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...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 26, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:31 “God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.” This language “as Leader” means Prince. This is used of Jesus over and over through out Scripture, meaning that God has exalted Jesus and now He...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 25, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:30 “The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.” Peter associates himself with the Sanhedrin and unites himself with them, in saying, The God of our fathers.” Then he quickly accuses them of being the human hands that hung...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 24, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:29 “But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.” We see here that there is actually a higher court in Jerusalem than the Sanhedrin, it is the Supreme Court of Heaven. The God of Heaven had sent His Son into the world, then His Spirit...
by Shannon Popp | Sep 23, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 5:28 “saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”” The apostles are in trouble for saying and spreading the name of Jesus. This verse shows...
