by Shannon Popp | Aug 11, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:20 “for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.” We cannot stop! It would have been easy for Peter to be silent and let the dice roll and land where it may, but Peter has walked with Jesus, watched Him beaten, put on cross, laid dead in a grave and...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 10, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:19 “But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,” These men have now taken a stand against the religious leaders and their government. The language used here “listen” is not just...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 9, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:17-18 “But in order that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name.” So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.” The persecution for these apprentices of...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 8, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:16 “saying, “What shall we do with these men? For that a notable sign has been performed through them is evident to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.” This must be frustrating for the Sanhedrin. They thought that they had gotten rid of...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 7, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:15 “But when they had commanded them to leave the council, they conferred with one another,” These religious leaders are between a rock and a hard place, both literally (The Rock, Jesus Christ) and figuratively, because there does not seem like a good way out...
by Shannon Popp | Aug 6, 2022 | NotABlog
Acts 4:14 “But seeing the man who was healed standing beside them, they had nothing to say in opposition.” It is tough for the religious leaders to tell Peter and John that they are wrong and that there is no power in Jesus name, with the man who laid at the Beautiful...
