Thus they thought they had him fast. The Gentiles were sinners: why should they not dare to speak to the Gentiles? Azeskvi fotzst, eskvi szolgltatk munkjt rendszerint a felszn alapjn tlik meg, de elmeslem a valsgot megmutatni mindenfle kdsts nlkl. (p. 3. In the portion which follows we shall see the manner of the Spirit of God's working by the great apostle of the Gentiles. 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. This was what attracted him; and, as it is said here, "he continued with Philip" (there was no other bond of connection), "and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done." Jehovah's house had been left doubly desolate; Jerusalem had this added to her other sins that, when the blessing had come down from heaven, she would not have it. Herod stretched forth his hand against the church and he killed James the brother of John with the sword. It was at a prayer meeting in Philippi that God opened Lydias heart (Acts 16:13), and another prayer meeting in Philippi that opened the prison doors (Acts 16:25ff), 13. Where. This is the Herod of our present passage in Acts 12:1-25. Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. 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. Munkm sorn kett fnykpezvel s tbb TovbbEskv fotzs Pr fontos krds eskv szervezs idejn 2. rsz. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. At the same time, along with this is seen universality in the going out of both the truth and grace of God, which could not but be foreign to the law. Copyright 2023 ec Estudio Integral. Among the Gentiles we know that they were installed, as we shall see a little later, by apostolic choice. Web1. . 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. 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. Here the Lord alone gives, alone calls, alone sends forth. the truth of his deliverance. 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. One of his wives, Miriam, had a son, Aristopollis that was murdered by Herod the Great, as was Miriam. 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. WebActs 12:1 (NASB) Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church, in order to mistreat them. 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! "Luke doth at length declare that certain of them brought this treasure even unto the Gentiles. How confirmatory it must have been to the apostle's heart to learn that Ananias was now sent by the same Lord Jesus, without the slightest intimation from without, whether of Saul himself or any other man! God had published it already to the sons of Israel, and the good man rejoiced in it. Faith never rests on any other ground than God's word. 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. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. In the meantime, the church waspraying, and in answer to theirprayers(v. 5) God supernaturally awakened Peter from a sound sleep (v. 6). It was plain enough to see the Christian assembly in a city, even if it were as numerous as in Jerusalem, where it must have met in not a few different localities and chambers. The personal holiness of the Christian is a property of the individual, not of the society as such; hence a professing Christian society, however large a proportion of holy men it may contain, does not predicate of itself that it is a part of Christ's holy Church as long as it exercises no formal official act implying that assumption. . But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. He wished to gain fresh influence, not to lose his old: why not, by this new method, if possible, turn things to his own account? 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. Herod Agrippa I, the son of Miriam, who was a descendant of the Maccabeans. See Josephus, Antiq., book 19, chapter 5, section 1. Is this too much to ask? 276-78.] Conscience would have been searched by the truth of God; and the heart would have been filled with praise at the grace of God. In fact, it is thought by some that the upper room was actually in the house of Mary the mother of Mark. Historical: Records the historical spread of the Gospel (Acts 1:2). 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. 2. They served in three-hour shifts around the clock in guarding the prisoner. Let this suffice them if the Lord grant them some time wherein they may recover their strength. Agabus had come to Antioch and predicted a great drought was going to come, and so they took up a collection to take back to the saints in Jerusalem. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had completed their errand of mercy. The latter is, unquestionably, the ground which he takes" (pp. Luke calleth this games which was slain the brother of John, that he may distinguish him from the son of Alpheus. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526) 2. A menyasszony ton a fodrszhoz s a sminkeshez, a vlegny pedig felkszl a nagy napra testben s fejben. Peter then, with this new-born conviction in his soul, reads the prophets with entirely fresh light and other eyes. 7-11). (cf. 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. 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? Szabadtri eskvk esetn: Van tet a fejnk felett, lehetsg es esetre? There were Gentiles who truly looked to the Lord, and not to self or man; who had been taught of Him to look for a coming Saviour, though they quite rightly connected that Saviour with Israel; for such was the burden of the promise. Egy eskv, az ifj pr szmra mr relatv korn reggel kezddik. To return to the case of the Corinthians: on what principle, let us ask, did St. Paul reprove them for their inconsistencies? The persecution of the Jerusalem church 12:1-24. James the brother of John has been put to death by Herod. Yet it is likely that he did shed innocent blood, that, according to the common craft of kings, he might gratify a furious people; because St. Luke will shortly after declare that Peter the apostle was put into prison that he might be a pleasant spectacle. Some of our other records tells us that he went to Rome and was there crucified upside down. For indeed he was but man. Legtbb ismersm s jmagam is egy ltszlag teljesen idegen szakterletrl rkeztnk. Lord, help me to think about some real answers toprayerI have had. In this passage we come on the first mention of the man who was the real leader of the Christian Church in Jerusalem. There was to be a testimony to an the nations. Jerusalem passes as the center of the church's activity and now moves to Antioch, and all of the missionary activity in taking the Gospel into all of the world centers out of the church in Antioch. It may be observed passingly, that thus plainly baptizing is in no way a necessarily ministerial act. The Jews in general were becoming restless concerning the free mixing between Jewish and Gentile Christians, and were angry at the apostles for encouraging it. Vissza a szlvrosomba, mghozz eskv miatt. WebVerse Acts 12:1. Paul tells us in Galatians how he came to the church in Antioch, caused some trouble that Paul had to rebuke him for. There was the freest action of the Holy Ghost, sovereignly free, and it is impossible to maintain this too stringently; and there was the utmost care that all should be left open for the Holy Ghost to act according to His own will, not only within the church, but also by evangelizing outside. Ministry. Even now, although it is the gospel that God sends out, we know well how many, through a misuse of Old Testament teaching, plunge themselves into distress and doubt. She strenuously insisted that it was so; but they kept saying, "It is his angel." Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give the glory to God. 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. "St. Paul, in chap 14 of the first epistle to the Corinthians, presents us with a graphic picture of the mode in which Christians in the first age of the Church celebrated public worship. Herod the king - This was Herod Agrippa. Because it is not connected with events in the chapters immediately before and after it, however, it may seem rather isolated and unimportant for Acts as a whole. "In the opening chapters of the Acts of the Apostles, the Christian dispensation is seen in actual operation; for that with the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost that dispensation properly commences will probably be admitted by all parties. Answering to the vision, messengers bring the apostle to the household of Cornelius, and Peter opens his mouth to the following effect: "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: but in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. The church has economic diversity. For seeing the Jews, whom he mentioned a little before, were partly of Cyprus, they must needs be reckoned in that number, because the Jews count Cyprus a part of Greece. A nevem Hring Attila, profi fotogrfus vagyok. IDEAL OPORTUNIDAD DE INVERSION, CODIGO 4803 OPORTUNIDAD!! How all-important for our souls that we should have Christ before us, and that we should have no desire but for His glory! 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. Victory Over Stubborn Pursuers 14. 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. 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. (748) Perpetuam. A. Not on the other hand that there ought to be a spirit of suspicion or distrust in the church or any Christian. "Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of those things which ye have spoken come upon me.". And they said, "Yes, Lord, we are able." Peter prayed before he raised Dorcas from the dead (Acts 9:3643), 8. WebPraying through Acts 1:10. So he comes to the place where the prayer meeting is being held. The soldiers who were the guards over Peter were put to death, taking the sentence that was to be placed upon Peter. See Luke 3:1. He was guarded by four quaternions of soldiers. 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. He was led of God. 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. Two soldiers were chained to him and two watched the doors. On the night before Herod was going to bring him before the people, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound by two chains; and guards kept continuous watch before the door. When Peter escaped he took his way straight to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark. The Spirit given to the believer was a privilege over and above faith, and supposed, therefore, their repentance unto life. The finger of God is clearly seen in this chapter. Placed in a dungeon, Peter had 16 soldiers guarding him (4 squads of 4 each). Nevertheless, being a good man and full of the Holy Ghost, he seeks out and takes Saul to the apostles when others stood aloof, and declared unto them "how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus; and he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem." 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. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. It is not to be treated as mere human arrangement. - Pastor David Jetts daily prayer: Lord, SPEAK to me today SEARCH me today SHOW me today SEND me today. - The saint who advances on his knees never retreats. (Jim Elliot) - Be sure that no time is so well spent as that which a man spends on his knees. (J.C. Ryle) - Pray without ceasing. ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17) Gird yourself up and tie on your sandals. WebDIVINE PRESERVATION PRAYER POINTS. 192, 193). In fact, I don't expect you to keep them all straight. But why would God permit it? 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. (c) Drusilla (see Drousilla G1409) , who was the wife of Felix, the governor before whom Paul was tried ( Acts 24:24). How then could so fatal an error have been committed? Veszprm a bulik vrosa.. Persze nem csak a partyk, hanem az eskvk is igen npszerek a vrosban. Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. We are told of another who also built for the Jews their synagogue. The chapter itself proves that he had to be forced to go. At Samaria they had been baptized for some time, as we know. And when she knew Peter's voice, she did not open the gate for gladness, but ran in [scatter-brained girl], and told how that Peter was standing at the gate. But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. Then said they, It must be his angel ( Acts 12:13-15 ). Festus did not have any charges to send with Paul, and so he had asked Herod Agrippa II, the son of this Herod Agrippa I, to hear Paul's case in order that they might develop charges against him to send to Nero when he was sent there. 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. They said to her, "You are mad." All know that there were Jews waiting for the Saviour. Where, whither, when, in what place. Persecution of the Christians now swung from religious to include political motivation. 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). Szeretek a termszetes fnyekkel fotzni, de ha nincs ms megolds, marad TovbbEskv fotzsa Sopronban Egy fergetes buli a hatr mellett, Itt az l plda mirt nem kell ktsgbe esni ha szeszlyes az idjrs.Tbbek kztt azrt sem mert olyan fotid lesznek ami msoknak nincsen. But for some reason, God did not see fit to deliver James, but allowed James to fall prey to Herod's sword. 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. Undoubtedly the cruelty of this mad man was restrained and bridled by the secret power of God. Now don't try to figure out an answer, because we don't know.The ways of God are beyond our finding out. To Philip was left Iturea and Trachonitis. Who that honours scripture can pretend that hands were laid on any then? Finally, when the angel left and Peter was standing on the street, he said, "Hey, it wasn't a dream. 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 . In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. . And it continues still. Clearly they were not Christians; but God has all hearts in His keeping. WebIn Acts 12, we learn from this prayer group how to pray and how not to pray. Thus on the great Gentile occasion, as before on the Jewish at Pentecost, the medium of man completely disappears. It did not escape the discerning eyes of Peter a little afterward. . And interestingly enough, Jesus, after His resurrection, did appear unto James as Paul tells us in I Corinthians Acts 15:7 . It was a action that you would take in order that you might have greater freedom of movement. Question. May our hearts and minds be fully He was the grandson of Herod the Great who was the Herod at the time of the birth of Jesus. 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. Then follows another grave fact. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. Accordingly the rejection of the very witness of Christ, speaking by the Holy Ghost the rejection of Him to heaven becomes the turning-point; and then by the Lord from heaven is now called forth the witness of grace as well as of the glory of Christ. Though the Spirit of the Lord catches away Philip, so full is his heart of the truth that we may be sure all that occurred confirmed it in his eyes. There is no question of a Jew, but "Whosoever believeth in him." We will deal with Herod Agrippa II, his son, in a few weeks as we move on in the book of Acts. 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." By divine intervention this proud Herod Agrippa I is soon to be "eaten of worms" (verse 23). WebActs)12which"gives"you"asnapshotinto"the"prayer"life"of"the" church.Butdontturn$there$yet.$ " Thus we see God had allowed things apparently to take their course. But it was God's way. He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. The true text,* which has sufficient if not the most ancient authority, tells us that they spoke to Greeks or Gentiles. If you Remember that verse 37 is only an imaginary conversation between him and Philip. (iii) Archelaus ( G745) . James sheds his blood, as Stephen had before; for this Peter was destined by man, but the Lord disappointed him. 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. 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. 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." Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560) 5. This is why the church advanced more dramatically in Gentile territory, as the rest of Acts shows. They were in the church already. Iturea, Trachonitis, Abilene, with Gaulonitis, Batanaea, and Penias. This was suitable to them. How could anything seem too great and good to him whose heart had just made the acquaintance of Jesus? Now Rhoda comes running in and says, "Peter's out at the gate." But at this point a still more important step was about to be taken; and the Lord enters on it with due solemnity, as we shall see in the following chapter. (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. Nevertheless, care was taken to hinder all appearance of independence or indifference to unity. God will always be Himself, and cannot be other than Sovereign. 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. A fotzs szmomra nem csak egy munka, hanem egy szenvedly, amit csak fnykpezvel tudok csillaptani Szeretem az egyedi elkapott pillanatokat, de nem szeretem az erltetett belltsokat. If Jesus was Jehovah, what then had his religion been? It is too familiar how soon human superstition perverted this blessed institution of the Lord into a sacramental means of grace, duly administered by one in the line of succession. *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. 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. What a wonderful change for these poor Gentiles to know Christ for themselves, and to be called after Christ! So Peter was continuously guarded in prison. When he had beheaded James, he proceeded further, he added, to take Peter also. 256, 257). TovbbEskvi fotzs Eskv szervezs, Volt szerencsm Tibi es Szandra fergeteges eskvjn rszt venni. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. 12:1-17. And so he went out, and followed him; and he knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision ( Acts 12:8-9 ). Then Peter says to them, "Can any man forbid water?" (EntityRef: expecting ';' at line 50, column 103) in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/magpie6-1/rss_fetch.inc on line 230