(1.) Nowhere in the New Testament does the intervention of Almighty God on behalf of his church appear any more timely and dramatic than in this chapter. Here the Lord alone gives, alone calls, alone sends forth. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526) 2. Aristopollis was one of them. Designed by, INVERSORES! WebPrayer. Partner with StudyLight.org as God uses us to make a difference for those displaced by Russia's war on Ukraine. There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it is a little difficult to keep them all straight. We will deal with Herod Agrippa II, his son, in a few weeks as we move on in the book of Acts. And he actually murdered several of his sons. 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. He was the grandson of Herod the Great who was the Herod at the time of the birth of Jesus. It was not enough that they had rejected the Messiah, nor even that He was made Lord and Christ on high. Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. - And were praying for praying, A.V. All know that there were Jews waiting for the Saviour. "He went on his way rejoicing." And because he did not give God glory, he was smitten by an angel and there died.So the end of Herod Agrippa I. It is therefore our wisdom to take heed of the beginnings of sin. [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996), Ac 1:15. This, to me, is quite fascinating. It was the Lord that had brought Philip, and it was His Spirit that bad taken him away; but it was He too who had given him and left him Jesus for ever. Here comes the telling word for him that feared the Lord and bowed to His word, though he was a Gentile. Akkor j helyen jrsz, csak kattints a weboldalra s nzz krbe. And God has, in the meantime, a work for me to do, and until I have accomplished that work that God has in mind for me to do, God's going to preserve me and keep me until that day. Let him that will, repair to the second to the Galatians. the power of the Spirit to this end is lost sight of.] How all-important for our souls that we should have Christ before us, and that we should have no desire but for His glory! Verse Acts 12:1. Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. He kept the Jewish customs. But in the sense in which they supposed themselves to be Christians, do they, to all appearance, apply that title to those to whom they write" (pp. (cf. . Prayers To Cancel Bad Dreams 18. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. This particular Herod was Herod Agrippa I. We have only to extend this undoubted principle of interpretation to the Jewish people itself in its national that is, its legal-character, to perceive that the terms by which, in the Old Testament, its privileges are expressed, assume, when applied to Christians, a different meaning, or rather betoken the spiritual realities of which the former were but the types" (pp. The apostle died a martyr, to show the rest of them what they must expect, that they might prepare accordingly. 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. "Then had the church rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria." what had high priest or Sanhedrim done for him? The church at Antioch fasted and prayed before sending out Barnabas and Paul (Acts 13:13; and note 14:23), 12. The persecution of the Jerusalem church 12:1-24. At once a sudden and terrible illness fell upon him from which he never recovered. He did so. See Josephus, Antiq., book 19, chapter 5, section 1. Unlike the law, it addresses all; there is no narrowness in a rejected heavenly Christ. John Mark who is the author of the Gospel according to Mark. As little could there be a question as to the grace exercised toward him, though the manner was not after that of man. Take, as the most solemn moment of all, the day of Pentecost. Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. Strikingly, beautiful it is to see the devoted simplicity with which he answers to the call of his Master. They gained the ear of Blastus the king's chamberlain and sued for peace because their country was dependent for its sustenance on the king's territory. It was reserved for another of whom we shall read in the next chapter. 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.' And now Paul and Barnabas are returning back to Antioch, and John Mark, who is a nephew to Barnabas, is returning with them. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. And his chains fell off of his hands. And, both. 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. Hoping to boost his approval ratings even further, Herod had Peter arrested also (v. 3). By and by the power of the gospel and the action of the Holy Ghost fill their souls with desires as to the need of others. And he was highly respected by the Jews. 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. He acts on that of which he afterwards wrote. See how he advances gradually. Those to whom they addressed themselves were really Gentiles. 3. Yet there was no such requirement as imposition of hands in order to be the medium of it. Lord give me the spirit of humility to say SORRY when I am wrong,23:1-5. Because He lives we "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." Ordered the census that took Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem (, Jesus earthly ministry conducted during his reign (, Appointed Herod Agrippa I king over Palestine (. Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. But this was not enough for God. 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. King Herod persecutes the Christians, kills James, and imprisons Peter; whom an angel delivers upon the prayers of the church. 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. Perhaps you have heard it said, Never underestimate the power of prayer .. 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. God would cut off the very appearance of this. Deliverance from the Spirit of Divination 13. "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the very same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus." Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our personsbut they are helpless against our prayers. (J. Sidlow Baxter). But the testimony of miracles is apt to act upon the flesh. Evidently the authorities remembered the last time Peter had been arrested, and how he had mysteriously escaped from jail. 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." Matthew 20:23). It was, no doubt, a Gentile title. 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. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. And so we have the story of Ananias, and the ways of the Lord, not of some great apostle, nor even of Philip, but a disciple at Damascus named Ananias, to whom the Lord spoke in a vision. The house of Mary the mother of Mark. Preaching. 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. To kill an apostle now was killing he knew not how many. Luke calleth this games which was slain the brother of John, that he may distinguish him from the son of Alpheus. That monarch had succeeded in putting together the whole domain of his grandfather Herod the Great, and had also been given the title of king by Claudius. That the gifts mentioned in the chapter were, for the most part, extraordinary, and in process of time were to cease, makes no difference as regards the argument; for it is the essential character of Christian worship, not the particular vehicle of its expression, that is the point now under consideration" (pp. A quaternion was a squad of four. . So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. And they said, "Yes, Lord, we are able." And these people depended upon Palestine for their food supplies, and so they were pretty much a vassal to Palestine at this time. 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. Such is salvation. Where, whither, when, in what place. 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. Lord Jesus stand by me in my times of trouble,23:11. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. It was a action that you would take in order that you might have greater freedom of movement. And Luke calleth these Grecians not but [?]. 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 did what, I have no doubt, was the right thing. (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. Holy Spirit cause a great confusion among my antagonists today in Jesus name,23:6-10. It is a fallacy then to suppose that Cornelius had no better than merely natural religion. 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. No notion is more at variance with the spirit of apostolic Christianity than that of societies of Christians existing in the same neighbourhood, but not in communion with each other, and not under 'common government'" (pp. Perhaps God intended hereby to awaken the rest of the apostles to disperse themselves among the nations, and not to nestle any longer at Jerusalem. Then follows another grave fact. Father, every ungodly power working against church growth be consumed by the fire of Holy Ghost, in Jesus name. 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. And in the area around Caesarea they had observed all of these sand dunes, and one day someone started digging down into one of these sand dunes and they found this beautifully preserved Roman theater there right next to the Mediterranean Sea in Caesarea. . Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them (Acts 20:36; 21:5), 14. Let this suffice them if the Lord grant them some time wherein they may recover their strength. He martyred James, seized and imprisoned Peter, planning to execute him publicly after the Passover festivities. Israel had the truth presented to them as it was afterwards to all. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. . God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. In this case Peter had God's own direct warrant in the vision, not of the church (for this was not the meaning of the sheet let down from heaven), but decidedly of the call of the Gentiles. They refused utterly the Holy Ghost's testimony to the Son of man glorified in heaven, and slew or scattered the witnesses, Who then was specially used as the instrument of the free action of the Holy Ghost elsewhere, without plan, without thought of man, and apparently the simple result of circumstances, but in truth God's hand directing all? Persecution of the Christians now swung from religious to include political motivation. The angel had to do with providential circumstances, but the Spirit with that which directly deals with spiritual need and blessing. 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. was from Jesus. 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. I cite from the Calvin Tr. [Alas! So there were sixteen soldiers altogether watching Peter in three-hour shifts, at all times chained to two of them while two were watching the door. Grace can credit grace easily, understands the ways of the Lord, and disarms suspicion. When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. His stretching forth his hands to it intimates that his hands had been tied up by the restraints which perhaps his own conscience held him under in this matter; but now he broke through them, and stretched forth his hands deliberately, and of malice prepense. Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560) 5. How could its reality be doubted? How painful must it be to the Spirit of God if the old pride of Samaria were to rise up against Jerusalem! A nevem Hring Attila, profi fotogrfus vagyok. The purposes of God are going to stand. Josephus, the Jewish historian, describes how, on the second day of the festival, he entered the theatre clad in a robe of silver cloth. "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." How not to pray is prayer just for the sake of prayer. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. I call your attention to this. Matthew 7:15 13. It was the fact. Gird yourself means to tie your skirt on up. 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. How then could so fatal an error have been committed? A man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under the queen of the Ethiopians, was returning after having gone up to Jerusalem to worship. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. 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." Nlam barti hangulatban zajlik a fotzs, garantltan izzads-mentesen Lendletes, prgs s vidm fnykpezs a mottm. It was not that Peter did not know the same, we are all aware how blessedly he confessed Him to be (not Messiah only, but) the Son of the living God while Jesus was here below. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. A honlapunk hasznlatval n a tjkoztatsunkat tudomsul veszi. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. Isaiah 65:24 And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Philip, besides being one of the seven, was an "evangelist," as we are told expressly in another part of this very book (Acts 21:8). If you His appointment was to take care of the tables. Vannak, akik gy gondoljk, hogy ezekben a pillanatokban nem kell a trsasg s plne nem egy idegen fots..(mondjuk nlam biztos nem lesz idegen rzs, inkbb haveri Lteznek, olyan prok, akik TovbbMirt is kell az eskvi fots a kszldsnl? 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? 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. Though He did see fit and purpose that Peter should be delivered from Herod's sword. It is little wonder that this Herod has murderous intentions toward the people of God. The time for the call of the Gentiles strictly was not yet come, though the way is being prepared. 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! (These were the days of unleavened bread). Iturea, Trachonitis, Abilene, with Gaulonitis, Batanaea, and Penias. And he departed, and went into another place ( Acts 12:17 ). And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace [Don't make too bit of a stir, fellows. (v) Herod the Great had another son called Aristobulus (see Aristoboulos G711) ; his mother was Mariamne, a princess who was descended from the great Maccabaean heroes. Thus we find the utmost simplicity and quietness. So he comes to the place where the prayer meeting is being held. But Saul does arise from the earth. While the typical character of the Mosaic institution in general is recognised, it has not been sufficiently borne in mind that the Jewish nation itself in its external or political aspect, was a type, and nothing more, of the Christian Israel . Philip acts at once, with alacrity hears the eunuch read the prophet Isaiah, and puts the question whether he understood what was read. . 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. If the blood of his saints, much more the blood of apostles, is precious in his eyes, and therefore, we may be sure, is not shed but upon a valuable consideration. 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. This was all happening during the days of Unleavened Bread, right after Passover (v. 3), around the same time Jesus was Crucified a decade or so previous. They had not those powers only, but this divine person given to them. 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. But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. They were in the church already. But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. "And the hand of the Lord was with them," as we are told, "and a great number believed and turned unto the Lord." 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. Luke recorded the events in this section to illustrate Gods supernatural protection and blessing of the church, even though the Christians suffered increased persecution, and Israels continued rejection of her Messiah. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. The greatest precautions had been taken to see that Peter did not escape. Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). 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! Question. ". He began with some of the members of the church, certain of them that were of less note and figure; played first at small game, but afterwards flew at the apostles themselves. The Spirit given to the believer was a privilege over and above faith, and supposed, therefore, their repentance unto life. 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. 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. The change in James may well be another great example of the power of the Cross to change the lives of men. he cried, and hears, "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." Thus they thought they had him fast. Not that one would deny that a mighty work was then wrought in Cornelius. He is a nephew to the Herod who had John the Baptist slain.
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