The previous gift of the Spirit without the intervention of any human hand was the most effectual stopper on the mouths of the brethren of the circumcision who were ever prone to object, and would surely have forbidden water, if God had not undeniably given them the unspeakable gift of the Spirit. 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. ], The supernatural deliverance of Peter 12:1-19, "Peters rescue from prison is an unusually vivid episode in Acts even when simply taken as a story about Peter. Christ's suffering servants are thus trained up by less troubles for greater, that tribulation may work patience, and patience experience. Now Rhoda comes running in and says, "Peter's out at the gate." "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." How could he resist the heavenly vision? There are, of course, imperfect expressions, inasmuch as the truth itself is but partially apprehended; but one is glad to see views so decidedly in advance of ordinary evangelicalism, with equal decision against more churchism. . Philip acts at once, with alacrity hears the eunuch read the prophet Isaiah, and puts the question whether he understood what was read. Beheading was not ordinarily used among the Jews; but, when kings gave verbal orders for private and sudden executions, this manner of death was used, as most expeditious; and it is probable that this Herod killed James, as the other Herod killed John Baptist, privately in the prison. 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. 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. Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural. Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. This is the only apostles death that the New Testament recorded. "And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people. But this other James, who will write an epistle after his name and will take a role of leadership in the council in Jerusalem, is not the James of the gospel, except that Mark does name him as one of the half brothers of Jesus. Clearly the Jew is meant. But "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and dragging off men and women, committed them to prison." We know that Paul thanked God that so it was with himself at Corinth; and we see that Peter here did not baptize, but simply "commanded them to be baptized." A. If this took place in A.D. 46, and Herod died in A.D. 44, then the event Luke related in chapter 12 antedated the famine visit, and probably all of Acts 11:27-30, by about two years. Aztn a prok elkezdenek kicsitelmerlni az eskv megszervezsnek rejtelmeibe s egyik dbbenetbl TovbbEskv szolgltatk dja, Vgre itt a j id, ami egyben azt jelenti hogy, lassan kezddik az eskv szezon.. Eskvszervezs tern szabadtrit szeretne a legtbb pr lmai eskvjnek. 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. No doubt their spiritual condition was defective, and their outward position must have seemed anomalous; but Scripture is decisive that such godly Gentiles there were. And Jesus said, "Are you able to be baptized with the baptism whereof I will be baptized?" I am far from saying that it was comely on their part to indulge in hesitation touching this wondrous display of divine grace. Nem okozott csaldst, hiszen a sajt eskvmn TovbbEskvi fotzs Gyrben, Garantlom nektek a laza, spontn, ktttsg nlkli fotzst, j kedvvel trstva, illetve kitn fnykpekkel gazdagodhattok. What a revolution this word caused in that mighty heart! Herod may have won the appreciation of the Jews, but he has lost any respect he may have had in the eyes of God. He was ruler of Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. It was not so with Cornelius. He stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church,Acts 12:1; Acts 12:1. 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. The holy city had rejected the gospel. 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. Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 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. . So about this time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. 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. Herod Antipas was driven as an exile also into Gaul, and then into Spain, and Herod Agrippa received also his tetrarchy. He would have Saul to return good for what I may venture to call a measure of evil towards him. Kedves Ltogat! But Herod was angry with them. "Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the very same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus." But Peter just kept knocking: and so when they opened the door, they saw him, and they were astonished. He preached Him, and this boldly in the synagogue too, "that he is the Son of God." The death of Stephen, therefore, has in various points of view a great significance. Surely He is always wise and consistent with Himself. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch." But what a rebuke is this to those that would make the church to be merely a creature of government, or in any wise to be of man's will, which is still worse, How blessed to see that it is a real organic whole, not only a living thing, but that He who is the spring of its life is the Holy Ghost Himself a divine person, who cannot but answer to the grace of the Lord Jesus whom He is come down to glorify. The time for the call of the Gentiles strictly was not yet come, though the way is being prepared. The soldiers who were the guards over Peter were put to death, taking the sentence that was to be placed upon Peter. Aristopollis was one of them. That, to me, is very interesting how close the spiritual world was to these men. We tend to like it better when we get a "yes" from heaven, but God might actually be doing A vltozatossg varzsolja szness a vilgunkat, s ettl olyan klnleges nlam egy fotzs. 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. ", Let me tell you something. He would make a spectacle of him. And he said, Who art thou, Lord?" Certainly the Ethiopian received the truth; but verse 37 had better be passed by in your minds, at least in this connection. Father, every ungodly power working against church growth be consumed by the fire of Holy Ghost, in Jesus name. Legtbb ismersm s jmagam is egy ltszlag teljesen idegen szakterletrl rkeztnk. The place once so famous for its nicknames was now to give a name that will never perish a name of incalculable sweetness and blessing, connecting Christ as it does with those that are His. If you 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! Next we find Barnabas stirred up to another and a characteristic enterprise. How essential to the idea of a Church the exercise of discipline is, may be seen from the embarrassing contrarieties between theory and practice which the virtual suspension of it in the Church of England is constantly occasioning" (pp. Herod had James, the brother of John, killed (v. 2) which pleased the Jewish leaders immensely (v. 3). He killed James. . He was one of the twelve who were commissioned to disciple all nations; and to take him off now, before he had removed from Jerusalem, was like Cain's killing Abel when the world was to be peopled, and one man was then more than many at another time. And he actually murdered several of his sons. The Spirit puts us in presence of the freedom of the servant, as he pleads with the Lord, for neither man nor even the child of God ever reaches up to the height of His grace. 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. There followed also such signs, or outward powers; but the Holy Ghost was given Himself, according to the Lord's word the promise of the Father, a promise which, as all know, was in the first instance assured to those who were already believers, and which was made good to them because they were believers, not to make them so. (EntityRef: expecting ';' at line 50, column 103) in /var/www/html/familytimes/includes/magpie6-1/rss_fetch.inc on line 230 4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. This is the Herod of our present passage in Acts 12:1-25. His was the first spirit that departed to be with Christ after the Holy Ghost was given. After all, though it seems so simple as to be a truism, though nothing can well be conceived more certain; nevertheless, practically it is not always the plainest and surest truth that carries all before it in our souls. 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. It's all set. He valued the ancient people of God; nor is he indeed the only centurion that loved their nation. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever," etc. I. Pray we hate evil and cling to what is good (12:9). The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper constituted the visible symbol of their profession, and the pledge of their union with Christ and with each other; but the governing function in the assembly was the ministry of the Word, whether it assumed the extraordinary forms of 'tongues' or a 'revelation,' or 'prophecy,' or 'the interpretation of tongues,' or consisted of the stated instruction of regular pastors and teachers. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526) 2. 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. Cornelius, I apprehend, was just in this case. 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. "That word ye know," says Peter, "which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him . To gather together, assemble. 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. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. Chapter 15 he'll speak up and again tell how God had led him to the Gentiles, but Peter passes on from the picture. 407.]. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. He did so. Surely it was true of all who really believed and knew His glory. All who are informed in these matters are aware that the best authorities reject the entire verse. Lord Jesus stand by me in my times of trouble,23:11. But not so in the ministry of the word or testimony of the Lord. 'Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in Christ;' 'that I may be comforted by the mutual faith both of you and me;' did St. Paul, when he thus wrote, regard himself as but nominally interested in the blessings of redemption? For every particular church is so, called on the supposition of its being a manifestation, more or less true, of the one holy Church the body of Christ. On this occasion they of the circumcision see that the Gentiles receive the gift of the Holy Ghost; for they hear them speak with tongues and magnify God, and they were astonished. Prayers To Get A Permanent Job 15. Barnabas was quite justified in seeking Saul. A nevem Hring Attila, profi fotogrfus vagyok. The purposes of God are going to stand. James was the second Christian martyr whom Luke identified (cf. 298, 299). At the same time scripture shows there might be and often was an interval after the gospel did go forth. He made an appearance to his half brother and after that point his half brother James and His half brother Jude became pillars in the early church. In fact, I don't expect you to keep them all straight. Leadership. I refer to this just to show how far scripture is from countenancing the cramped ideas of men, and that the only way of truth is to believe all the word of God, searching out the special principle of God by which He instructs us in the different characters of His action. "Who art thou, Lord?" As there was a Job in the Old Testament, independent of the law and perhaps before it, so we find a Cornelius before the glad tidings in the New Testament had been formally sent to the nations. 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. 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? See Luke 3:1. "And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man." God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. Because He lives we . 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. Their lands lay to the north of Palestine and in two ways Herod could make things very difficult for them. Certain - Some of the church. 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. But Peter waited there knocking. 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!" The Spread of the Gospel in Judaea and Samaria (Acts 8-12), C. The Spread of the Gospel to the Uttermost Part of the earth (Acts 13-28), How did the Gospel? It was their responsibility now as ever to accept the gracious offer of God. She despised the Holy Ghost as she had despised the Messiah; and no wonder therefore that he who had gone up to Jerusalem to worship was returning with the yearnings of his heart still unsatisfied. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. Why is it so important to love God and place Him first in All that heard were amazed. Observe here, 1. In verse five we read thatprayerwas made: 2. WebVerse Acts 12:1. Let us see briefly the various ramifications of the family of the Herods in their New Testament connections. Apparently a primary word; a 'mother'. Faith never rests on any other ground than God's word. The despised and hated name of Jesus is the only hope for man, Jesus is the only Saviour and Lord. Thus we find the utmost simplicity and quietness. And they said, "You're crazy!" So that the attempts of tyrants notwithstanding, God maketh choice of sweet-smelling sacrifices to establish the faith of his gospel. Finally, after the call of Saul of Tarsus, Peter himself (as well for other reasons as in order to cut off the semblance of discord in the various instruments of His grace) is brought in to show the perfect balance of divine truth and the wonderful harmony of His ways.