So says the Spirit to Philip, "Go near and join thyself to this chariot." a. Herod the king: This was Herod Agrippa I, the See Luke 3:1. They are, indeed, a sign to unbelievers, and that such is the result we find shown us by the Spirit of God in the chapter before us. Now about that time: This phrase refers to the time Saul and Barnabus make their trip to take the collection gathered by the saints in Antioch to the famine stricken brethren in Jerusalem. There was a bringing out of that which belonged to Christ, not merely the place which Christ took, but that which He is from all eternity, consequently that which is most of all intrinsically precious. Szabadtri eskvk esetn: Van tet a fejnk felett, lehetsg es esetre? Loving Father, thank You for the hope of our resurrection and rapture knowing that the Lord Jesus is the firstborn from the dead. Yet the Holy Ghost was given in especial power on that day. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. Pray and say: Father, here am I, take me and use me. 2. Accordingly we find, as the testimony had gone forth throughout Jerusalem at least, so now the old rival of Jerusalem comes within the dealings of God. We know that God could have delivered James by a miracle even as He delivered Peter. 2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. Such is salvation. . 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. Hence though Philip might preach and they receive the gospel, the apostles come down, and with prayer lay their hands upon them, and then they receive the Holy Ghost. But the close lets us see more than this. Thus we see God had allowed things apparently to take their course. And he said, Go show these things unto James ( Acts 12:16-17 ). Unbelief here is alas! He was guarded by four quaternions of soldiers. 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. Why should there be unwillingness to meet and submit to others when it is a question of reception? His grandfather was the Herod who had the babies of Bethlehem slaughtered in hopes he would destroy the baby Jesus. Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. Herod Agrippa I had Jewish blood in his veins and consistently sought to maintain favor with and the support of the Jews over whom he ruled, which he did effectively. Ananias, wholly unprepared for the call of such an enemy of the gospel, slow of heart to believe all, expostulates, as it were, with the Saviour. . Great workman as Peter was, he required the intervention of God in a vision to send him to do a work that these unnamed brethren undertook in their confidence of His grace, without any vision or sign whatsoever. But it is still more strange as evidence of the slipshod criticism of the Reformers that Beza, who was more of a scholar than his predecessors, uniformly edits , and writes a blundering note to the effect that it is here used in the sense of . 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. ( Acts 12:1) Herod harasses the church. Did he address them as absolutely destitute of the vital principle of grace, or as possessing it, but needing exhortation to walk conformably thereto? 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. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. He valued the ancient people of God; nor is he indeed the only centurion that loved their nation. due to the church of God? Now, look you, the Angel of the Lord stood by and a light shone in the house. Korbban, filmes idszakban meggondolta TovbbEskvi fots munkja, vrl vre emberek tzezrei dntenek gy, hogy letket sszektik, csaldot alaptanak sboldogsgban lnek. 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. It may be interesting to many readers to read as follows from Mr. Edward A. Litton's work on "The Church of Christ in its Idea, Attributes, and Ministry; with a particular reference to the Controversy between Romanists and Protestants." There now broke out upon the Church, and especially upon its leaders, a new wave of persecution instigated by King Herod. The importance of closer attention to the text is well shown by Calvin's remarks on this verse. "Herod the king" was Herod Agrippa I whom the Roman emperor Gaius appointed king over Palestine in A.D. 37. 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. Settle it invariably that God is wiser than we. 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. God did not clothe him with such overwhelming influence that doors were thrown open to him though the greatest of the apostles. But she constantly affirmed that it was true. Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them (Acts 20:36; 21:5), 14. 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. Thus they thought they had him fast. So when we see that the enemies of godliness, being full of fury, do not commit horrible slaughters, that they may mix and imbrue all things with blood, let us know that we need not thank their moderation and clemency for this; but because, when the Lord doth spare his sheep, he doth not suffer them to do so much hurt as they would. Herod accepted the praise as if he was God, and was punished for it (20-23). But now finding himself eclipsed, like a wily man, his object was to avail himself of this superior energy if it were possible. 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. By means of this discipline, they having been separated from the society whose overt acts were contrary to their Christian profession, the apostle, not being endowed with the divine prerogative of inspecting the heart, was compelled to take the rest at their profession, and to deal with them as real Christians so long as there was no visible, tangible proof to the contrary . So he went to another place.Now, here we have an interesting enigma. It is, then, nothing but the fact, that the invisible Church, or rather that which in the Church is invisible, preceded that which is visible. 1Ki 21:1 Near King Ahabs palace in Jezreel there was a vineyard owned by a man named Naboth. 192, 193). Luke seems to have wanted to close his portrayals of the Christian mission within the Jewish world (Acts 2:42 to Acts 12:24) with two vignettes having to do with Gods continued activity on behalf of the Jerusalem church." Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 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 . And very ambitious surely he was to please the people who was willing thus to please them! When King Herod mistreated the believers in Jerusalem and had James put to death, he saw that it pleased the Jews, many of whom hated the Christians and considered them a cult. Neither one nor other ever entered into the thoughts or feelings of Simon. Az eskv helysznnek ezttal a Solo tterem adott otthont. Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. * Thenceforth the Church becomes a matter of history; and its history is nothing less than that of the vicissitudes, prosperous and adverse, which the kingdom of God upon earth has in the lapse of ages passed through. Merrill F. Unger gives the following comment on the name Herod: It belonged alike to all the Herodian house as known to the Scriptures. [Note: See Longenecker, pp. Simon can only answer, "Pray ye to the Lord for me." 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. "You gotta have faith brother! Prayer Points 1 Father, I thank you for sending Jesus Christ to us. We see such in the gospels. 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. . But at the same time to my own mind it seems to be only homage to God's word to affirm positively that of which I am sure. God had published it already to the sons of Israel, and the good man rejoiced in it. "And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." It was the obliterating of mere fleshly distinction between Jew and Gentile. They were now put in contact with his wants, and all was instantly light in his soul. 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. Religious persecution is invariably ruthless and blind even to the commonest feelings of humanity. 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. 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. The exercise of discipline is the true and legitimate expression of the sanctity of a visible Church considered as a society. But even this short mention of the thing is sufficient to let us know that the first preachers of the gospel were so well assured of the truth of it that they sealed it with their blood, and thereby have encouraged us, if at any time we are called to it, to resist unto blood too. 407-8, for a brief biography of Herod Agrippa I.] Here comes the telling word for him that feared the Lord and bowed to His word, though he was a Gentile. God will always be Himself, and cannot be other than Sovereign. [1] Warren W. Wiersbe, The Bible Exposition Commentary (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1996), Ac 1:15. How could he resist the heavenly vision? This Is the Day 12 Prayer Points as Released by The Redeemed Christian Church of God Directorate of Prayer. And so he did. The light that shone suddenly on him was from heaven. James was the second Christian martyr whom Luke identified (cf. Continually he tried to encourage his fellow Jews to be more tolerant of others (Acts 15:13,Acts 15:19). Herod would not condemn him till the passover was over, some think, for fear lest he should have such an interest among the people that they should demand the release of him, according to the custom of the feast: or, after the hurry of the feast was over, and the town was empty, he would entertain them with Peter's public trial and execution. Egy eskv, az ifj pr szmra mr relatv korn reggel kezddik. Herod in his pride taking to himself the honor due to God. The gospel goes forth elsewhere; it is in no way bound to Jerusalem. . 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. Yet his masculine good sense held to the truth, though he did not know the solid basis on which it here stands. But as we are told here, "When they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized both men and women; and Simon himself believed also." 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. In the New Testament he is called Philip and is mentioned in Luke 3:1. 'Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,' etc. The saints in Jerusalem not only suffered as a result of the famine, they also suffered because Jewish and Roman governmental opposition against them intensified as time passed. Back in Jerusalem the church was experiencing much difficulty. 1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. This Herod was Agrippa the greater, [elder,] the son of Aristobulus, whom his father slew. 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. Prayers To Cancel Bad Dreams 18. 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. This man was incensed to afflict the Church not so much for any love he had to religion, as that by this means he might flatter the common people which did otherwise not greatly favor him; or rather, he was moved hereunto with tyrannical cruelty, because he was afraid of innovation, which tyrants do always fear, lest it trouble the quiet estate of their dominion. "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. Mvsz belltottsg s egyben riport jelleg kpekkel gazdagthatlak benneteket. 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. This can't be real; it's just a dream. Why didn't God intervene and miraculously deliver James? But as far as the record in the book of Acts, it shifts now from the church in Jerusalem and beginning in with chapter 13, Antioch becomes the center of church activity. But the point here is lost in our English version. There was to be a testimony to an the nations. Such was the emphatic and characteristic presentation of His person assigned to the apostle, and this at once. He was going, back without the blessing that his earnest heart yearned after. He would no more have perished, had it pleased God to have taken him away in this state, than any Old Testament saint, whether Jew or Gentile. It must be his spirit. He is mentioned, under the name of Philip ( G5376) , in Matthew 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:19. And when Herod had sought for Peter, and found him not, he cross-examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death ( Acts 12:19 ). To vex - To injure, to do evil to - kakosai. 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. Ignyes eskv fotzs vllalok Veszprmben, mvszi s dokumentarista fotkkal tudlak titeket elkprztatni. Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. "It can't be real. WebThe greatest sacrifice and act of submission is when we lay our agenda down and pick up Christs. Contrasts mark Acts 12:1-23: James dies, God delivers Peter, and Herod dies. It has been about eight years since the martyrdom of Stephen. There a large number had assembled together and were praying. Yet there was no such requirement as imposition of hands in order to be the medium of it. Rengeteg ismers, sajtos hangulat lepte be az ifj TovbbEgy gynyr ifj pr legszebb napja kpekkel EskvI fotzs Tapolcn, Rvid trtnetem egy gyri fotzsrl. Where they really didn't know if it was reality or just some spiritual revelation. ", Let me tell you something. Ha klnlegesre s egyedire vgysz, ltogass el az oldalamra. 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. 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. "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. So Paul and Barnabas had come back to Jerusalem with this collection that was taken from the church in Antioch. But there was another reason too. Kulturltan fotzom, nem nyomok senki arcba egy teleszkpot. And yet the scripture said, "And when they shall have finished their testimony," then the antichrist has power to put them to death, but not until they have finished their testimony.So obviously God was not yet through with Peter. This was suitable to them. Thus the church would still retain its substantial character, and the testimony of God still bear the same common likeness, while room was left for whatever speciality of form God might be pleased to give the truth, and the unfolding of the ways in which God might employ one or another. 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. And he began to take a very strong role of leadership in the early church. 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. Unquestionably it was. He would make a spectacle of him. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in various points of view a great significance. It was one concurrent evidence. The latter is, unquestionably, the ground which he takes" (pp. He is a nephew to the Herod who had John the Baptist slain. But why would God permit it? He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. See how he advances gradually. Where. It may well be that what the life of Jesus could not do his death did, and that when James saw his brother die he discovered who he really was and dedicated all his life to serve him. A quaternion was a squad of four. In fact, it tells us much about prayer. Persecution of the Christians now swung from religious to include political motivation. We must recollect that in the Apostolic Church an effective discipline the very idea of which seems to be lost amongst us existed. But before Aristopollis was murdered, he had this son Herod Agrippa. 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.". 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. When Peter had knocked at the door of the entrance a maidservant called Rhoda came to answer the door. And no wonder. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. And as there was reality at least in their feeling, they made suitable lamentation. But no one else dared to join them, even though all the people had high regard for them. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. but they came with one accord to him, because they had made a friend of Blastus the king's chamberlain, and they desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country [or by Palestine]. ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T . And he was highly respected by the Jews. At first they were more timid; they spoke only to Jews. And he goes, the Lord communicating another vision to the apostle himself, in which he sees Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him that he might receive his sight. However graciously given of the Lord as a token to attract the careless minds of men, they are dangerous when they are made the resting-place and the object of the mind; and this was the fatal mistake made then, and not merely there but by many millions of souls from that day to this. When the matter is rehearsed, the great argument is this, "Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God?" Prayer to God for him was earnestly offered by the Church. It is not merely that the absence of it operates injuriously upon the tone and standard of piety within the Church; it affects the claims of the society as such to be a legitimate member of the visible Church Catholic. Peter was on the housetop praying when God told him how to be the answer to Cornelius prayers (Acts 10:9), 10. So about this time, Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. He was murdered by his own father but he had a son called Herod Agrippa. 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. I call your attention to this. From sun and athroizo; to convene. Philip acts at once, with alacrity hears the eunuch read the prophet Isaiah, and puts the question whether he understood what was read. 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. By divine intervention this proud Herod Agrippa I is soon to be "eaten of worms" (verse 23). 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 not a question of being saved in the day of judgment; nor is this the meaning of the term "salvation" in the New Testament. At Samaria they had been baptized for some time, as we know. And now those words of Christ were made good in him; but it was in order to his sitting at Christ's right hand; for if we suffer with him, we shall reign with him. Herod the Great was married ten times. 515-517). A vltozatossg varzsolja szness a vilgunkat, s ettl olyan klnleges nlam egy fotzs. I quote from the original edition (Edinburgh, 1807): "Acts 11: 31. Grace can credit grace easily, understands the ways of the Lord, and disarms suspicion.
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