Stephen prayed as he was being stoned (Acts 7:5560) 5. This, to me, is quite fascinating. Tjkoztatjuk, hogy a honlap felhasznli lmny fokozsnak rdekben stiket alkalmazunk. But for himself and his household, what could he do but pray till the rich blessing came? a. Herod the king: This was Herod Agrippa I, the grandson of Herod the Great, who ruled in the days of Jesus birth ( Matthew 2:1-16 ). She strenuously insisted that it was so; but they kept saying, "It is his angel." There a large number had assembled together and were praying. (c) Drusilla (see Drousilla G1409) , who was the wife of Felix, the governor before whom Paul was tried ( Acts 24:24). After a brief visit to assure the Christians he was free again, Peter fled to a safer place (12-19).Herod, by contrast, suffered a horrible death. Designed by, INVERSORES! Prayers All descendants of Herod the Great down to the fourth generation, who were identified with the government of Palestine and are mentioned in the New Testament, are known in history by the surname Herod; Herod Archaelaus, Herod Antipas, Herod Philip II, Herod Agrippa I, and Herod Agrippa II (470). 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. He was led into no small perplexity by the reading current in his day, and, to the shame of Christendom, still tolerated as the received reading. This particular Herod was Herod Agrippa I. And because he did not give God glory, he was smitten by an angel and there died.So the end of Herod Agrippa I. In fact, it is thought by some that the upper room was actually in the house of Mary the mother of Mark. And they "made great lamentation over him." He was assuredly, before Peter went, a converted man. But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. Saul (as he is still called) and Barnabas are made the channels of bringing the contributions to the elders not named before. It was the Lord undoubtedly, and the Lord declared He was Jesus, and Jesus was Jehovah. From oikos; properly, residence, but usually an abode; by implication, a family. On the contrary, the grand bearing of this chapter is that now the tide of blessing is flowing away from Jerusalem. "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 . Hence the great importance of discipline. 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. it is beautiful to see how the Lord thus, even in the history of that which was unprecedented and might seem to lie outside Christian wants, provides in His blessed word for the every day difficulties we have to prove in such a day of weakness as ours. [Alas! He struck Peter's side and wakened him and said, "Rise quickly." And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. Kedves Ltogat! ], 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. When Herod had sought for him and did not find him, he examined the guards and ordered them to be led away to execution. Acts Chapter 12 There was the revelation now of Christ as an object for the Christian in heaven, and the revelation of Him too in a way entirely outside the narrow boundaries of Judaism. Now about that time - That is, during the time that the famine existed, or the time when Barnabas and Saul went up to Jerusalem. 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. 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. It was not enough that they had rejected the Messiah, nor even that He was made Lord and Christ on high. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. As we are told here and the Spirit delights to give such an account "he was a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.". This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. 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. 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. The believers prayed for guidance in making decisions (Acts 1:1526), 2. 378.) Acts 12:12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of 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. Why should there be unwillingness to meet and submit to others when it is a question of reception? 466, 467. For assuredly he would never have been content with one or two murders, and so have abstained from persecuting the rest, but he would rather have piled up martyrs upon heaps, unless God had set his hand against him, and defended his flock. Note what the Christians were doing. 2. It may well be the story of a thrilling rescue; but, however it happened, the hand of God was most definitely in it. Web12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. From that we learn that this was the headquarters of the Christian Church. WebActs 12 One Martyred, One Rescued A. James the apostle dies as a martyr. WebActs 12 shows that Peter and James put God first in their lives, regardless of the punishment they might receive. But for some reason, God did not see fit to deliver James, but allowed James to fall prey to Herod's sword. And Jesus said, "Are you able to be baptized with the baptism whereof I will be baptized?" . The returning treasurer of Queen Candace was a proselyte, I suppose, from the Gentiles, living among them, not as a Gentile himself, but practically a Jew, whatever the place of his birth and residence. All that heard were amazed. 449, 450). 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. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. Now Herod was highly displeased with those that were from Tyre and Sidon ( Acts 12:19-20 ): Cities that exist to the present day that have been in the news quite a bit of late as Israel has gone into southern Lebanon. 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. He would direct attention to the fact, that the ordinary greeting of St. Paul, at the beginning of each epistle, is to the 'saints and faithful brethren' constituting the Church of such a place, fellow-heirs with himself of eternal life; and that throughout these compositions, the members of the Church are presumed to be in living union with Christ, reasonings and exhortations being addressed to them, the force of which cannot be supposed to be admitted, except by those who are led by the Spirit of God; in short, that the members of the Corinthian or the Ephesian Church are addressed as Christians; and a Christian is one who is in saving union with Christ.". When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. His preaching Christ was the fruit of the Lord's call. Saul of Tarsus was yet breathing out his threats and slaughter when the Lord was pursuing His onward gracious work among the Samaritans and strangers. See Josephus, Antiq., book 19, chapter 5, section 1. Lord Jesus stand by me in my times of trouble,23:11. Evidently the authorities remembered the last time Peter had been arrested, and how he had mysteriously escaped from jail. Clearly the Jew is meant. And these people depended upon Palestine for their food supplies, and so they were pretty much a vassal to Palestine at this time. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. 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." She was a direct descendant of the Maccabeans, which made her a Jewess, but she was married to Herod the Great and so Herod Agrippa I was sort of half Jewish in a sense. ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T He is a nephew to the Herod who had John the Baptist slain. This brought the question to a simple issue; but here again, let it be noticed that the gift of the Holy Ghost belongs to those that believe. If he deflected the trade of Palestine from their ports their revenues would be seriously impaired. WebThe greatest sacrifice and act of submission is when we lay our agenda down and pick up Christs. But not so the word of God. 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. What a joy to be warranted to proclaim Him to others without stint, even to a soul as dark as the Ethiopian, who was then and there baptized! Acts 6:1-15; Acts 6:1-15 shows us the party in question murmuring. Herod the Great was married ten times. "He went on his way rejoicing." Acts 12:1-24 | BELIEVERS EARNEST PRAYERS - Triton World 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 was ruler of Judaea, Samaria and Idumaea. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. How continually too where we least think they do! what had high priest or Sanhedrim done for him? 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. (iv) Herod Philip the Second. 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. 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. 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. It is prayer that expects no answer. And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. The reading sanctioned by the best and most ancient authorities is the singular not the churches, but "the church." But this was not all. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. Ha szeretntek, ott vagyok, de ha nem, akkor szrevehetetlenl teszem a dolgom. Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. With that energy which characterized him he says, "Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. We must not limit, as ignorant people do, the operation of the Holy Spirit to the new birth. (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. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. Of Hebrew origin; Joannes, the name of four Israelites. How all-important for our souls that we should have Christ before us, and that we should have no desire but for His glory! 12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. 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. It is granted that man sees difficulty in this: there is what he cannot reconcile; but be assured that the great point is, first, to believe. . "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 . 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. It is we who by confounding matters lose consequently the blessedness and beauty of the truth of God. That is, to destroy its chief ornaments and supports. . Then we learn another important lesson. Thus, God preserved him. So says the Spirit to Philip, "Go near and join thyself to this chariot." Peter and John prayed for the Samaritans (Acts 8:1417), 6. This Herod was Agrippa the greater, [elder,] the son of Aristobulus, whom his father slew. . So he went to another place.Now, here we have an interesting enigma. 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. The Old-Testament martyrs were slain with the sword (Hebrews 11:37), and Christ came not to send peace, but a sword (Matthew 10:34), in preparation for which we must arm ourselves with the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, and then we need not fear what the sword of men can do unto us. Prayer to God for him was earnestly offered by the Church. And yet he had in his possession that famous Graeco-Latin Uncial (D) which he presented to the University of Cambridge in 1581, which MS. supports the Alexandrian. They went out and proceeded along one street; and thereupon the angel left him. As the Christian Jews became increasingly offensive to their racial brethren (cf. This Is the Day 12 Prayer Points as Released by The Redeemed Christian Church of God Directorate of Prayer. Surely you cannot accuse these people of praying the prayer of faith. (b) Bernice (see Bernike G959) , who appeared with him when Paul was under examination. When day came there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter. (Acts 10:1-48). Surely He is always wise and consistent with Himself. Father, I declare that (These were the days of unleavened bread). It has been about eight years since the martyrdom of Stephen. F terleteim:eskv fotzs, csald , portr , glamour , s reklmfotzs. He had before this delivered Saul from the effects of undue anxiety and distrust in the minds of the disciples. "Herod the king" was Herod Agrippa I whom the Roman emperor Gaius appointed king over Palestine in A.D. 37. In fact, James thought that his brother Jesus was mad, and at one time sought to rescue Him from the crowd. 5. They'll find out I'm here], he declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. It was not to be done by mere systematic rule of a human pattern. WebPRAYER POINTS FROM ACTS 23. It was at the feast of the passover, when their celebrating the memorial of their typical deliverance should have led them to the acceptance of their spiritual deliverance; instead of this, they, under pretence of zeal for the law, were most violently fighting against it, and, in the days of unleavened bread, were most soured and embittered with the old leaven of malice and wickedness. (750) In duces et capita animadverti solet, punishment is usually inflicted on the heads and captains. 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. Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. It seems to have been the working of divine grace in their souls, and nothing else. Nevertheless the God that vindicated the honour of the crucified Jesus did not forget the martyred Stephen; and though there was an outburst of persecution, which scattered abroad throughout the region of Judea and Samaria all the believers that were in Jerusalem except the apostles, devout men were not wanting who carried Stephen to his burial. That the mode of interpretation alluded to involves a deviation from the obvious meaning of the New Testament phraseology is not, indeed, sufficient reason for at once rejecting it; but it does warrant us in requiring that the necessity for such deviation shall be clearly made out. Hence it is there were mighty powers that wrought by those who were employed by the Holy Ghost; as, for instance, by Philip himself; afterwards also by the disciples, when Peter and John came down and laid their hands upon them with prayer.