Acts 16:40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. He had a conviction that this was the instrument the Lord would use for good. 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. Of any typical or sacrificial element, St. Paul makes no mention: the whole service, with the exception of the Lord's Supper, was manifestly homiletic or verbal. Nevertheless, care was taken to hinder all appearance of independence or indifference to unity. (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." By the Holy Ghost there is imparted all the firmness of a divine bond, and all the intimacy of a real living relationship of the nearest kind. WebVerse 12. Copyright 2023 ec Estudio Integral. Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). "He went on his way rejoicing." And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, and said, I have found David the. On the contrary, the grand bearing of this chapter is that now the tide of blessing is flowing away from Jerusalem. There was special exposure to this evil which called for so much the greater guard against it at Samaria. 4. He struck Peter's side and wakened him and said, "Rise quickly." B. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. Then we find Simon struck not so much by an individual's endowment with miraculous power, as by the fact that others received it by the apostles' laying on of hands. From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family. Mvsz belltottsg s egyben riport jelleg kpekkel gazdagthatlak benneteket. "Suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? PRAYER POINTS "The Church of Christ was not properly in existence before the day of Pentecost; much less did she, before that era, go forth on her mission to evangelize* the world. A. the power of the Spirit to this end is lost sight of.] Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark. Saul in his zeal had desired letters giving him authority to punish the Christian Jews, and was found on his way journeying near the Gentile city that he sought. 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. 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. Acts 12 I say, "the church; " for there need be no doubt, I think, that such is the true form* of what is given us in verse 31. 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. The church has economic diversity. But this detects the man. They were now put in contact with his wants, and all was instantly light in his soul. The Old Testament saints were just as safe before the work of Christ as they were afterwards, but this work put them on a ground of conscious salvation before God. It is always thus in the ways of God. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man ( Acts 12:20-22 ). Now don't try to figure out an answer, because we don't know.The ways of God are beyond our finding out. 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. 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. This remained; but he preached Him rather in His own personal glory, not as the Son of David, the servant, which was the great burden of Peter's preaching, made Lord and Christ; not that He was the Son of man in heaven, as Stephen witnessed; but that this Jesus, the Christ, is the Son of God, clearly therefore more particularly bound up with the divine nature, or godhead glory of Himself. Now, Herod Agrippa I forever enshrines his name in infamy as the one guilty of the blood of the first apostle to be martyred. God was meeting sinners as such, whatever they might be, giving no doubt a heavenly character to what had a heavenly source with a heavenly result. It is the message of life, but it is also the means of peace. Therefore, in an effort to please them he took action against the apostles by having one of them, James, executed (12:1-2).The execution of James pleased the Jews more than Herod expected, so next time he planned to kill the leading apostle, Peter (3-5). All depended upon this. It was even, and urgently, pressed on them, but they refused with disdain the message, and rejected the messengers to blood. Az eskv helysznnek ezttal a Solo tterem adott otthont. And so he did ( Acts 12:4-8 ). The voice that said, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?" The fact is, that the notion of imposition of hands being a universal medium of conveying the Holy Ghost is certainly a mistake. Such is the unfolding of the ways of God at this point. The angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." is stricken by an angel, and dies miserably. And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. But he is truly a bondman, and at once is ready to go at the bidding of the Lord, who had given him to reap in joy where He had Himself tasted the firstfruits in the days of His own ministry here below. To a reflecting believer it will be plain that the reasons for this do not hold at the present time. Grace can credit grace easily, understands the ways of the Lord, and disarms suspicion. 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. He was also the Herod to whom Pilate sent Jesus for trial ( Luke 23:7 ff.). But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. 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. At once, with the instinct of flesh, he sees a good 'opportunity for himself, and, judging of others' hearts by his own, presents money as the means of acquiring the coveted power. 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. But Peter just kept knocking: and so when they opened the door, they saw him, and they were astonished. Even his conduct in the arrest of Peter shows his desire to conciliate the Jews. It is not His operation in enabling souls to believe, but a precious boon given to such as believed. There was to be a testimony to an the nations. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. However, outside of the council in Jerusalem, this is the last mention of Peter that we have in the book of Acts. He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. Now the reason, as it appears to me, why divine wisdom led to this striking difference at Samaria, was the necessity of hindering that independence to which even Christians are so liable. Accordingly Peter and John, two of the chiefs among the apostles, come down from Jerusalem. 'Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,' etc. 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?" It is we who by confounding matters lose consequently the blessedness and beauty of the truth of God. It was the obliterating of mere fleshly distinction between Jew and Gentile. Let him that will, repair to the second to the Galatians. Father, every ungodly power working against church growth be consumed by the fire of Holy Ghost, in Jesus name. He would have His people, where they give, to have a voice. 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. 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. . 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 believer would have wondered more at the grace of God, and bowed in adoration before Him. So meanwhile, back at the prison Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter ( Acts 12:18 ). When they would gird themselves, and the purpose of it is they would wear these long robes kind of things. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Genitive Masculine Singular. Undoubtedly throughout these districts churches existed; but it was all one and the same church too, and not different bodies. Let us see briefly the various ramifications of the family of the Herods in their New Testament connections. And because this was translated by the King James translators in 1600 and by this time this pagan celebration of Ashtar had invaded the church and was changed slightly to Easter instead of Ashtar. And in the present case this requirement is the more reasonable from the circumstance that the Apostles uniformly identify themselves, as regards their Christian standing and hopes, with those to whom they write. Observe that, although the next words are beyond a question scriptural, and so far the case differs from verse 37 referred to in the last chapter, the last clause of verse 5 and the first of verse 6 belong properly speaking to two other chapters (Acts 22:1-30, Acts 26:1-32) rather than to this. There was more work for him to do. Luke calleth this games which was slain the brother of John, that he may distinguish him from the son of Alpheus. When he had considered; better, with Meyer and Alford, when he perceived it, viz. Is not this interlacing after a divine sort? As little could there be a question as to the grace exercised toward him, though the manner was not after that of man. Saul (as he is still called) and Barnabas are made the channels of bringing the contributions to the elders not named before. 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. . For hence the Lord called him to a new sphere a task which, to a Jewish mind, was beyond measure strange. Did he not feel so much the more settled in Jesus as there was no other object now before his soul? His grandfather was the Herod who had the babies of Bethlehem slaughtered in hopes he would destroy the baby Jesus. Where. 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. From pros and euchomai; to pray to God, i.e. Egy kedves bartom eskvjn ktttem ki Gyr vrosban.Bemutatnk pr fott a lakodalom rszleteibl. The latter is, unquestionably, the ground which he takes" (pp. God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. The holy city had rejected the gospel. (a) To call (name) by a supplementary (additional, alternative) name, (b) mid: To call upon, appeal to, address. 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. Azt lltjk rlam, sokoldal fots vagyok, s minden helyzetben kiismerem magam Tbb ves hazai s klfldi referencival rendelkezem. This is just a vision, it's not really happening." All who are informed in these matters are aware that the best authorities reject the entire verse. 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. ], 4. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhoda. That is, to destroy its chief ornaments and supports. And we hear almost daily of the tensions that exists with the Israeli occupation forces and the people of Sidon and Tyre today. 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. 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. The answer is, "How can I, except some man should guide me?" To these the Emperor Claudius afterwards added Judea and Samaria; which were nearly all the dominions possessed by his grandfather, Herod the Great. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Apostles: Acts 12:12 Thinking about that he came to (Acts of the Apostles Ac). . Nor is it that the other disciples had not the same faith. quietem, perpetual rest. In this story we do not necessarily see a miracle. 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. Where they really didn't know if it was reality or just some spiritual revelation. This was precisely what God was now doing; and the remarkable fact appears, that God did not wait for the apostle of the Gentiles to bring the good news to Cornelius. . 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." Mi sem egyszerbb, meghvunk minden bartot s bulizunk egy jt. No believer could be so ignorant of God and His ways of old as to imagine there ought to be any doubt about those who nevertheless were full of anxieties and troubles, and through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. He had no confidence in the Lord for himself not a particle; for just as those who have confidence in the Lord have not an atom in man, his sole hope of blessing for his soul lay in the influence of another man, not in Christ's grace. 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. 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. The Holy Ghost came upon them, not merely, it will be observed, certain spiritual powers, but the Holy Ghost Himself. 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? He was truly in earnest before God. "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." 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? We know that God could have delivered James by a miracle even as He delivered Peter. Could it be otherwise, when, spite of proud unbelief and conceit of distinctive privilege, they were forced to feel that they were none the less the constant resisters of the Holy Ghost like their fathers, who had been guilty themselves, and suffered the consequence of their guilt in their prostration to the Gentiles; to feel now that they themselves were no better, but rather worse; that there was the same unbelief bringing out its effects even more tremendously; that they were guilty of the blood of their own Messiah, who was now risen and exalted in the highest seat of heaven? These gifts, at least such as were of an extraordinary sort, were the outward signs of that gift in early days; and it was of great importance that there should be a decisive palpable testimony to it. Lets all Pray through Romans 12 and 13 this week 1Ki 21:1 Near King Ahabs palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth. God is always wise. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. This is why the church advanced more dramatically in Gentile territory, as the rest of Acts shows. One must be born again; but, like many others who had really been quickened in those days (and it may be even now, I presume), a soul might be born again, and yet far from resting in peace on redemption, far indeed from a sense of deliverance from all questions as to his soul. [Note: Longenecker, p. 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. 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. By divine intervention this proud Herod Agrippa I is soon to be "eaten of worms" (verse 23). 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. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. theology. The Spread of the Gospel in Jerusalem (Acts 1-7), B. "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. There can be little doubt that, even in the apostolic age, the church of each considerable city such as Rome or Ephesus consisted, not of one congregation, but of several, who were collectively styled the church of that place; certain it is that such was the case towards the close of the first century. 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. Acts 7:54-60). (Acts 12:5, AV) One Kezdjk azzal, hogyan is szletik azeskvi fots. 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. 276-78.] Prayer When they were up against it, they turned to God. See how he advances gradually. In verse five we read thatprayerwas made: 2. "About that time was A.D. 44, as Herods death occurred in this year" (Boles 187). Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural. He was going, back without the blessing that his earnest heart yearned after. It was Peter, not Paul, who was sent to Cornelius. On these I need only remark how grace used them for the spread of the testimony. Prayer Sermon by Greg Nance, Acts 12:1-30 - SermonCentral.com See Luke 3:1. Gird yourself up and tie on your sandals. Herod the Great had ten wives. And they "made great lamentation over him." 298, 299). 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. WebPraying through Acts 13:22 Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. Religious persecution is invariably ruthless and blind even to the commonest feelings of humanity. Warren W. Wiersbe noted, This is certainly a good lesson for the church today. 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. But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. If you Oh, what a blessing it is to have and know such a Saviour! And Jesus said, "Are you able to be baptized with the baptism whereof I will be baptized?" Josephus doth no where call him Herod, it may be, because he had a brother who was king of Chalcis, whose name was Herod. So he went to another place.Now, here we have an interesting enigma. It was the Lord undoubtedly, and the Lord declared He was Jesus, and Jesus was Jehovah. There were several illegal aspects of the trial of Jesus Christ. How startled this good man but excessively keen controversialist must have been, had he learnt that, beyond all just question, the only tenable text here is destructive of the notion of independent churches, and in reality gives the appellation to the entire body of the disciples throughout these regions, as standing on one common ground, and enjoying full intercommunion, though in these different districts. Hoping to boost his approval ratings even further, Herod had Peter arrested also (v. 3). In the reign of Claudius also, the dominions of Herod Agrippa were still further enlarged. It is thought that her house was pretty much the headquarters of the church in Jerusalem. And he said, Go show these things unto James ( Acts 12:16-17 ). But it was not merely one who departed to be with the Lord, which was far better; it was by the act of the Jews in the infuriate spirit of persecution. 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. 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!" Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12 . For indeed he was but 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 (. A fotzs nlunk csak amolyan szerelem volt, egy hobbi. 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. The King James translators just translated this word Easter because it does signify that same time of the year. ", Even here the intimation is sufficiently plain that the Gentiles were in the foreground of the work designed for Saul of Tarsus. (b) Bernice (see Bernike G959) , who appeared with him when Paul was under examination. But Luke distinguisheth them from those, whom he calleth afterward [this is precisely where he is mistaken; his reasoning is sound, but his knowledge defective]. WebPrayers To Get A Permanent Job This Month 12. The profound moral work of God proceeded in that converted heart. Surely you cannot accuse these people of praying the prayer of faith. (p. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526), 2. "To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him." Scripture is clear and unequivocal as to the truth of the case. How could its reality be doubted? Heavenly Father, I pray that I may be quick to confess my own sin, eager to trust Your word and faithful to obey Your commands.. and that I abide in You and You in me, so that I may be a 'man' after Your own heart - to Your praise and glory. ", Let me tell you something. Theirs was not the joy that saw into the presence of God. And when Herod Agrippa saw this pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. Such was the man to whom God was about to send the gospel by Peter.