THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM Acts 1:1, Acts 7:60 All the events of the first seven Chapter s can be summed up under the heading: THE CHURCH IN JERUSALEM. In the picture of the preceding page you can observe an artist's conception of Jerusalem as it appeared in the time of the events recorded in the boo... [ Continue Reading ]
8. IN THE UPPER ROOM. Acts 4:28, Acts 5:11. a. The Prayer Service. Acts 4:23-31. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them. Acts 4:24 And they, when they heard it, lifted up their voice to God with one... [ Continue Reading ]
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. ACTS 5:12-16. Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. Acts 5:13 But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: howbeit the people magnified them; Acts 5:14 and... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE PRISON. Acts 5:17-20 17 But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, 18 and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward. 19 But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, an... [ Continue Reading ]
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 5:21 a Acts 5:21 And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. ACTS 5:21 A As the sun broke over the eastern horizon of the hills of Judea the apostles entered the familiar portico of the temple to take up their message where it had bee... [ Continue Reading ]