that seek it? Beheading was not ordinarily used among the Jews; but, when kings gave verbal orders for private and sudden executions, this manner of death was used, as most expeditious; and it is probable that this Herod killed James, as the other Herod killed John Baptist, privately in the prison. He had been educated at Rome, but he deliberately cultivated the good graces of the Jewish people by meticulously keeping the Law and all Jewish observances. intending after Easter [or really after Passover] to bring him forth to the people. "He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. It was reserved for another of whom we shall read in the next chapter. And Jesus said, "Are you able to be baptized with the baptism whereof I will be baptized?" 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. Contrariwise, we see that which outwardly looks exceedingly weak; but this was the man that was in another day to say that he gloried in his infirmities. Mivel a nap gy pirtott, mintha nyrsra hztak volna minket, gy kerestk az rnykos helyeket. Looked at another way, this section confirms Israels rejection of her Messiah. 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. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." He killed James the brother of John with the sword,Acts 12:2; Acts 12:2. There was indeed the unmistakable action of the Spirit of God on this occasion the power that cast out unclean spirits and healed the sick, as well as the means of spreading joy throughout that city for the souls of men. But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. He was led of God. 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. In the East it would have been the natural thing for the next brother to take on the work of an elder brother who had been killed; but from the gospels we learn that Jesus' brothers did not believe in him ( John 7:5) and that they actually thought him mad ( Mark 3:21). Could it be otherwise, when, spite of proud unbelief and conceit of distinctive privilege, they were forced to feel that they were none the less the constant resisters of the Holy Ghost like their fathers, who had been guilty themselves, and suffered the consequence of their guilt in their prostration to the Gentiles; to feel now that they themselves were no better, but rather worse; that there was the same unbelief bringing out its effects even more tremendously; that they were guilty of the blood of their own Messiah, who was now risen and exalted in the highest seat of heaven? The same event doomed secular Israel. Correct, good students! His aim was not Christ; it was all for himself. It may be observed passingly, that thus plainly baptizing is in no way a necessarily ministerial act. A fotzs szmomra nem csak egy munka, hanem egy szenvedly, amit csak fnykpezvel tudok csillaptani Szeretem az egyedi elkapott pillanatokat, de nem szeretem az erltetett belltsokat. Next we find Barnabas stirred up to another and a characteristic enterprise. LOTE EN VA PARQUE SIQUIMAN A 2 CUADRAS DE LAGO SAN ROQUE. He is a nephew to the Herod who had John the Baptist slain. Did he address them as absolutely destitute of the vital principle of grace, or as possessing it, but needing exhortation to walk conformably thereto? He was ruler of Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. Herod the king - This was Herod Agrippa. Let us see briefly the various ramifications of the family of the Herods in their New Testament connections. What was most sweet soon became bitter, as it often is in the things of God. A mother. A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. Salvation means that the heart enters into deliverance by grace as a present known public standing in the world. However, outside of the council in Jerusalem, this is the last mention of Peter that we have in the book of Acts. How all-important for our souls that we should have Christ before us, and that we should have no desire but for His glory! "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." When they were past the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and they passed through one street; and then the angel departed from him. Nevertheless, the Lord suffered him whom he had furnished with constancy to be put to death, that by death he might get the victory as a strong and invincible champion. Peter prayed before he raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:3643), 8. Though not at first fully aware of the great change which had taken place in their religious standing, still less of its ultimate consequences, the first believers at once formed a separate community in the bosom of the Jewish theocracy; a community having, for its distinctive marks, adherence to the twelve Apostles, baptism in the name of Christ, and the celebration of the Lord's Supper. I call your attention to this. Ananias, wholly unprepared for the call of such an enemy of the gospel, slow of heart to believe all, expostulates, as it were, with the Saviour. Among the various spiritual gifts then common in the Church, the chief place was to be assigned to prophecy; 'for he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.' Father, I declare that I walk in the wisdom of Christ today in Jesus name. Thus, God preserved him. Share whats on your heart and where you need Gods help, guidance, and healing. But what I want to press for our profit, beloved brethren, is that at any rate he who is the object of grace can afford to be gracious. It is prayer that expects no answer. He was delivered to four quaternions of soldiers, that is, to sixteen, who were to be a guard upon him, four at a time, that he should not make his escape, nor be rescued by his friends. What I am suggesting is that Acts 12 illustrates not profound unbelief in prayer, but the churchs early experience of a truth later enunciated by Paul: God is able to And he departed, and went into another place ( Acts 12:17 ). I cite from the Calvin Tr. But Luke distinguisheth them from those, whom he calleth afterward [this is precisely where he is mistaken; his reasoning is sound, but his knowledge defective]. Father, every ungodly power working against church growth be consumed by the fire of Holy Ghost, in Jesus name. How often our words show where we are! A quaternion was a squad of four. Hence though Philip might preach and they receive the gospel, the apostles come down, and with prayer lay their hands upon them, and then they receive the Holy Ghost. on the Acts, i. pp. And, both. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. Had he not read or heard those words in the prophets? And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomons Colonnade. The Syriac so renders it expressly, and the chronology requires us so to understand it. 1. And his chains fell off of his hands. To Antipas, Galilee and Perea; and to Archclaus, Judea, Idumea, and Samaria. And it continues still. It is we who by confounding matters lose consequently the blessedness and beauty of the truth of God. The word of God increased and was multiplied. He was murdered by his own father but he had a son called Herod Agrippa. it is beautiful to see how the Lord thus, even in the history of that which was unprecedented and might seem to lie outside Christian wants, provides in His blessed word for the every day difficulties we have to prove in such a day of weakness as ours. The common people respected him for his sincere faith and called him James the Just. The name Herod is the surname used by all the linage of Herod the Great. For bloody persecutors, when they perceive themselves applauded for that which every one ought to cry shame upon them for, are encouraged to go on, and have their hands strengthened and their hearts hardened, and the checks of their own consciences smothered; nay, it is as strong a temptation to them to do the like as it was here to Herod, because he saw it pleased the Jews. The change of reading here seems to prove it was too much for the copyists of this book. 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?" When the earthly fortunes of the Christians seemed the most precarious, however, providential events took place with sudden finality, lifting the threat completely. WebActs 12 shows that Peter and James put God first in their lives, regardless of the punishment they might receive. Normally a prisoner was chained by his right hand to his guard's left hand; but Peter was chained by both hands to a guard on each side of him, while the two remaining soldiers of the quaternion kept watch at the door. It was their responsibility now as ever to accept the gracious offer of God. . A. The church, not merely in a city but in a province or country, is intelligible enough to man; but it soon became more difficult to see its unity in various and differing provinces. Finally, and in few words (for I do not intend to say more on Acts 12:1-25 tonight), we have the completing of this second part of our narrative in this chapter. But now finding himself eclipsed, like a wily man, his object was to avail himself of this superior energy if it were possible. And now Paul and Barnabas are returning back to Antioch, and John Mark, who is a nephew to Barnabas, is returning with them. Nobody could have this till the gospel, and even after its publication God Himself sent specifically to the Gentiles; for He has His ways, as well as His times and seasons. Let him that will, repair to the second to the Galatians. Apologetic: Writes a defense of persecuted Christianity (Acts 13:6-12). The true text,* which has sufficient if not the most ancient authority, tells us that they spoke to Greeks or Gentiles. to 1 B.C. But this was not all. 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. Oh, what a blessing it is to have and know such a Saviour! He was one of those sons of Zebedee whom Christ told that they should drink of the cup that he was to drink of, and be baptized with the baptism that he was to be baptized with,Matthew 20:23. There is a certain mystery about him. 1. 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. Reading: Acts 5:12-16 (NLT) The apostles were performing many miraculous signs and wonders among the people. He would no more have perished, had it pleased God to have taken him away in this state, than any Old Testament saint, whether Jew or Gentile. He dared not doubt longer: to him it was self-evident. But they came to him with a common purpose. Vissza a szlvrosomba, mghozz eskv miatt. It's all set. Who they were the writer immediately specifies. Now, look you, the Angel of the Lord stood by and a light shone in the house. Clearly the Jew is meant. Unlike the law, it addresses all; there is no narrowness in a rejected heavenly Christ. Not a ray of the light of Christ had entered the heart of Simon, and so Peter at once detects the false heart. 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. Peter was present, but he certainly laid no hand of his on a single soul that day before the Holy Ghost was given. And not the angel but the Spirit guides now. 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. What a revolution this word caused in that mighty heart! There are, of course, imperfect expressions, inasmuch as the truth itself is but partially apprehended; but one is glad to see views so decidedly in advance of ordinary evangelicalism, with equal decision against more churchism. 449, 450). Grace can credit grace easily, understands the ways of the Lord, and disarms suspicion. If you don't have faith, God's not going to answer your prayers. But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. John Mark who is the author of the Gospel according to Mark. When Caligula was slain, he was at Rome, and having ingratiated himself into the favor of Claudius, he conferred on him also Judea and Samaria, so that his dominions were equal in extent to those of his grandfather, Herod the Great. It was so ordered of God that the Holy Ghost should not at first be conferred on the disciples at Samaria: I do not mean merely on such as Simon or false brethren, but even on those that were true. 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. 50 Days Fasting & Prayer Guide for RCCG 2023 Fasting and Prayer. Then we find that if the church at Jerusalem had become impoverished, the Gentiles minister of their carnal things to them. . God knows exactly the day and the circumstances by which He's going to take me home. At the same time there is the pity that belongs to one who knew the grace of God, and saw the end of all in His judgment. 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. But just as the great apostle of the Gentiles was the one that wrote the final word of testimony to the Christian Jews in the epistle to the Hebrews, so the great apostle of the Jews was the one sent to fling open the door to the Gentile. He had gone up to the great city of solemnities, but the blessing was no longer to be found there. Stephen speaks of Him as Son of man. At this point we come to the history of the call of another and yet more honoured witness of divine grace and Christ's glory. Prayer was a normal part of their daily ministry (Acts 2:4247; 3:1; 6:4) 4. Rengeteg ismers, sajtos hangulat lepte be az ifj TovbbEgy gynyr ifj pr legszebb napja kpekkel EskvI fotzs Tapolcn, Rvid trtnetem egy gyri fotzsrl. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526) 2. How then could so fatal an error have been committed? What kind of death he suffered: He was slain with the sword, that is, his head was cut off with a sword, which was looked upon by the Romans to be a more disgraceful way of being beheaded than with an axe; so Lorinus. That the mode of interpretation alluded to involves a deviation from the obvious meaning of the New Testament phraseology is not, indeed, sufficient reason for at once rejecting it; but it does warrant us in requiring that the necessity for such deviation shall be clearly made out. Acts 11:18), Herod took advantage of an opportunity to please his subjects by mistreating some believers and by executing the Apostle James, the brother of John (cf. Herod may have won the appreciation of the Jews, but he has lost any respect he may have had in the eyes of God. He was the father of Salome (see G4539) . The Holy Ghost came upon them, not merely, it will be observed, certain spiritual powers, but the Holy Ghost Himself. Pray we hate evil and cling to what is good (12:9). He figured that they would be coming to Mary's house looking for him and so he, no doubt, went to hide out from Herod. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. The Martyrdom of James; Peter's Imprisonment. It was enough. 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. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. 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. When he had considered; better, with Meyer and Alford, when he perceived it, viz. To vex - To injure, to do evil to - kakosai. Herod the Great left three sons, between whom his kingdom was divided - Archelaus, Philip, and Antipas. Of the fathers, Eusebius among the Greek, and Cassiodorus among the Latins, are in favour of the true; others are in strange conflict, their text having the wrong reading (perhaps through mistaken scribes), and their comment correcting it. This contrariety doth cause me to expound it of the Gentiles." This is the Herod of our present passage in Acts 12:1-25. Thus we see the Lord was working, and, as so constantly happens, it was not only that He called out Paul for the Gentiles; it was not only that He sent Peter to a Gentile; but now these men, who might have been despised as irregular labourers, were in the current of the same work of God, even if they knew nothing of it, save by divine instinct. He is mentioned, under the name of Philip ( G5376) , in Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19. In verse five we read thatprayerwas made: 2. This is an essential feature of Christianity. 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. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). During his lifetime James was not a supporter of Jesus. My object, of course, is simply to give a sketch of the important book now before us, endeavouring to connect (as, indeed, evidently the chapter does connect) what was coming with what was past. And he actually murdered several of his sons. Perhaps you have heard it said, Never underestimate the power ofprayer. In this exciting drama of Acts chapter 12 you can see the reality of this statement. Matthew 18:19,20 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven, Many were gathered together praying.--The facts of the case show that the meeting was held at night, possibly to avoid persecution, or, it may be, as the sequel of the evening gathering to "break bread.". Is not this interlacing after a divine sort? The two things are both brought us in the gospel life brought to light, and the peace preached that was made by the blood of the cross. After this comes no slight discipline for Saul. 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. He had no confidence in the Lord for himself not a particle; for just as those who have confidence in the Lord have not an atom in man, his sole hope of blessing for his soul lay in the influence of another man, not in Christ's grace. (2.) Lord give me the spirit of humility to say SORRY when I am wrong,23:1-5. The reading sanctioned by the best and most ancient authorities is the singular not the churches, but "the church." There was among them a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, of whom we have had a happy report before, as we shall hear many (though not altogether unmingled) good tidings to the end. Undoubtedly throughout these districts churches existed; but it was all one and the same church too, and not different bodies. Herod Agrippa I had Jewish blood in his veins and consistently sought to maintain favor with and the support of the Jews over whom he ruled, which he did effectively. Sok felkrst kapok Gyr vrosbl, rendszerint eskv fnykpezs miatt, de szvesen fotzom ms tmban is. he cried, and hears, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. It was wrought not by those that had previously been always the great spiritual witnesses; for we hear of none ministering but the apostles, and indeed not even of all the apostles speaking, though it may be that they did. The ACTS prayer ensures that you are praising God for who He is, confessing sin on your heart that could otherwise hinder your prayers, and thanking Him for all He is Therefore, the more godly Cornelius was, the less would he dare to put forth his hand for the blessing before the Lord told him to stretch it out. Another thing too let me again and again remark: the gift of the Holy Ghost never means those mighty wonders of power which had acted on the greedy and ambitious mind of Simon Magus. But for some reason, God did not see fit to deliver James, but allowed James to fall prey to Herod's sword. Lord Jesus stand by me in my times of trouble,23:11. Scripture does show, though it does not sanction as divine, a faith that is founded on evidence. 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 . Theirs was not the joy that saw into the presence of God. Surely you cannot accuse these people of praying the prayer of faith. Clearly they were not Christians; but God has all hearts in His keeping. It is not His operation in enabling souls to believe, but a precious boon given to such as believed. We must recollect that in the Apostolic Church an effective discipline the very idea of which seems to be lost amongst us existed. He said, "He's beside Himself" and they came down to rescue Him. Josephus, the Jewish historian, describes how, on the second day of the festival, he entered the theatre clad in a robe of silver cloth. Azt lltjk rlam, sokoldal fots vagyok, s minden helyzetben kiismerem magam Tbb ves hazai s klfldi referencival rendelkezem. It was one concurrent evidence. Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them (Acts 20:36; 21:5), 14. Those of his family who cross the pages of the New Testament are as follows. Thus we see that, while we have the angel of the Lord in certain cases, the Spirit of the Lord expressly in others, we have also simply the holy judgment of the gracious heart. 286, 287). ". From sun and athroizo; to convene. WebActs 12 One Martyred, One Rescued A. James the apostle dies as a martyr. All that heard were amazed. The word in the Greek is Passover after the time of unleavened bread. Mindig keresem az j helyszneket, szinte soha nem fotzom ugyanazon a helyen. Now go back to verse Acts 12:5 where it says, "But prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for Peter." De ezen a napon Balatonfred adott otthont az ifj pr letnek legszebb TovbbEskvi fotzs Veszprm Egy ess nap sem ronthatja el az eskv napjt, Ez a story egy forr nyri napjt mutatja be egy fiatal prnak, olvasd el, nzd meg a kpeket s taln merthetsz magadnak j tletet az eskvdre. He spent some thirty years of his early life in Rome, but then came back and loved living in Jerusalem and was seeking to curry the favor of the Jews, living as the Jews lived. Lote en Mirador del Lago:3.654 m2.Excelente vista al Lago, LOTE EN EL CONDADO DE 1430 m2, EN COSQUIN. Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females.
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