LESSON 24

OPEN PERSECUTION BEGINS

Acts 5:17-25 King James Version (KJV)

¹⁷ Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, ¹⁸ And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. ¹⁹ But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, ²⁰ Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. ²¹ And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. ²² But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told, ²³ Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. ²⁴ Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. ²⁵ Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.

1.   THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP – V. 17-18

Ø  Sadducees – didn’t believe in the resurrection (so they’re “sad you see”)

Ø  Put the apostles in prison

2.   BUT…THE ANGEL OF THE LORD – V.19-20

Ø  Instructions to the apostles – “GO SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE.”

3.   HIGH PRIEST CALLED THE COUNCIL TOGETHER – V. 21-24

Ø  Sent for apostles to be brought

Ø  Couldn’t find them

Ø  Wondered how this situation would grow

4.   APOSTLES FOUND IN THE TEMPLE TEACHING ABOUT JESUS – V. 25

WHEN PERSECUTION STARTS, GOD SHOWS HIS POWER IN GREATER WAYS.

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