by Shannon Popp | May 14, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:22 “beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us—one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection.” Filling this role is continued in this verse, revealing again that there were many people, specifically men to...
by Shannon Popp | May 13, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:21 “So one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,” Peter knows that they must choose another man to be numbered among the eleven and become the twelfth. They must choose a man who has been with them...
by Shannon Popp | May 12, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:20 ““For it is written in the Book of Psalms, “‘May his camp become desolate, and let there be no one to dwell in it’; and “‘Let another take his office.’” Peter for the first time quotes Scripture for us in the New Testament. Peter applies the Old Testament to...
by Shannon Popp | May 11, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:19 “And it became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field was called in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.” Their own language was Aramaic. Jesus read Hebrew, spoke Aramaic and wrote Greek. (Fun fact) The people of this...
by Shannon Popp | May 10, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 1:18 “Now this man acquired a field with the reward of his wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle and all his bowels gushed out.” Well this is a graphic description of what happened to Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of...
