by Shannon Popp | Oct 1, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:36-37 “For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 30, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:35 “And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.” Gamaliel gives the teachers of the law a warning. This man Gamaliel, of the highest and elite of the Sanhedrin (like our Supreme Court) is telling them to take heed, to...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 29, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:34 “But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.” This is a fascinating strategy of our God. Gamaliel, not a believer in Jesus, used by...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 28, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:33 “When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.” This language for “they were enraged” comes from being sawn in two. Not only were they cut to the heart with these words, but they we were sawn apart. The gospel is the very power of God in...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 27, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:32 “And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”” These witnesses are those who personally and first hand saw the works of Jesus, and heard the words of Jesus. They were first hand witnesses to the...
