Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.
Acts 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 After he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This was during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.) More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further and arrested Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week]. American Standard Version (1901) And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And those were the days of unleavened bread. Common English Bible When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he arrested Peter as well. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. Catholic Public Domain Version And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he set out next to apprehend Peter also. Now it was the days of Unleavened Bread. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to take up Peter also. Now it was in the days of the Azymes. |
Human wrath serves only to praise you, when you bind the last bit of your wrath around you.
You shall observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; as I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. “No one shall appear before me empty-handed.
On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?”
Jesus answered him, “You would have no power over me unless it had been given you from above; therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”
Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go.”
When he had seized him, he put him in prison and handed him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them, “Fellow Jews and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say.
but we sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we joined them in Troas, where we stayed for seven days.
After two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and since he wanted to grant the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison.
But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and be tried there before me on these charges?”
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John and realized that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized them as companions of Jesus.
Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
but, just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the message of the gospel, even so we speak, not to please mortals but to please God, who tests our hearts.