From this family history it may be seen that Herod Agrippa of this chapter was a direct descendant of the Maccabees through his mother Mariamne. Cornelius was one of those who, among the Gentiles, had abandoned idolatry; but more than this was sometimes found. There was special exposure to this evil which called for so much the greater guard against it at Samaria. 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. If he must have meant something more than this; if his own faith and his own sanctity were living and real, the effect of the Holy Spirit's operation; then, inasmuch as he makes no distinction as regards this point between himself and those whom he addresses, we must suppose that he looked upon them also as real saints and believers. 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. God had published it already to the sons of Israel, and the good man rejoiced in it. Back in Jerusalem the church was experiencing much difficulty. He is the Herod of Matthew 2:1-23, who was in power when Jesus was born, who received the Wise Men from the East and who massacred the children. 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. Notice is taken of the time when Herod laid hold on Peter: Then were the days of unleavened bread. Acts 12:5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Verse Acts 12:1. 4. Peter was the one then, not Paul, that announced the gospel to Cornelius, who by the Holy Ghost received it, and was not merely safe but saved. To return to the case of the Corinthians: on what principle, let us ask, did St. Paul reprove them for their inconsistencies? The character of James life and teaching can be seen in the letter in the New Testament that bears his name (James 1:1). In this exciting drama of Acts chapter 12 you can see the reality of this statement. Unreal!" And it says that they have power to call down fire from heaven. 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. He would do this after Easter, meta to pascha--after the passover, certainly so it ought to be read, for it is the same word that is always so rendered; and to insinuate the introducing of a gospel-feast, instead of the passover, when we have nothing in the New Testament of such a thing, is to mingle Judaism with our Christianity. And he put Peter in prison intending to bring him forth for trial and execution, but God intervened and miraculously delivered Peter. What a revolution this word caused in that mighty heart! He was ruler of Ituraea and Trachonitis. For through the years the theater was covered with sand, and as the result, was well preserved. 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. I do not therefore comment upon these additions here: they will remain for their own real and suitable places. the Jews did not believe in Him; but whosoever did, let him be Jew or Gentile, "shall receive remission of sins." This did not at all flow from his ordination. And every word was made good. Surely you cannot accuse these people of praying the prayer of faith. Thus on the great Gentile occasion, as before on the Jewish at Pentecost, the medium of man completely disappears. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. What earnest desire should there not be to bow to all that which is. A fotzsban az emberbrzolst tekintem a legnagyobb kihvsnak.Fontosnak tartom a folyamatos nkpzst, hogy megismerjem a legjabb trendeket s irnyzatokat, igyekszem mindig napraksz jdonsgokkal szolglni. Now all of you that have visited the Holy Land are familiar with the theater that is in Caesarea. And we hear almost daily of the tensions that exists with the Israeli occupation forces and the people of Sidon and Tyre today. The King James translators just translated this word Easter because it does signify that same time of the year. "You gotta have faith brother! 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. Continually he tried to encourage his fellow Jews to be more tolerant of others (Acts 15:13,Acts 15:19). Then we find that if the church at Jerusalem had become impoverished, the Gentiles minister of their carnal things to them. Thus, although the others no doubt had the same Saviour taught them by the Holy Ghost, still there was not in every case the same measure of entrance or appreciation. But this other James, who will write an epistle after his name and will take a role of leadership in the council in Jerusalem, is not the James of the gospel, except that Mark does name him as one of the half brothers of Jesus. Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. When he had seized Peter, he put him under arrest. This, to me, is quite fascinating. Nevertheless the God that vindicated the honour of the crucified Jesus did not forget the martyred Stephen; and though there was an outburst of persecution, which scattered abroad throughout the region of Judea and Samaria all the believers that were in Jerusalem except the apostles, devout men were not wanting who carried Stephen to his burial. Ask God for your specific requests for yourself and other. It was not a question of being saved in the day of judgment; nor is this the meaning of the term "salvation" in the New Testament. Power of Prayer (Acts 12:1-12) Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. As we are told here and the Spirit delights to give such an account "he was a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.". If this took place in A.D. 46, and Herod died in A.D. 44, then the event Luke related in chapter 12 antedated the famine visit, and probably all of Acts 11:27-30, by about two years. Perhaps you have heard it said, Never underestimate the power of prayer .. Conscience would have been searched by the truth of God; and the heart would have been filled with praise at the grace of God. But it was a thoroughly illegal trial. When they were up against it, they turned to God. He was led into no small perplexity by the reading current in his day, and, to the shame of Christendom, still tolerated as the received reading. Was his faith nothing more than a profession of Christian doctrine? Why so much haste and impatience? LOTE EN VA PARQUE SIQUIMAN A 2 CUADRAS DE LAGO SAN ROQUE. "While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. Male facta male factis tegere ne perpluant--One evil deed is covered with another, so that there is no passage through them. That is, to destroy its chief ornaments and supports. The Spread of the Gospel in Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), B. He was the second husband of Herodias (see G2266) and consented to the death of John the Baptist. Acts 13:5,13 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister, Acts 15:37-39 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. Ignyes eskv fotzs vllalok Veszprmben, mvszi s dokumentarista fotkkal tudlak titeket elkprztatni. It is needless now to dwell on the scene, more than just to point out that which is familiar, no doubt, to many that are here the manner in which the Lord judged the apostate; for Herod owned shortly after by the people whom he had sought to please, disappointed in one place, but exalted in another was hailed as a god; and at that moment the angel of the Lord deals with his pride, and he is devoured of worms a sad image of the awful judgment of God that will fall upon one who will sit "in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.". Peter then, with this new-born conviction in his soul, reads the prophets with entirely fresh light and other eyes. So Peter came to the house where the prayer meeting was being held. But because Easter takes place during Passover season, because Jesus was crucified at the time of the Passover, He also rose again three days later. 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. on the Acts, i. pp. When he had considered; better, with Meyer and Alford, when he perceived it, viz. Thus all the first-rate Uncials, the Sinai, Vatican, Alexandrian, and Palimpsest of Paris, supported by some of the best cursives and all the best ancient versions, oppose the vulgar reading. Help me togrow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus. At Samaria they had been baptized for some time, as we know. 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. James was the second Christian martyr whom Luke identified (cf. 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. 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. From sun and athroizo; to convene. . A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. 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.
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