. Herod the king; not Herod the great that slew the infants at Bethlehem, nor Herod Antipas that beheaded John, but Herod Agrippa; and so the Syriac version adds here, "who is surnamed Agrippa"; he was a grandson of Herod the great, and the son of Aristobulus: this prince. . . First of all, the apostles and the disciples themselves received it as they were waiting. Thus on the great Gentile occasion, as before on the Jewish at Pentecost, the medium of man completely disappears. But Herod, though originally of an Edomite family, yet seems to have been a proselyte to the Jewish religion; for Josephus says he was zealous for the Mosaic rites, a bigot for the ceremonies. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) 2 And he had James the brother of John put to Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560), 5. When they would gird themselves, and the purpose of it is they would wear these long robes kind of things. Full of the truth himself, he speaks with the utmost simplicity to Cornelius, who with his household hears the blessed word. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 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. James the brother of John has been put to death by Herod. 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. And it says that they have power to call down fire from heaven. 7-11). We tend to like it better when we get a "yes" from heaven, but God might actually be doing The doctrine of His Sonship did not in the smallest degree, of course, set aside the Messiahship. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. 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. Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. As far as God was concerned, it was James' time to come home; it wasn't Peter's time yet. 1. . Note, Blood to the blood-thirsty does but make them more so, and the way of persecution, as of other sins, is downhill; when men are in it, they cannot easily stop themselves; when they are in they find they must on. From sun and athroizo; to convene. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. The facts were notorious; but of this we may be sure, that never had they been put together before the mind of the Ethiopian as then, never connected with the living Word and His grace. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. It recalls the power of God to rescue those chosen for Gods mission, a power repeatedly demonstrated in the past." When the earthly fortunes of the Christians seemed the most precarious, however, providential events took place with sudden finality, lifting the threat completely. 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 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. The following extract from the late Dr. Carson's Letters in reply to Dr. John Brown's Vindication of Presbyterianism will show how far an able and excellent man went astray in defending Congregationalism through not knowing that his argument was based, not on God's word, but on man's corruption of it. Yet there was no such requirement as imposition of hands in order to be the medium of it. 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. Chapter 15 he'll speak up and again tell how God had led him to the Gentiles, but Peter passes on from the picture. 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. So from experience we know there is many a man that you cannot doubt to be truly looking to the Lord, yet far from resting in the peace of God. (a) To call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: To call upon, appeal to, address. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. Prayer to God for him was earnestly offered by the Church. I merely make this remark lest any should draw from this the inference that there is a necessity for men commissioned from God to lay on hands now in order to confer such a spiritual blessing. So at this day there is no cause why the faithful, having borne the brunts of one or two conflicts, should promise themselves rest, (748) or should desire such a calling (749) as old overworn soldiers use to have. For these reasons he was popular with the people; and it was no doubt in order to achieve further popularity with the orthodox Jews that he decided to attack the Christian Church and its leaders. This is just a vision, it's not really happening." It is not to be treated as mere human arrangement. Herod Agrippa was a direct descendant of the Maccabees, through his mother Mariamne. He was murdered by his own father but he had a son called Herod Agrippa. Josephus, the Jewish historian, describes how, on the second day of the festival, he entered the theatre clad in a robe of silver cloth. Thus they thought they had him fast. Unquestionably it was. Israel had the truth presented to them as it was afterwards to all. How then could so fatal an error have been committed? But the correction confirms the true reading. What earnest desire should there not be to bow to all that which is. In the portion which follows we shall see the manner of the Spirit of God's working by the great apostle of the Gentiles. 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. But the word of God grew and multiplied. 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. WebPrayer. I've never really tried it, but I can imagine it would be difficult to run in a robe. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'. Apologetic: Writes a defense of persecuted Christianity (Acts 13:6-12). During this time the church has enjoyed relative peace, but now severe persecution again raises its ugly head. But this manifestation and fruit of gracious power silenced even the unruly and hard spirits of the circumcision. . It was of the greatest importance that unity should be kept up practically, not merely that there should be proclaimed the truth that there is unity, but that there should be the maintenance of it in practice. To vex - To injure, to do evil to - kakosai. Male facta male factis tegere ne perpluant--One evil deed is covered with another, so that there is no passage through them. 192, 193). God's going to do what God wants to do whether you have faith or not. When Herod had sought for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be led away to execution. 1.Here followeth new persecution raised by Herod. 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. [Note: Ibid., 2:151. 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! Ministry. It is not only that God uses one and another: this He does and we may bless Him that so He does; but the God who employs means is also above them, and He needs now only to draw out by circumstances the souls of some simple Christian men who had faith and love to seek the Gentiles without requiring the same vigorous and extraordinary means, under His mighty hand, as even the apostle did. was from Jesus. Nevertheless "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh;" and he who loves to present the Lord in the depth of His personal grace, and the height of His glory, has surely a spiritual fitness for the expression of the heart's joy in that which faith has created within. John Mark who is the author of the Gospel according to Mark. 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. Web12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. So John often speaks of it; and the very one that tells us most of the divinely given character of true faith who most of all lets us into its secret power and blessedness, even eternal life as bound up with it, that same John is the one who more than any other furnishes instances of a mere humanly produced faith. He dared not doubt longer: to him it was self-evident. It was a public privilege he was warranted to confer on the Gentiles thus baptized of the Spirit. For it must be remembered that, however far his profession may be from being a true one, every professor of Christianity professes to be a true, not a mere nominal, Christian. to 1 B.C. Copyright 2023 ec Estudio Integral. 2. In earnest emphasizing the seriousness of prayer. And, both. Now don't try to figure out an answer, because we don't know.The ways of God are beyond our finding out. Power was what struck Simon's mind himself a devotee of power, who in times past had sunk indeed low, even to the enemy of God and man in order from any source to be the vessel of a power beyond man. In verse five we read that prayer was made: To God - the aim. To pray, pray for, offer prayer. And as he came into the theater, the sun reflected off of this silver cloth. In fact, it is thought by some that the upper room was actually in the house of Mary the mother of Mark. God is always wise. The chapter itself proves that he had to be forced to go. Confidence in man, in self, was overthrown to its foundations all that his life had been zealously building up. Sokan ember a kt tans polgri hzassgkts mellett lagzit is szeretne, aholezt az rmteli esemnyt a bartaik s rokonaik trsasgban kzsen megnnepelhetik s egyttreznek velk. 422. II. The apostles then, after preaching in the various villages of the Samaritans, return to Jerusalem. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular. He was the founder of Caesarea Philippi which was called after him. The reading sanctioned by the best and most ancient authorities is the singular not the churches, but "the church." Father, every ungodly power that has penetrated to the position of authority in the church expose and disgrace them and if they fail to repent, uproot them, in Jesus name. We are given a striking prefiguration of the evil king that will be found in the latter day; he that will reign over the Jews under the shadow and support of the Gentiles as Herod was, and not less but more than his prototype bent on the murder of the innocents, and with his heart full of evil for others who will be rescued by the goodness of the Lord. We know that Paul thanked God that so it was with himself at Corinth; and we see that Peter here did not baptize, but simply "commanded them to be baptized." So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. "It was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord." Evidently the authorities remembered the last time Peter had been arrested, and how he had mysteriously escaped from jail. As we advance farther in the inspired history, we find additions made to these simple elements of social fellowship; the organisation of the Christian society becomes more complex and systematic; questions of polity and order occupy no small portion of the apostolic epistles; and we have every reason to believe, if not from Scripture alone, yet from the unanimous voice of authentic history, that towards the close of the apostolic age Christianity had almost everywhere crystallised itself into a certain, definite, and well known form of ecclesiastical polity" (pp. With this view He Himself instituted certain external badges of Christian profession, to come into use when they should be needed, and took measures to qualify a small and select company of believers, by attaching them constantly to His person while His earthly ministry lasted, and giving them a formal commission with extraordinary powers, when He left the world, to preside over the affairs and direct the organisation of Christian societies. Hence it is there were mighty powers that wrought by those who were employed by the Holy Ghost; as, for instance, by Philip himself; afterwards also by the disciples, when Peter and John came down and laid their hands upon them with prayer. 20 Prayer Points With Bible Verses | PRAYER POINTS - prayerguide Samaria, which had held out against the truth, was now yielding the harvest that a greater than Philip had sown; and there was joy in that very Samaria where greater works were now done according to His own word. Nincsenek jl bevlt helyszneim, helyette keresem az jabb helyeket, gy biztosan egyedi fnykpeitek lesznek. C. Evangelistic: Shows the saving power of the Gospel (Acts 16). He is mentioned in Matthew 2:22. Without the action of the Holy Ghost faith is impossible; but this capacitating power and the gift of the Holy Ghost are two very different things, and the latter consequent on the former. The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) that word, I say, ye know." Prayer was a normal part of their daily ministry (Acts 2:4247; 3:1; 6:4) 4. So far from it, as we shall find by and by inActs 10:1-48; Acts 10:1-48, the Holy Ghost was given while he was yet speaking, before they were so much as baptized. He would direct attention to the fact, that the ordinary greeting of St. Paul, at the beginning of each epistle, is to the 'saints and faithful brethren' constituting the Church of such a place, fellow-heirs with himself of eternal life; and that throughout these compositions, the members of the Church are presumed to be in living union with Christ, reasonings and exhortations being addressed to them, the force of which cannot be supposed to be admitted, except by those who are led by the Spirit of God; in short, that the members of the Corinthian or the Ephesian Church are addressed as Christians; and a Christian is one who is in saving union with Christ.". Thus the church would still retain its substantial character, and the testimony of God still bear the same common likeness, while room was left for whatever speciality of form God might be pleased to give the truth, and the unfolding of the ways in which God might employ one or another. It must be his spirit. 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. Here the Lord alone gives, alone calls, alone sends forth. The gospel of Luke also describes what is similar; that is to say, a faith not insincere but human, not wrought of the Spirit but founded on the mind yielding to reasons, proofs, evidences, which are to it overpowering; but there is nothing of God in it: there is no meeting between the soul and God. This brought the question to a simple issue; but here again, let it be noticed that the gift of the Holy Ghost belongs to those that believe. He had before this delivered Saul from the effects of undue anxiety and distrust in the minds of the disciples. Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight 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. It was no longer a question of Jerusalem only even for Peter, but without being called to the same largeness of work practically as the apostle Paul, he nevertheless passes throughout "all quarters" of Palestine, and comes down to the saints at Lydda, and is seen by those of Saron. It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. Had he not read or heard those words in the prophets? He killed James the brother of John with the sword,Acts 12:2; Acts 12:2. He was ruler of Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. (b) Bernice (see Bernike G959) , who appeared with him when Paul was under examination. "And he commanded them to be baptized.". [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996), Ac 1:15. "Then had the church rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria." To kill an apostle now was killing he knew not how many. It is not only in cases of our judgment (for there is nothing that so often judges a man as his own judgment of another); but also where the desire goes out after that which we have not got. And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. arise and bring an end to the plaques on the land as a result of these evil acts in Jesus name. F terleteim:eskv fotzs, csald , portr , glamour , s reklmfotzs. 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. When day came there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter. Holy Spirit cause a great confusion among my antagonists today in Jesus name,23:6-10. This contrariety doth cause me to expound it of the Gentiles." COMPLEJO DE 4 DEPARTAMENTOS CON POSIBILIDAD DE RENTA ANUAL, HERMOSA PROPIEDAD A LA VENTA EN PLAYAS DE ORO, CON EXCELENTE VISTA, CASA CON AMPLIO PARQUE Y PILETA A 4 CUADRAS DE RUTA 38, COMPLEJO TURISTICO EN Va. CARLOS PAZ. This was called Jacobus major--James the greater; that, minor--the less. 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. Finally, when the angel left and Peter was standing on the street, he said, "Hey, it wasn't a dream. Furthermore, forasmuch as he had said that the word was preached at the beginning only by the Jews, and he meant those who, being banished out of their own country, did live in Cyprus and Phenice, correcting this exception, he saith that some of them did teach the Grecians. 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. She recognized Peter's voice and, in her joy, she did not open the door but ran and told them that Peter stood before the entrance. But not so the word of God. "And he arose and went." "Always when you get ready to run, get ready to fight, or get ready to work, you would gird yourself up or get ready to serve. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. "About that time was A.D. 44, as Herods death occurred in this year" (Boles 187). But as far as the record in the book of Acts, it shifts now from the church in Jerusalem and beginning in with chapter 13, Antioch becomes the center of church activity. 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. Now when Peter was come to himself, he said, I know of a surety, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews ( Acts 12:10-11 ). so gross was his darkness even as to the general point of the chapter. He had gone up to the great city of solemnities, but the blessing was no longer to be found there. 407.]. Now, look you, the Angel of the Lord stood by and a light shone in the house. [Note: See Longenecker, pp. If you don't have faith, God's not going to answer your prayers. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." (748) Perpetuam. But it was a thoroughly illegal trial. "All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord." Yet the Holy Ghost was given in especial power on that day. IDEAL OPORTUNIDAD DE INVERSION, CODIGO 4803 OPORTUNIDAD!! "And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people. Then said they, It must be his angel ( Acts 12:13-15 ). Acts 7:54-60). When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. Where man chooses for human things, we have the Lord recognising it. 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. Yet it becomes more than a vivid account of an isolated miracle when we probe below the surface, for this story is an echo of other stories in Luke-Acts and in Jewish Scripture. He would have His people, where they give, to have a voice. As the Jews watched the gates to kill him, the disciples took him by night and let him down the wall in a basket. Nor is there a more painful want of it than that kind of restiveness which is so ready to take offence at the smallest fear or anxiety on the part of others. If God had given them the Holy Ghost, as was manifest in sensible results, it was very evident that they must have by God's grace had repentance unto life. The Holy Ghost came down upon them suddenly, with no previous sign whatever, except that which was suitable to the Holy Ghost when sent down from heaven the mighty rushing wind, and then the tokens of His presence upon each were manifested. Wherefore, we must think with ourselves that he was tied by one that had the rule over him, that he might not more vehemently oppress the Church. Unlike the law, it addresses all; there is no narrowness in a rejected heavenly Christ. Then we find that if the church at Jerusalem had become impoverished, the Gentiles minister of their carnal things to them. 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. What a wonderful change for these poor Gentiles to know Christ for themselves, and to be called after Christ! After his death, the word of God prospers. A believer would have wondered more at the grace of God, and bowed in adoration before Him. It is noteworthy that the Christians evidently did not seek to perpetuate the apostalate by selecting a replacement for James as they had for Judas (ch. Or it was to show that though the apostles were appointed to plant the gospel in the world, yet if they were taken off God could do his work without them, and would do it. The Vatican and all others, uncial and cursive (as far as collated and known), support the error. 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. Evidently it was power in external display, then so richly manifested, which acted on the fleshly mind of Simon, himself having the reputation of a great one, and before this the vessel of some kind of demoniacal power the miserable power of Satan, with which he dazzled the eyes of men. So he came in like a shining god, making this speech to the people and, of course, the people began to cry, "It's the voice of a god, not of a man!" Barnabas was quite justified in seeking Saul. He was not only (as Herod Antipas was) tetrarch of Galilee, but had also the government of Judea committed to him by Claudius the emperor, and resided most at Jerusalem, where he was at this time. But they came to him with a common purpose. and they took with them John who was surnamed Mark. It was to be emphatically a witness of grace in suffering for Christ's name: "For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake." 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. I believe that all of our lives are bound within the purposes of God and that God knows the day in which He's going to take me home. Who that honours scripture can pretend that hands were laid on any then? It was enough. 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. On believing they were baptized, as we are told in Acts 8:1-40; but they received the Holy Ghost after an interval, through the action of the apostles. However, outside of the council in Jerusalem, this is the last mention of Peter that we have in the book of Acts. His appointment was to take care of the tables. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace [Don't make too bit of a stir, fellows. The, the definite article. . It was even, and urgently, pressed on them, but they refused with disdain the message, and rejected the messengers to blood. 3. Saul of Tarsus was yet breathing out his threats and slaughter when the Lord was pursuing His onward gracious work among the Samaritans and strangers. It was as thoroughly according to God that the apostle should not lay his hands on any this day, as it was according to His wisdom that they should lay their hands on the Samaritans. It is not the church of Judea, the church of Galilee, and the church of Samaria, but the churches of Judea, etc. The common people respected him for his sincere faith and called him James the Just. as well as entice man. How these elders were appointed, if indeed they were so formally, does not appear. He was ruler of Ituraea and Trachonitis. We see such in the gospels. (Ephesians 4:1-32) I merely make the remark in passing; though it will not be needed for most here, it may be for some. 12. The Samaritans, as you know, were a mongrel race; the stranger may have been possibly a proselyte from among the Gentiles; but the apostle of the Gentiles is now to be called. He felt that they were conspiring against them and so he murdered them both.There was a saying during the time of Herod the Great that it was safer to be his pig than his son. This can't be real; it's just a dream. WebPrayers To Get A Permanent Job This Month 12. Without pronouncing upon the state of individuals in the sight of God, he assumed the whole body to be what they professed to be a body of real Christians. Scripture does show, though it does not sanction as divine, a faith that is founded on evidence. He was led of God. 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.
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