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Early Church Persecuted for their Faith
This chapter records the first persecutions of the early church. In the Gospels we find great opposition coming from the Pharisees. However as Peter and John were speaking to the people they were confronted by a group of Sadducees and arrested (vv. 1-4). In Acts it is the Sadduce …

Boldness Brings Results
Here we see very vividly both the enemy’s attack and the Christian defense. It says that the Sanhedrin regarded Peter and John as unlearned and ignorant men (v. 13). The word translated “unlearned” means that they had no kind of technical education. The word tra …

Prayer Produces Unity
After being threatened, the disciples returned to their own group to pray, and they told them all that the chief priests and elders had said to them (v. 23). When they had heard the story, with one accord, they lifted up their voice to God. This is truly one of the great prayers …

Sharing Shows Brotherly-Love
Some have referred to this portion of Scripture as the origin of today’s communism. It is nothing of the kind. It didn’t involve all private property, but only as much as was needed and there was no membership requirement. The spiritual unity and generosity of these e …