The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-04-09
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Senior Berean Lesson for Sun.
day, April II, 1902
PETER DELIVERED FROM prison

PETER DELIVERED FROM PRISON.
Acts u l.l9.
GOLDEN TENT-The angel OF the
Lord encampeth round about them
that fear him, and deliyereth them
-Psa. "a. T.
l. Now about that lime Herod the
King stretched forth his hands 10 yex
certain Of the church.
And he killed James the brother
u John with the sword
And because he saw II pleased
me Jews, he proceeded further To take
Peter also. (Then We're the days of
unleavcned breadl
And when he had apprehended
aim, he put him in prison and deliv.
cred him 10 four quarternions OF sol
dlefs TO keep him: intending after
Easter to bring him forth 10 the peo-
pie.
.. Peter therefore was kept in prs-
on. but prayer was made without
leasing OF the church unto God for
him.
6. And when Herod would have
brought him forth the same night
Peter was sleeping between two sol
aiers, bound with two chains. and the
keepers before the door kept the pris-
on.
T. And, behold. the angel of the
Lord came upon him, and a light
shined in the prison: and he smote
Peter on the side, and raised him up.
saying, Arise up quickly. And his
chains fell off from his hands
5. And the angel said unto him.
Grid thyself. and bind on thy sandals
And SO he did. And he saith unto him.
Cast thy garment about thee and fol. |
low me.
8. And he went out. and followed
him: and wist NOT that ii was true |
which was done by the angel. but
thought he saw vision
10. When they were past the first
and the second ward. they came unto
the iron gate that leadeth unto the
city which opened 10 them of his own
accord and they went out. and passed
on through one street: and forthwith
the angel departed from him
ii. And when Peter was come to
himself, he said, Now | know OF a
surety, that the Lord hath sent his
angel and hath delivered me out of
the hand OF Herod, and from all the
expectation OF the people of the Jews
Here is one OF several events which
occurred about that time. and exact
arrangement is not in
all cases possible. This. however.
must have shortly preceded Herod's
death, and consequently the date can
not have been far from A. ID. a.
thirteen years, more or less. after our
Lords death. During those years po-
N..a II. ]
been changed there was no longer
one provincial government for Judaea
and Samaria and another for Gaiilee
and Peraea These provinces. togeth- ,
ar with the tetrarchies OF Philip and
L.ysanias. We're now united in the
Singdom OF HerOd Agrippa l. here re-
erred TO as Herod the king. This man :
was the grandson OF Her0d the Great. ,
who murdered the infants in Bethle-
lem, and the nephew OF Herod Anti ,
pas who put John the Baptist 10 death +
md TO whom our Lord was sent by :
plate. He was very friendly 10 the !
'ews and seems to have had a sincere :
eligious regard for Jewish customs. :
lie constantly dwelt in Jerusalem and
vas strict observer of the law. al.
owing no day TO pass without Offering
sacrifice. He used all his great 20
itcal influence TO spread Judaism.
nd Il IS not strange 10 learn that he !,
tretched forth his hand TO vex (af- y
icD certain Of the church Persecu- :
ION OF wrong beliefs was then held to :
e duty. Il is an odd suggestion OF !
ow little after all is known in detail !.
bout the apostolic Church that we
now so very little about James the
rOther OF John. With our limited
nowledge We would not expect him
D stand foremost or to be the first ar n
ested. lie was put TO death with the q
word-that is was beheaded. To d
lease the Jews was Herod's constant a
and Peter also was impris- "
ned during the days of unleavened i
read, that Is. Passover time Peters 81
rrest must have reminded him of the b
rrest or his Lord at the same season
Luke p. l-Gl. He was put in prison
ntil the end of the feast and commit.
I'd TO the care of four ouarternions. II
'ur bands Of four soldiers each. who al
ere on guard in succession during "
he night. one quarternion chat Is. fir
'ur soldiersl for each watch Herod's pa
lrpose was 10 execute Peter in view OF
the people (verse a. but he waited
ntil after the Passover. which In our
'mmon Bibles is here incorrectly
llled Easter" According to the Tai
nd 1t was unlawful to defile solemn
asts with executions. Prayer was br
ade without ceasing Of the Church mn
lto God for Peter The Christians
'obably assembled in different pri.
tie houses lsee verse 12). They had -
II one weapon to us--piayer Herod IN
I'd the Roman army on his side At !
is iuncture the life OF Peter was the no
ost important human life in the
hole world. The limit Of human -,
'wer linked 10 God in prayer has Il,
yer yet been reached. Non-belief in =,
aver Is the impotence OF the Church. -
ne same night was the night before y
g day set for execution. The keep nm
$ CguardsO before the door were wa
20 soldiers Of the "quarternion" the no
her two being bound with two chains
the prisoner 80
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