Summary: “Boldness” (4:13) means courage, the thing the apostles were showing when they went right back to preaching Christ after being jailed for preaching Christ.  Just 40 days earlier they weren’t so bold (Mt. 26:56).  But the Lord had … Continue reading →

  Summary: It was the job of the priests (4:1) to teach the people (Lev. 10:8-11), so they didn’t like it when the apostles taught them.  “The captain of the temple” (4:1) was supposed to keep everyone but priests out … Continue reading →

  Summary: To convince the Jews that Jesus was their Christ, Peter calls Moses to the witness stand (3:22) because the Jews loved Moses (Jo. 9:28).  But in clinging to Moses and rejecting God’s new prophet, they were making a … Continue reading →

 

  Summary: “Wot” (3:17) means to know (Gen. 21:26).  But where’d Peter get the idea the Jews didn’t know what they were doing when they killed the Lord?  From the Lord! (Lu. 23:34).  They could have known they were crucifying … Continue reading →

 

  Summary: When a crowd gathered after Peter healed the lame man, he saw his chance to speak to preach to the Jews and took it.  The thing he “answered” (3:12) was the marveling and the looks they gave him, … Continue reading →