Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

 Meditations on The Acts of the Apostles

January 21, 2021

Peter and John Before the Sanhedrin

“Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.”

Acts 4:12

Read: Acts 4:1-12 

The captain of the temple guard was responsible for maintaining order in and about the Temple. The Sadducees were an elite class and part of the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law in Jerusalem. They were the who’s who of their day, and they were also masters of going along to get along. The last thing they wanted was a rag tag bunch of fishermen talking nonsense about resurrection and stirring up civil unrest.

Alas, not only did they not believe in the resurrection, neither were they acquainted with the Holy Spirit. “Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Rulers and elders of the people! It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.’ (v.8,10) Peter’s response to the religious leaders is an example of what Paul would later write, “I can do all this through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:13).

My Takeaway: We are living in an era in which many of the Sadducees and leaders of our churches, the elders and the teachers in our seminaries, are very similar to those whom Peter faced. They don’t believe in the resurrection of Jesus and they certainly are going along with the modern culture, to get along in their places of power. May our word to them be,

Jesus is

“‘the stone you builders rejected,
    which has become the cornerstone.’

Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.

Acts 4:11-12

Sē’lah

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(Selah is a word that appears in the Book of Psalms that I often use as the Complimentary Closing in my correspondence. Its meaning, as I use the word, is to pause and think about these things.)

 

These meditations are written by Alex M. Knight as he seeks the life in Christ as his way of life.  The meditations are published on the BLOG, http://seekingthelifeinchrist.blogspot.com/ and they are also distributed on the Constant Contact email server. You may subscribe to this email service by sending an email to: amkrom812@gmail.com.

 

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