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God’s Word for You – Acts 12:24 spreading and growing
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:24 24 But the word of God kept spreading and growing. The classic textbook An Introduction to Greek by Crosby and Schaeffer (Allyn and Bacon, 1928) defines the imperfect verb tense this way: “Denotes action continued, repeated, customary, or attempted in past time” (p. 22, para. 41). Both verbs in […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:20-23 The Lord’s angels
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:20-23 20 Now Herod had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon. With one accord they came to him, having won over Blastus the king’s chamberlain, and they sued for peace because their country was supplied with food by that of the king. The effect of this quarrel […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:18-19 Four executions
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:18-19 18 At daybreak there was no small disturbance among the soldiers about what, after all, had become of Peter. 19 But after Herod had a search made for him but did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and then ordered that they should be executed. Then Herod went […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:17b Go tell James
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:17b 17b He added, “Go, tell this to James and the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place. This is just about the last time we hear anything about Peter in Acts apart from a statement in chapter 15. We know that Peter and Paul had an encounter […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:7-9 God’s friends
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:7-9 7 A satisfied life says no to the honeycomb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet. Nephesh can mean breath, spirit, life, or sometimes body. Here, the sated stomach is probably meant, but Solomon leaves the possibility open to the idea that a life that is […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:16-17a Why was Acts written?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:16-17a 16 But Peter stayed there knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed. 17 Peter waved his hand to silence them, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. Why was Acts written? In a sense, it is the second […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:13-15 Are there ghosts?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:13-15 13 While Peter knocked at the outer gate, a servant girl came to answer the door. Her name was Rhoda. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate, but instead ran back and announced, “Peter is at the door!” 15 […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:11-12 Little connections
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:11-12 11 Then Peter came to himself. He said, “Now I know that the Lord truly sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s power and from everything the Jewish people were planning.” 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:8-10 Automatically!
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:8-10 8 Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and lace up your sandals,” and Peter did so. Then he said, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.” 9 Peter went, following the angel out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:6-7 Whack, shove, or poke?
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:6-7 6 When Herod was about to bring him to trial, just the night before, Peter was bound with two chains, sleeping between two soldiers. There were sentries standing guard at the entrance. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone brightly in the cell. He […]
God’s Wisdom for You – Proverbs 27:5-6 A rebuke revealed
GOD’S WISDOM FOR YOU PROVERBS 27:5-6 5 A rebuke revealed is better than love concealed. 6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted, but an enemy multiplies kisses. The verb gala is to uncover or reveal something, like tearing the wrapping from a gift or discovering the murderer in a mystery. In this […]
God’s Word for You – Acts 12:1-5 Under arrest
GOD’S WORD FOR YOU ACTS 12:1-5 12 About this time King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute some who belonged to the church. 2 He had James the brother of John killed with the sword. Luke is recalling some chronology here that would be good to review: 41 – Herod (Herod Agrippa I) made […]
