Good morning. So what did the elders tell Paul to do? We
have four men who are under a vow (this was connected to keeping the law); take
them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they
may shave their head; and all will know that there is nothing to the things
which they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk orderly,
keeping the law. Because of what happens later, it makes me wonder if they were
telling him what God was saying to do, or else was it man’s remedy for the
problem? Too many times we do what in the natural seems the right thing to do;
but it is not what God would have us to do. Then Paul took the men, and the
next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice
of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered
for each one of them. Now if he had not done all of this with the seven men,
would the following have even happened? When the seven days were almost over,
the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the
crowd and laid hands on him, men of Israel come to our aid! This is the man who
preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place;
and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this
holy place. For they had previously seen a Greek with him, and supposed that he
had brought him into the temple. Again, if he had not listened to the elders,
would all of this have happened? Most likely he would not have been in the temple
at this particular moment. We’ll see next time what happened after this. Father
thank You that You take care of us even during rainstorms. Keep the reader
safe.
So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed
Good morning. We left John at the entrance of the tomb, stooping and looking in. “Shy” Peter then arrives following John, and enters the tomb; and he saw the linen wrappings lying there. So the other disciple, John, who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. It does not say whether or not Peter believed. For as yet they did not understand the scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. So the disciples went away again to their own homes. I’m not exactly sure what it means by their own homes. They were originally from Galilee and would not have had homes in Jerusalem. Perhaps it means the homes where they were staying while in Jerusalem. Apparently, they were not staying in the upper room, or it would have said so. But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped (just like John) and looked into the tomb. She saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been l...
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