The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-01-31
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
Lssson In the International sertes fes
February =. ioo2-The First
Persecution.

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l. And as they spakr unto the people. the
,rlssts. and the captain OF the temple. and
the SadCncCcs. came upon them.
. Being grllVtG that they taught the
people. and preached through Jesus the
resurrection from the dead
3 And they laid hands on them. and put
them In hold unto the next day. for II Was
now eve tide.
4. Howbolt many OF them which heard
the word believed; and the number OF the
men was about 500
8. And II came TO pass on the morrow.
that their rulers. and tloers. and scribes.
And Annas the high priest. and Gaia
phas and John. and Alexander, and as
many az were OF the kindred OF the high
priest were gathered together At Jerusa-
lem.
: Ard when they had set them in the
midst, they asked. BY what power. or by
what name. have ye done this2
5. Then Peter. filled with the Holy Ghost.
said unto them. le rulers OF the people.
and elders OF Israel
9. Il We this day be- examined OF the good
deed done 10 The impctert man. by what
means he q made whole.
10 BE Il known unto you all. and TO all
the ID opie Of Israel, hat by the name Of
Jesus Christ Of Nazareth, whom Sc cruel
ned, whom God raised from the dead. even
py Him doth this man stand here before
you whole.
ii. This IS the stone which was set at
noughi Of you builders which y become TIE
head az the corEfr
- Ne!theris there salvation IL any other;
for there Is none other name under Heaytn
given among men, Whereby we must be
saved.
GOLDEN TENT.-There - name other
name under Heaven given among
men. whereby must he saved
Acts 4iI:.
Boldncss Through the Holy Spirit
The Sarhedrin was the august coun-
ell Of the Jews. before which few mea
co.ld stanG withoui awe and trepida-
ton. You viii recall how Peter. when
Jesus was tried by ID. so weakened in
its presence. though he was in an outer
court. thaf he denied his Lord three
times.
Arrest OF Peter and John.-The
priests were angry at the apostles be-
cause they were teaching in the Ten
pie and accusing them Of numbering
Jesus: the captain of the temple guard
was stirred because there was 50 great
excitement in the sacred porch; and
the Sadducccs hated TO have anything
said about the resurrection. The
priests belonged To the Saddncee
party. and probably a majority OF the
Jews court. the Sarhedrin, also be-
longed 70 that sect. The imprison-
ment over night was necessary. be-
cause the Sanhedrin was forbidden TO
meet in the night. The 1000 believers
who had been added since the day Of
Pentecost included. Of course. those
who had been coming day by day esq.
- well rs those whose conversion was
due to Peters talk after healing the
lame man.
Their Trial.-The meeting described
IN verses ;. was session OF the SAN
hedrin. Annas was not really high
priest. though the high prie 81 did what
Annas told him to. I'm the midst" is
a literal description. the members OF
the Sanhcdriu usually sitting in
semicirclc with the prisoner in The
center. The shrcwdenss OF Peters
opening ser fences ia worth noting.
Such honorable shrcwdness is one Of
the results ~ tho presence OF he Holy
spirit witb men. Tho chief character
istic of re F'S words Is their hc.tiness.
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cially impr w th ~Hhedrn. Peter
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