Tag: jewish
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Ordinary Men -2
Acts 4:5-7 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family. And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you…
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Ordinary Men – 1
… he was healed by the powerful name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, the man you crucified but whom God raised from the dead. – Acts 4:10b Suppose you were arrested and brought before a court of leaders asking how you had healed a lame man. Would you witness Christ? The Apostle Peter in effect told the very…
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Sons of Tradition
Two thousand years ago: the setting in Judea, a leavened relic of a Roman province once known as Judah; in fact a thousand more years before, a respected United Kingdom of Israel. Yet Solomon’s kingdom was split, David’s power long lost, Moses’ Law long debated and Abraham’s history much distorted. Temples destroyed. Temples rebuilt. Religion…
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Relationship with a Roman
Luke 7:1 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Jesus has just taught the crowds who were amazed at His teaching (probably under the watchful Roman eyes of their area squad of the Legion). Jesus taught His own people with such sayings as: Love your enemies, do good…
