Chapter 15 he'll speak up and again tell how God had led him to the Gentiles, but Peter passes on from the picture. Then they said, "Well, it must be his angel. Let this suffice them if the Lord grant them some time wherein they may recover their strength. This contrariety doth cause me to expound it of the Gentiles." Ministry. 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. Herod the Great left three sons, between whom his kingdom was divided - Archelaus, Philip, and Antipas. "In proportion to the apparent simplicity of the question, would be his surprise to hear it affirmed that he is mistaken, and that, in addressing a Christian society as a congregation of Christians, St. Paul merely regards it as a society of men professing the same faith, and participating outwardly in the same sacraments (it being immaterial to the idea whether they possess saving faith or not); a society invested with spiritual privileges, but not necessarily realizing those privileges, and that, consequently, we must lower the import of the terms, 'saints' and 'faithful in Christ Jesus,' to signify outwardly dedicated to God, and professing with the lips the doctrines of Christianity . Grace can credit grace easily, understands the ways of the Lord, and disarms suspicion. It was not only right, but recorded of God that we might see and profit by it. Here is an account of Peter's imprisonment (Acts 12:4; Acts 12:4): When he had laid hands on him, and, it is likely, examined him, he put him in prison, into the inner prison; some say, into the same prison into which he and the other apostles were cast some years before, and were rescued out of it by an angel, Acts 5:18; Acts 5:18. 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. Szereted az j dolgokat, vagy egyszeren ms kell, mint a tbbi embernek? And now those words of Christ were made good in him; but it was in order to his sitting at Christ's right hand; for if we suffer with him, we shall reign with him. First of all, the apostles and the disciples themselves received it as they were waiting. 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. Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our personsbut they are helpless against our prayers. (J. Sidlow Baxter). Observe, The Jews made themselves guilty of the blood of James by showing themselves well pleased with it afterwards, though they had not excited Herod to it. But Saul does arise from the earth. Gird yourself up and tie on your sandals. 3. He was the ruler of Galilee and Peraea. "All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord." Acts 12 - Reformed Theology But they said unto her, [You're crazy.] Thereon Philip is invited to come up and sit with him, Isaiah 53:1-12; Isaiah 53:1-12 being, as we know, the portion in question; and the eunuch asks of whom the prophet spoke these words "of himself or some other man?" Though He did see fit and purpose that Peter should be delivered from Herod's sword. As far as God was concerned, it was James' time to come home; it wasn't Peter's time yet. Veszprm a bulik vrosa.. Persze nem csak a partyk, hanem az eskvk is igen npszerek a vrosban. So he went away to another place. A quaternion was a squad of four. Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. Now at this point we are introduced to James, who became one of the leaders in the early church, who was a half brother to Jesus. But the point here is lost in our English version. It would be a mistake to suppose that God had not wrought on the heart of Gentiles. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). And all the believers were meeting regularly at the Temple in the area known as Solomons Colonnade. The sun glinted on the silver and the people cried out that this was a god come to them. 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." But not so the word of God. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Hoping to boost his approval ratings even further, Herod had Peter arrested also (v. 3). Lord, help me to think about some real answers toprayerI have had. At first they were more timid; they spoke only to Jews. 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.". 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. The gospel goes forth elsewhere; it is in no way bound to Jerusalem. When he had beheaded James, he proceeded further, he added, to take Peter also. On the greatest occasions, when the Holy Ghost was given, we have no ground to believe that hands were laid on any. 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. God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. Prayer Points The people of Tyre and Sidon, anxious to ensure a constant food supply from Herods territory, had tried to win his favour with a show of extravagant flattery. "But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews that dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ." 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 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. 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. Keep me from reading into the Scriptures what I think it is saying, rather than understanding it in its correct context. On the fourteenth of Nissan they began the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and so it was during this Feast of Passover that Peter was arrested. *The copyists of old seem to have confounded in writing, as the Latin and most other ancient translators did in rendering, (Greeks) and (Hellenists), here and elsewhere. WebTHE POWER OF PRAYER. For hence the Lord called him to a new sphere a task which, to a Jewish mind, was beyond measure strange. 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. Such was the man to whom God was about to send the gospel by Peter. All know that there were Jews waiting for the Saviour. . When day came there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter. 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. It must be his spirit. He had before this delivered Saul from the effects of undue anxiety and distrust in the minds of the disciples. At once a sudden and terrible illness fell upon him from which he never recovered. 1. Question. Saul of Tarsus prayed after his conversion (Acts 9:11), 7. It was a action that you would take in order that you might have greater freedom of movement. 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. Because when they are told that God has answered the prayer, Peter's at the door and they don't believe it, they accuse the poor little girl of being crazy. This is the brother of our Lord. This was called Jacobus major--James the greater; that, minor--the less. The first of the New Testament Herods (see Herodes G2264) is Herod the Great who reigned from about 41 B.C. When he had considered; better, with Meyer and Alford, when he perceived it, viz. (ii) Herod Antipas (see G493) . Saul was consenting unto Stephen's death, and Saul was the expression of Jewish feeling in its best aspect. PRAYERS And he was highly respected by the Jews. How could its reality be doubted? 407-8, for a brief biography of Herod Agrippa I.] But the close lets us see more than this. In the meantime, the church waspraying, and in answer to theirprayers(v. 5) God supernaturally awakened Peter from a sound sleep (v. 6). And we hear almost daily of the tensions that exists with the Israeli occupation forces and the people of Sidon and Tyre today. Pray that all the world would be saved and come to a If Jesus was Jehovah, what then had his religion been? 2. 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. Now don't try to figure out an answer, because we don't know.The ways of God are beyond our finding out. God's going to do what God wants to do whether you have faith or not. He ruled Judea for three years, A.D. 41-44 [Note: Josephus, Antiquities of . When Peter had knocked at the door of the entrance a maidservant called Rhoda came to answer the door. 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). Accordingly we find, as the testimony had gone forth throughout Jerusalem at least, so now the old rival of Jerusalem comes within the dealings of God. To vex certain of the Church. A comparison of the last verses of Acts 11 and this chapter (Acts 12) suggests that Barnabas and Paul made that trip to Jerusalem with relief for the victims of the famine at about the time of the events given in Acts 12, this being in 44 A.D., a date determined by the death of Herod Agrippa I. The believers in John Marks house prayed for Peter when he was in prison, and the Lord delivered him both from prison and from death (Acts 12:111), 11. The spiritual power which wrought so wonderful a change in the Apostles must first descend from heaven, and give to the Church its inner form as its spiritual characteristic! WebThe greatest sacrifice and act of submission is when we lay our agenda down and pick up Christs. WebVerse 12. 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. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. Observe here, 1. Note, Those make themselves an easy prey to Satan who make it their business to please men. 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 "Saul arose and was baptized, and when he had received meat he was strengthened, and remained with the disciples for some time.". Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'. God answered prayer and gave a Certainly the Ethiopian received the truth; but verse 37 had better be passed by in your minds, at least in this connection. But Peter just kept knocking: and so when they opened the door, they saw him, and they were astonished. The disciples gave themselves to prayer, yet they little believed their own prayers. 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. 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. Contrasts mark Acts 12:1-23: James dies, God delivers Peter, and Herod dies. Not that one would deny that a mighty work was then wrought in Cornelius. Is this too much to ask? on the Acts, i. pp. An event that is unique, and vividly presented as such, takes on the importance of the typical when it reminds us of other similar events. Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. It is a perilous mode of reasoning and likely to lead to universal scepticism, to maintain, for the sake of theoretical consistency, that the visible fruits of the Spirit do not possess a sufficiently distinctive character to enable us to pronounce where they are and where they are not: not to mention that the sin of denying the evident operation of the Holy Spirit is spoken of by our Lord in terms far too awful not to make us tremble at the thought of verging towards it. Mvsz belltottsg s egyben riport jelleg kpekkel gazdagthatlak benneteket. 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. A. . "It has already been remarked that, far from intending to establish a mere invisible fellowship of the Spirit, our Lord contemplated His Church as having a visible existence, His followers as collected into societies [that society called the Church or assembly of God]. Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Finally, when the angel left and Peter was standing on the street, he said, "Hey, it wasn't a dream. . Paul had it not more suddenly than with a heavenly splendour which was peculiar to himself; and thus there was a vast work soon wrought. 449, 450). Scripture does show, though it does not sanction as divine, a faith that is founded on evidence. Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. Munkm sorn kett fnykpezvel s tbb TovbbEskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. quietem, perpetual rest. Before the gospel was preached to every creature, a new nature was communicated to many a soul; but till then there was not and could not be peace. Merrill F. Unger gives the following comment on the name Herod: It belonged alike to all the Herodian house as known to the Scriptures. (b) Bernice (see Bernike G959) , who appeared with him when Paul was under examination. 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. If he deflected the trade of Palestine from their ports their revenues would be seriously impaired. 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. 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. The promise was not merely to them and to their children, but to all "afar off, as many as the Lord their God should call." And very ambitious surely he was to please the people who was willing thus to please them! "One visible manifestation, then, of the sanctity of the Church is the holy walk and conversation of individual Christians; but there is another, and more formal, mode in which she professes herself to be holy, and that is, by the exercise of discipline. EXCELENTE OPORTUNIDAD DEPARTAMENTO CNTRICO EN COSQUIN, OPORTUNIDAD CHALET VILLA MIRADOR DEL LAGO. 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. And he said, Go show these things unto James ( Acts 12:16-17 ). Then we find that if the church at Jerusalem had become impoverished, the Gentiles minister of their carnal things to them. 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." "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." Why should there be unwillingness to meet and submit to others when it is a question of reception? The common text and translations have "the churches;" but I believe that this faulty form crept in here, because the sense of the oneness of the church so speedily passed away. (i) Herod Philip the First. 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. 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. I call your attention to this. Prayer is both the thermometer and the thermostat of the local church; for the spiritual temperature either goes up or down, depending on how Gods people pray.[1]. After this wonderful working of God the church had rest. (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. Male facta male factis tegere ne perpluant--One evil deed is covered with another, so that there is no passage through them. Now according to their law, during the times of the Feast of Passover, they could not have any trial, and so he determined to bring him forth at the end of the Feast of Passover. Help me torecognise the different audiences that are being addressed in different Bible passages. Copyright 2023 ec Estudio Integral. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. The, the definite article. 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!" WebActs 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. Kulturltan fotzom, nem nyomok senki arcba egy teleszkpot. "To all this, however, it will be replied, that the nature of a visible church, which we know must in all cases be a body of mixed character, as well as the actual state of several of the churches to whom St. Paul addressed his epistles, forbid the supposition that, in terming them communities of saints and believers, he could have used these words in their highest signification. PRAYER POINTS 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. So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. 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 he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace [Don't make too bit of a stir, fellows. * The external authority is very decidedly for the singular against the plural. . Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark. They'll find out I'm here], he declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. Unbelief here is alas! Is not this interlacing after a divine sort? ], 4. 12. 2. Herod the king: The Herod here referred to is Herod Agrippa I. There is no show of doing great things; nor do we read of daring in any way: what is there of Christ in the one or the other? Leadership. "It was known throughout all Joppa, and many believed on the Lord." James was the second Christian martyr whom Luke identified (cf. How continually too where we least think they do! He valued the ancient people of God; nor is he indeed the only centurion that loved their nation. 3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Loving Father, thank You for the hope of our resurrection and rapture knowing that the Lord Jesus is the firstborn from the dead. 4. 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. 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. 2. He said, "Tell these tidings to James and to the brethren." 16c - Acts 12 1-19, Earnest Prayer - Summit Church Herod the Great was married ten times. Clearly they were not Christians; but God has all hearts in His keeping. 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. So Peter says to go show these things unto James. Szabadtri eskvk esetn: Van tet a fejnk felett, lehetsg es esetre? And Jesus said, "Are you able to be baptized with the baptism whereof I will be baptized?" 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. WebFirst, there was unity in prayer many were gathered together praying (12:12), any differences that might have separated people from one another were now completely lost 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. And he put Peter in prison intending to bring him forth for trial and execution, but God intervened and miraculously delivered Peter. The light that shone suddenly on him was from heaven. Even his conduct in the arrest of Peter shows his desire to conciliate the Jews. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. But it was a thoroughly illegal trial. But here we have clearly a man who had been chosen for another and an external purpose by the church, but whom the Lord uses elsewhere for a new and higher purpose, for which He had qualified him by the Holy Ghost. His grandfather was the Herod who had the babies of Bethlehem slaughtered in hopes he would destroy the baby Jesus. His spite was at the church, and, with regard to those he gave trouble to, it was not upon any other account, but because they belonged to the church, and so belonged to Christ. Surely it was true of all who really believed and knew His glory. stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church: Herod, not unlike politicians of today, must have been checking the popularity polls when he learns it will make him politically popular to oppress the Christians (verse 3); therefore, he takes it upon himself to bring a violent attack upon the Lords church. Acts 12 In Peter's case, because they wanted to keep him sure, he was chained on both sides to guards, and then there were two guards who would stand watch at the door and four quaternions would mean that there were four groups of four soldiers. Heavenly Father, thank You for Your Word and the truths that it contains. 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. There is this difference, no doubt, between such cases now and that of Cornelius then, that, before the mission of Peter, it would have been presumptuous for a Gentile to have pretended to salvation; now it is the fruit of unbelief for a believer to question it. But the Risen Christ made a special appearance to James ( 1 Corinthians 15:7). And so it has been completely excavated around there and partially restored, and it is a very interesting sight and an interesting study in Roman architecture and it gives us a little bit of the culture.Now according to Josephus, it was into this theater, which is an outdoor theater that Herod came, according to Josephus, with this fabulous robe made of silver cloth. Prayer Points From The Book Of Acts Pray that God will bring the people of Israel to repentance (Acts 3:19). 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. But now finding himself eclipsed, like a wily man, his object was to avail himself of this superior energy if it were possible. He caused the chains to fall from his wrists, kept the guards asleep, and opened the iron gates (vv. Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560) 5. Yet the Holy Ghost was given in especial power on that day. And he commanded us to preach unto the people." The purposes of God are going to stand. The presence of the Holy Ghost was a new and quite unexampled thing even among believers. The governor at that time, Herod Agrippa I (a grandson of Herod the Great), knew it was not wise to let the Jews become too excited. Surely it can't be Peter!". From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family. Where they really didn't know if it was reality or just some spiritual revelation. At the passover, when the Jews came from all parts to Jerusalem to keep the feast, they irritated one another against the Christians and Christianity, and were then more violent than at other times. It is little wonder that this Herod has murderous intentions toward the people of God. 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. But now all was changed. Cornelius was one of those who, among the Gentiles, had abandoned idolatry; but more than this was sometimes found. Crushed the Jewish revolt against Rome (A.D. 66-70).His son, Titus, destroyed Jerusalem (A.D. 70). 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. At the same time scripture shows there might be and often was an interval after the gospel did go forth. Peter prayed before he raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:3643), 8. A fotzs nlunk csak amolyan szerelem volt, egy hobbi. Prayer for Acts 13 - Knowing Jesus 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. Herod Antipas was driven as an exile also into Gaul, and then into Spain, and Herod Agrippa received also his tetrarchy. Simon can only answer, "Pray ye to the Lord for me." 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.

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