Around A.D. 42, to please the Jews, king Herod went on the offensive against Christians. First, he captured James, the brother of John and beheaded him. Next the king sought out to do the same with the apostle Peter. However, since the capture of Peter coincided with Passover, the apostle’s execution was delayed until a […]
As Barnabas and Saul were at Antioch, Herod Agrippa, the grandson of Herod the Great ventured against Christians as they undermined Judaism, a religion much respected by the king. “1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.” (Acts 12:1) To gain popularity among Jews who […]
Answering the call of the Lord, Barnabas and Saul preached the gospel of the risen Christ at Antioch, furthering the Kingdom of God throughout a decadent region. Known as “the cradle of Christianity,” Antioch was a prominent city and the main center of Hellenistic Judaism when Barnabas and Saul were called to share the truth […]
Upon his return to Jerusalem, Peter faced controversy by the other apostles when they heard he had socialized and preached the gospel to Gentiles in Caesarea. The apostles felt God’s promise of salvation was reserved to Jews, the chosen seed of Abraham. However, it was revealed to Peter that by God’s grace, all those who […]
Peter answered the call of the Lord by traveling to Caesarea where he preached the gospel to a group of Gentiles, onto whom, by the grace of God, the Holy Spirit fell. Following this miraculous spiritual rebirth, Peter baptized the new believers in water, in the name of the Lord Jesus, the risen Christ. “Now […]
While he was staying in Joppa with Simon the tanner, Peter had a vision brought on by the Lord about the new covenant. IN the vision, the Lord instructed the apostle to “kill and eat” and that all flesh was to be considered good, and holy. After traveling along the Mediterranean Sea from Joppa to […]
On a mission he received from the Lord in a vision, Peter traveled from Joppa, where he was staying with Simon the tanner, to Caesarea, a Roman capital along the Mediterranean Sea. When the apostle arrived, he was greeted by Cornelius, the Roman centurion who had sent out for Peter a few days earlier, after […]
Peter had been staying with Simon, the tanner, in Joppa when he received a message from God in a vision, that he should no longer separate that which was considered common and uncommon, or clean and unclean according to Jewish tradition. As the same time, a delegation of men had been sent from Caesarea by […]
While the apostle Peter was in Joppa, staying with Simon, the tanner, he had a vision brought on by the Lord. In the vision, Jesus reminded Peter of the creatures He created, that all were deemed clean and good to eat. The vision also applied to men, in a manner that would become clear to […]
A servant of the Lord, Cornelius was a Roman army officer stationed in Caesarea, a Roman capital located about 100 miles from Jerusalem. He was visited by an angel and instructed to send out a delegation to Joppa, where his men would find and receive further instruction from Peter, who was staying with a tanner […]