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Acts 4:3-6 – Should Christians Strike with Swords? Part 2

They arrested them (Peter and John) and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning. But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of men who believed now totaled about 5,000. The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious […]

Acts 4:1-2 – Should Christians love and respect everyone?

While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees. These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead. (Acts 4:1-2) We live in a […]

Acts 3:1-4 – What changes has the Holy Spirit made in your life? Part 1

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon. Now a man who was lame from birth was being carried to the temple gate called Beautiful, where he was put every day to beg from those going into the temple courts. When he saw […]

Daily Devotional Acts 4:29-31 – Should Christians respond with anger? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 474

“Now, Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” After they prayed the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit […]

Daily Devotional Acts 4:25-28 – Should Christians plan with God? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 473

“You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one.’ Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the […]

Daily Devotional Acts 4:23-24 – Why is church unity important? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 473

On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything […]

Daily Devotional Acts 4:21-22 – Is Praise Powerful?—Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 472

After further threats they let them (Peter and John) go. They could not decide how to punish them, because all the people were praising God for what had happened. For the man who was miraculously healed was over forty years old. (Acts 4:21-22) When you feel far from God, sing a song of praise, and […]

Daily Devotional Acts 4:18-20 – How should Christians respond to authority? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 471

Daily Devotional Acts 4:18-20 – How should Christians respond to authority? – Free Online Bible Study – Commentary in easy English – Day 471 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s […]

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