Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
Acts 12:3 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) When he saw that it pleased the Judeans, he proceeded to seize Kefa also. This was during the days of matzah. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Surely the wrath of man praises you. The survivors of your wrath are restrained.
You shall observe the feast of matzah. Seven days you shall eat matzah, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Aviv (for in it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
Now on the first day of matzah, the talmidim came to Yeshua, saying to him, *Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Pesach?*
Yeshua answered, *You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin.*
Most certainly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go.*
When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Pesach.
But Kefa, standing up with the Eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, *You men of Yehudah, and all you who dwell at Yerushalayim, let this be known to you, and listen to my words.
We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas in five days, where we stayed seven days.
But when two years were fulfilled, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and desiring to gain favor with the Judeans, Felix left Sha'ul in bonds.
But Festus, desiring to gain favor with the Judeans, answered Sha'ul and said, *Are you willing to go up to Yerushalayim, and be judged by me there concerning these things?*
Now when they saw the boldness of Kefa and Yochanan, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled. They recognized that they had been with Yeshua.
For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Messiah.
But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.