Three days and nights he neither eats nor drinks. [Note: See Longenecker, pp. 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. quietem, perpetual rest. Verse Acts 12:1. Who they were the writer immediately specifies. And when Herod had sought for Peter, and found him not, he cross-examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death ( Acts 12:19 ). Contrasts mark Acts 12:1-23: James dies, God delivers Peter, and Herod dies. Christ's suffering servants are thus trained up by less troubles for greater, that tribulation may work patience, and patience experience. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. Now, Herod Agrippa I forever enshrines his name in infamy as the one guilty of the blood of the first apostle to be martyred. It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. Such is the unfolding of the ways of God at this point. theology. 280-283). Herod Agrippa I, the son of Miriam, who was a descendant of the Maccabeans. The great tragedy of this particular wave of persecution was that it was not due to any man's principles, however misguided; it was due simply to Herod's bid to gain popular favour with the people. Undoubtedly they could not have believed the gospel, had there not been the quickening operation of the Holy Ghost; but we must distinguish between the Holy Ghost giving life and the Holy Ghost Himself given. It is granted that man sees difficulty in this: there is what he cannot reconcile; but be assured that the great point is, first, to believe. Josephus doth no where call him Herod, it may be, because he had a brother who was king of Chalcis, whose name was Herod. 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. Matthew 7:15 13. It may well be the story of a thrilling rescue; but, however it happened, the hand of God was most definitely in it. I say, "the church; " for there need be no doubt, I think, that such is the true form* of what is given us in verse 31. Munkm sorn kett fnykpezvel s tbb TovbbEskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. But at the same time to my own mind it seems to be only homage to God's word to affirm positively that of which I am sure. 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. Of this we heard nothing in the divine history of the day of Pentecost; and I think that scripture is abundantly plain that there could have been nothing of the kind then and there. 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. Azeskvi fotzst, eskvi szolgltatk munkjt rendszerint a felszn alapjn tlik meg, de elmeslem a valsgot megmutatni mindenfle kdsts nlkl. Not on the other hand that there ought to be a spirit of suspicion or distrust in the church or any Christian. WebActs)12which"gives"you"asnapshotinto"the"prayer"life"of"the" church.Butdontturn$there$yet.$ " 12:1-17. And when they understood the bearing of that which God had wrought here below that it judged man; that it gave no countenance to the religiousness in which they boasted; that it showed most convincingly, and so much the more bitterly because convincingly, what God all through His testimony with them had expressly intimated, by the prophets as well as in the types of the law itself, that He had deeper purposes; that nothing on earth could satisfy Him; that it was in His mind, on the proved ruin of Israel, to bring in heaven and its things for a heavenly people even while here below: now that this was made manifest, above all, in the testimony that Stephen had rendered to the very man that they had rejected and crucified, seen in glory at the right hand of God, it was unbearable. 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.". He was the first husband of the Herodias ( G2266) who was responsible for the death of John the Baptist. Matthew 12:30 14. That, to me, is very interesting how close the spiritual world was to these men. It was reserved for another of whom we shall read in the next chapter. (748) Perpetuam. It was at a prayer meeting in Philippi that God opened Lydias heart (Acts 16:13), and another prayer meeting in Philippi that opened the prison doors (Acts 16:25ff), 13. Eskv fotzsa Sopronban Egy fergetes buli a hatr mellett, Eskvi fotzs Veszprm Egy ess nap sem ronthatja el az eskv napjt, Egy gynyr ifj pr legszebb napja kpekkel EskvI fotzs Tapolcn, Eskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. . He struck Peter's side and wakened him and said, "Rise quickly." He martyred James, seized and imprisoned Peter, planning to execute him publicly after the Passover festivities. James the brother of John has been put to death by Herod. WebThe following are prayer points for personal revival and spiritual awakening that you can use to pray and bring back the fire of the Spirit into your life, church and community. This phraseology would have been somewhat like this, 'The church had rest throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria,' i.e., the part of the church that lies in these countries." Egy eskv, az ifj pr szmra mr relatv korn reggel kezddik. He acts on that of which he afterwards wrote. But it was God's way. Iturea, Trachonitis, Abilene, with Gaulonitis, Batanaea, and Penias. It was of all moment to keep up the links practically between a work which might have looked to many there, as now, not a little irregular. ], 4. ], 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 change of reading here seems to prove it was too much for the copyists of this book. 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. 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. 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. 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. 1.Here followeth new persecution raised by Herod. Where man chooses for human things, we have the Lord recognising it. In fact, it tells us much aboutprayer. Nlam barti hangulatban zajlik a fotzs, garantltan izzads-mentesen Lendletes, prgs s vidm fnykpezs a mottm. He had before this delivered Saul from the effects of undue anxiety and distrust in the minds of the disciples. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhoda. The church at Antioch fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Paul (Acts 13:13; and note 14:23), 12. Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular, Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular. Pray that all the world would be saved and come to a 407.]. Finally, after the call of Saul of Tarsus, Peter himself (as well for other reasons as in order to cut off the semblance of discord in the various instruments of His grace) is brought in to show the perfect balance of divine truth and the wonderful harmony of His ways. [Alas! But now finding himself eclipsed, like a wily man, his object was to avail himself of this superior energy if it were possible. ". 2 And he had James the brother of John put to There followed also such signs, or outward powers; but the Holy Ghost was given Himself, according to the Lord's word the promise of the Father, a promise which, as all know, was in the first instance assured to those who were already believers, and which was made good to them because they were believers, not to make them so. He ruled Judea for three years, A.D. 41-44 [Note: Josephus, Antiquities of . He was the grandson of Herod the Great who was the Herod at the time of the birth of Jesus. Where. . But she constantly affirmed that it was true. The people cried out, "It is the voice of a God and not of a man." How essential to the idea of a Church the exercise of discipline is, may be seen from the embarrassing contrarieties between theory and practice which the virtual suspension of it in the Church of England is constantly occasioning" (pp. Peter prayed before he raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:3643), 8. Worse, Tyre and Sidon were dependent for their food supplies on Palestine and if these supplies were cut off their case would be serious indeed. Or Mariam of Hebrew origin; Maria or Mariam, the name of six Christian females. 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. Jerusalem passes as the center of the church's activity and now moves to Antioch, and all of the missionary activity in taking the Gospel into all of the world centers out of the church in Antioch. A mother. And Luke calleth these Grecians not but [?]. At any rate, the Lord now graciously interferes, and as he gives Cornelius to see a vision most instructive to him, so next day also there is to Peter another vision from the Lord. (2.) 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." "Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of those things which ye have spoken come upon me.". 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. So Peter was continuously guarded in prison. Lord, help me to think about some real answers toprayerI have had. "And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people. In this chapter a new wave of persecution, instigated by King Herod, broke out against the Church, and especially against its leaders. 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. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526) 2. Yet the Holy Ghost was given in especial power on that day. He is mentioned in Matthew 2:22. [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996), Ac 1:15. Thus we find the utmost simplicity and quietness. "Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word;" for the God who not only has hearts at His command, but controls all circumstances, was now about to accomplish that which He had always at heart, making the disciples to be witnesses of Jesus to the very ends of the earth, though first of all to Judea and Samaria. Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560) 5. 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. 12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. But why would God permit it? It was not so with Cornelius. When Herod had sought for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be led away to execution. WebPraying through Acts 13:22 Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You It appears that the scattered men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who had gone in consequence of the persecution everywhere, and among other places to Antioch, preaching the word to none but the Jews, took courage now and spoke (not to the Grecians - for this had been done long ago, but) unto the Greeks, preaching the Lord Jesus." It was plain enough to see the Christian assembly in a city, even if it were as numerous as in Jerusalem, where it must have met in not a few different localities and chambers. Though he had no reason to fear displeasing them if he did not, as Pilate condemned Christ, yet he hoped to please them by doing it, and so to make an interest among them, and make amends for displeasing them in something else. Vidm, bohks, letszer fotkkal tudok szolglni s f clom, mindenkibl kihozni a profi modellt.