1. Tjkoztatjuk, hogy a honlap felhasznli lmny fokozsnak rdekben stiket alkalmazunk. Precautions could go no further. Furthermore, forasmuch as he had said that the word was preached at the beginning only by the Jews, and he meant those who, being banished out of their own country, did live in Cyprus and Phenice, correcting this exception, he saith that some of them did teach the Grecians. We will deal with Herod Agrippa II, his son, in a few weeks as we move on in the book of Acts. 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. Such, I suppose, therefore, was the principle that lay at the bottom of the difference of the divine action on these two occasions. Aristopollis was one of them. 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. The gospel of Luke also describes what is similar; that is to say, a faith not insincere but human, not wrought of the Spirit but founded on the mind yielding to reasons, proofs, evidences, which are to it overpowering; but there is nothing of God in it: there is no meeting between the soul and God. Nem egy fotsknt tekintetek majd rm hanem, egy segtksz bartra! "And it came to pass that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church and taught much people. SERMON POINTS Acts 12:1-19 records an example of how the Lord answered the fervent prayers of His people and shows us how we too can pray effectively. WebPrayer. 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. Back in Jerusalem the church was experiencing much difficulty. It may be that the Lord had not allowed the true character of Simon to be manifested to every eye at that moment. God did not clothe him with such overwhelming influence that doors were thrown open to him though the greatest of the apostles. Male facta male factis tegere ne perpluant--One evil deed is covered with another, so that there is no passage through them. 1Ki 21:2 One day Ahab said to Naboth, Let me have your vineyard; it is close to my palace, and I want to use the land for a vegetable garden. Szabadtri eskvk esetn: Van tet a fejnk felett, lehetsg es esetre? This I ask in Jesus name, AMEN. Ever since the conversion of Paul, we have heard no more of the agency of the priests in persecuting the saints at Jerusalem; perhaps that wonderful change wrought upon him, and the disappointment it gave to their design upon the Christians at Damascus, had somewhat mollified them, and brought them under the check of Gamaliel's advice--to let those men alone, and see what would be the issue; but here the storm arises from another point. I can understand difficulties in the minds of believers; and no one would wish to force or hurry the convictions of any; nor would it be of the slightest value to receive even a truth without the faith that is produced, and exercised, and cleared by the word of God. "You gotta have faith brother! On the greatest occasions, when the Holy Ghost was given, we have no ground to believe that hands were laid on any. For hence the Lord called him to a new sphere a task which, to a Jewish mind, was beyond measure strange. He began with some of the members of the church, certain of them that were of less note and figure; played first at small game, but afterwards flew at the apostles themselves. Those that take one bold step in a sinful way give Satan advantage against them to tempt them to take another, and provoke God to leave them to themselves, to go from bad to worse. (iii) Archelaus ( G745) . But it would seem that special reasons operated at Samaria to make it necessary there. This can't be real; it's just a dream. He would have His people, where they give, to have a voice. When he had seized Peter, he put him under arrest. To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever," etc. 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. And he realized that God had delivered him from the hand of Herod. 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. The civil power, not now, as usual (for aught that appears) stirred up by the ecclesiastics, acts by itself in the persecution. "It has already been remarked that, far from intending to establish a mere invisible fellowship of the Spirit, our Lord contemplated His Church as having a visible existence, His followers as collected into societies [that society called the Church or assembly of God]. Stretched forth his hands - A figurative expression, denoting that he laid his hands on them, or that he endeavored violently to oppress the church.. Thus we must carefully remember that the gospel brings more than conversion to God. Acts 12:1-17. His preaching Christ was the fruit of the Lord's call. This, to me, is quite fascinating. This is why the church advanced more dramatically in Gentile territory, as the rest of Acts shows. It is not to be treated as mere human arrangement. He had gone up to the great city of solemnities, but the blessing was no longer to be found there. Why so much haste and impatience? 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. 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. But now all was changed. 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. Jesus was talking about His death and Jesus said, "Ye shall indeed be baptized with the baptism wherein I was baptized: but to grant to you to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is something really that isn't really in my jurisdiction, that is given to the Father" ( Matthew 20:23 ). The Spirit of God alone quickens a person by faith in Christ. There was to be a testimony to an the nations. "All that dwelt in Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord." And he actually murdered several of his sons. 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. On the day of Pentecost they were baptized first, and then they received the gift of the Holy Ghost. So James is now following his Lord in martyrdom, the brother of John. '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? He said to him, "Wrap your cloak round about you and follow me." The first of the New Testament Herods (see Herodes G2264) is Herod the Great who reigned from about 41 B.C. Herod Antipas was driven as an exile also into Gaul, and then into Spain, and Herod Agrippa received also his tetrarchy. TUESDAY Pray we Demonstrate genuine love And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhoda. Now about that time,. That the famine was in Judea, and Saul and Barnabas were sent thither with what the church at Antioch had collected. . Another thing too let me again and again remark: the gift of the Holy Ghost never means those mighty wonders of power which had acted on the greedy and ambitious mind of Simon Magus. WebPraying through Acts 1:10. He would meet them in grace, stopping complaints, and showing that He honours and confides in their suitable choice. Was it not then God's high priest, God's law? Religious persecution is invariably ruthless and blind even to the commonest feelings of humanity. Egy eskv, az ifj pr szmra mr relatv korn reggel kezddik. 12:20-25 Herod was furious with the people of Tyre and Sidon. This is the only apostles death that the New Testament recorded. And, of course, he wrote his epistles. It is therefore our wisdom to take heed of the beginnings of sin. There was special exposure to this evil which called for so much the greater guard against it at Samaria. How all-important for our souls that we should have Christ before us, and that we should have no desire but for His glory! A fotzsban az emberbrzolst tekintem a legnagyobb kihvsnak.Fontosnak tartom a folyamatos nkpzst, hogy megismerjem a legjabb trendeket s irnyzatokat, igyekszem mindig napraksz jdonsgokkal szolglni. But this detects the man. Now according to their law, during the times of the Feast of Passover, they could not have any trial, and so he determined to bring him forth at the end of the Feast of Passover. When Philip died, this region was granted by the Emperor Caligula to Herod Agrippa. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry ( Acts 12:24-25 ), Remember they had taken up an offering. Fergeteges lagzi volt tnyleg, a kemny mag is aktvan tncolt, gondoskodtak a j hangulatrl. They did not know anything about Easter in the early church. A primary particle of connection or addition; both or also. Veszprm a bulik vrosa.. Persze nem csak a partyk, hanem az eskvk is igen npszerek a vrosban. 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. First of all, the apostles and the disciples themselves received it as they were waiting. 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. Now don't try to figure out an answer, because we don't know.The ways of God are beyond our finding out. Here the Lord alone gives, alone calls, alone sends forth. Society's edition of his Comm. The importance of closer attention to the text is well shown by Calvin's remarks on this verse. Unquestionably it was. And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had completed their errand of mercy. This was suitable to them. To a reflecting believer it will be plain that the reasons for this do not hold at the present time. Kaptam egy felkrst, miszerint lakodalom van a mi utcnkban, mit is mondhattam volna, termszetesen elvllaltam, lveztem a hazai plya elnyeit. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Peter instructs them to go and tell the news to James. But Saul does arise from the earth. But he had heard the voice of His mouth, and His words were spirit and life, eternal life, to his soul. If the blood of his saints, much more the blood of apostles, is precious in his eyes, and therefore, we may be sure, is not shed but upon a valuable consideration. Acts 13:5,13 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister, Acts 15:37-39 And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. 2. (c) Drusilla (see Drousilla G1409) , who was the wife of Felix, the governor before whom Paul was tried ( Acts 24:24). The same event doomed secular Israel. King Herod persecutes the Christians, kills James, and imprisons Peter; whom an angel delivers upon the prayers of the church. They felt in a measure, and justly, the tremendous deed that had been done. "He commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. It is strange that we have not a more full and particular account of the martyrdom of this great apostle, as we had of Stephen. 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. How blessed it is to see the free activity of the Holy Ghost without any kind of communication of man! He is a nephew to the Herod who had John the Baptist slain. as well as entice man. Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark. 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. Akkor j helyen jrsz, csak kattints a weboldalra s nzz krbe. At the passover, when the Jews came from all parts to Jerusalem to keep the feast, they irritated one another against the Christians and Christianity, and were then more violent than at other times. They had not those powers only, but this divine person given to them. The finger of God is clearly seen in this chapter. "To him give all the prophets witness." . (cf. Why is it so important to love God and place Him first in Yet it becomes more than a vivid account of an isolated miracle when we probe below the surface, for this story is an echo of other stories in Luke-Acts and in Jewish Scripture. Pray we hate evil and cling to what is good (12:9). And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. All who are informed in these matters are aware that the best authorities reject the entire verse. He did this because he saw it pleased the Jews. He felt that they were conspiring against them and so he murdered them both.There was a saying during the time of Herod the Great that it was safer to be his pig than his son. 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. 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. 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. 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. Cornelius was one of those who, among the Gentiles, had abandoned idolatry; but more than this was sometimes found. 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. Kulturltan fotzom, nem nyomok senki arcba egy teleszkpot. This scene does show the stranger discovering the predicted Messiah in Jesus of Nazareth the Messiah suffering, no doubt, but accomplishing atonement. Help me togrow in grace and in a knowledge of the Lord Jesus. 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. And I don't think the prayers of the church were the deciding factor, because as we noted, the prayers obviously were not prayers of faith.I believe the deciding factor was just the purpose of God, the sovereignty of God. "I am Jesus whom thou persecutest." After his death, the word of God prospers. 466, 467. The chains fell from his hands. In the meantime, the church waspraying, and in answer to theirprayers(v. 5) God supernaturally awakened Peter from a sound sleep (v. 6). But the correction confirms the true reading. Thus Cornelius was aware that God had sent the gospel to the Jews; but there was precisely where he necessarily stopped short. Let him that will, repair to the second to the Galatians. We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. Yet the Holy Ghost was given in especial power on that day. He valued the ancient people of God; nor is he indeed the only centurion that loved their nation. And his chains fell off of his hands. WebActs 12 shows that Peter and James put God first in their lives, regardless of the punishment they might receive. . 'Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria,' etc. As far as God was concerned, it was James' time to come home; it wasn't Peter's time yet. ACTS Prayers (Adoration, Confession, T stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church; Beza's ancient copy adds, "in Judea": it seems to be the church at Jerusalem; perhaps some of the principal members of them; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, the rulers of the house of God. The Encyclopedia Britannica has this regarding Herod's death: It is ironic that the Jews who had, in the elevation of Herod Agrippa I, achieved for themselves tolerance and accommodation, should at the same time have refused so adamantly to extend the same to Christians; and that God's thwarting of their campaign against the body of Christ, by the summary execution of Herod, also by that same event removed the one man who could have preserved their own toleration by Rome. We are here to consider, 1. Who the martyr was: it was James the brother of John; so called to distinguish him from the other James the brother of Joses. By and by the power of the gospel and the action of the Holy Ghost fill their souls with desires as to the need of others. [Note: Longenecker, p. His appointment was to take care of the tables. When he saw that this gave pleasure to the Jews he went to arrest Peter too. 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. Sopron, gynyr vros, az osztrk hatr eltti utols lloms. On believing they were baptized, as we are told in Acts 8:1-40; but they received the Holy Ghost after an interval, through the action of the apostles. 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." Genitive case of hos as adverb; at which place, i.e. ( Acts 12:1) Herod harasses the church. Then said they, It must be his angel ( Acts 12:13-15 ). The death of Stephen, therefore, has in various points of view a great significance. When they were up against it, they turned to God. The light that shone suddenly on him was from heaven. Herod laid hands upon some of the church to afflict them, so some read it; he employed his officers to seize them, and take them into custody, in order to their being prosecuted. For indeed he was but man. When redemption was accomplished, it was the seal of the faith and the life which they already had. 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. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, NT Apostles: Acts 12:12 Thinking about that he came to (Acts of the Apostles Ac). Matthew 7:15 13. It was the Lord that had brought Philip, and it was His Spirit that bad taken him away; but it was He too who had given him and left him Jesus for ever. Nevertheless even he, apostle though he were, must enter by the same lowly gate as another. There were several illegal aspects of the trial of Jesus Christ. Verse Acts 12:1. 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. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) When this When they were past the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city; which opened to them of its own accord: and they went out, and they passed through one street; and then the angel departed from him. - 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) How these elders were appointed, if indeed they were so formally, does not appear. Philip had not the discernment to see through him: evangelists are apt to be sanguine. . Paul prayed for his friends before leaving them (Acts 20:36; 21:5), 14. Thus we see God had allowed things apparently to take their course. 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. And because he did not give God glory, he was smitten by an angel and there died.So the end of Herod Agrippa I. Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. God has no pleasure in the death of a sinner. Conscience would have been searched by the truth of God; and the heart would have been filled with praise at the grace of God. IDEAL OPORTUNIDAD DE INVERSION, CODIGO 4803 OPORTUNIDAD!! 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. The answer is, "How can I, except some man should guide me?" . According to Josephus, Herod came into the theater there in Caesarea. There was at this time some quarrel between Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon, for whom the quarrel was a serious matter. All this confirms its having a Jewish aspect, regarded as a type, and was very natural in James and Peter, who had to do specially with the circumcision. 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. The sun glinted on the silver and the people cried out that this was a god come to them. He was the father of Salome (see G4539) . It is important to distinguish between the two things one, the charge to which man appointed him; the other, the gift which the Lord conferred. Peter and John prayed for the Samaritans (Acts 8:1417), 6. 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. Then they said, "Well, it must be his angel. She recognized Peter's voice and, in her joy, she did not open the door but ran and told them that Peter stood before the entrance. Some of our other records tells us that he went to Rome and was there crucified upside down. Observe, The Jews made themselves guilty of the blood of James by showing themselves well pleased with it afterwards, though they had not excited Herod to 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. 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! From this family history it may be seen that Herod Agrippa of this chapter was a direct descendant of the Maccabees through his mother Mariamne. Warning: MagpieRSS: Failed to parse RSS file. Herod's design was, after Easter, to bring him forth unto the people. . As there was need in the church at Antioch, he goes and finds him. [Note: Ibid., 2:151. But "as for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and dragging off men and women, committed them to prison." And God has, in the meantime, a work for me to do, and until I have accomplished that work that God has in mind for me to do, God's going to preserve me and keep me until that day. 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. Archclaus, being accused of cruelty, was banished by Augustus to Vienna in Gaul, and Judea was reduced to a province, and united with Syria. A soul that now looks to Jesus ought to rest without question on redemption; but we must remember that at this time Jesus was not yet publicly preached to the Gentiles not yet freely and fully proclaimed according to the riches of grace. Except on this assumption the apostle could not have proceeded to enforce Christian duties by Christian motives" (pp. Designed by, INVERSORES! It is prayer that expects no answer. 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. At the same time scripture shows there might be and often was an interval after the gospel did go forth. Therefore some say that those came of the Jews, yet did they inhabit Greece [and these would be right if the reading had been really and not ]; which I do not allow. But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace [Don't make too bit of a stir, fellows. (These were the days of unleavened bread). One of his wives, Miriam, had a son, Aristopollis that was murdered by Herod the Great, as was Miriam. 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. ", Let me tell you something. "Saul arose and was baptized, and when he had received meat he was strengthened, and remained with the disciples for some time.". 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.