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Arrest And Imprisonment Of The Apostles In Cook
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In the eyes of the Jewish leaders, when Jesus claimed to be God's son he was insulting God. Blasphemy was taken very seriously and the punishment was death by stoning. After Jesus was arrested, he was put on trial by the Sanhedrin.
Acts –26 occurs after the chief priests arrested Peter and John for preaching and healing in Jesus' name, and ordered them not to do so again (Acts –22). Now, all the apostles are healing and preaching in Jesus' name (Acts –16), and so the priests arrest them all.
The outcome of the apostles' imprisonment after their arrest in Jerusalem varied. Some were released and continued preaching, while others spent the remainder of their lives in prison.
After Jesus returned to his Father in heaven, the apostles preached to the people about Jesus. This angered the high priest and the Sadducees, who had the apostles thrown in jail. During the night, an angel of the Lord came to the jail and opened the doors.
The scoffers assert that the apostles are intoxicated because they drank too much wine. They attack Peter and his companions with a claim that is ridiculous; the time of day to see people under the influence of an alcoholic beverage is not at its beginning.
Conversely, Paul was imprisoned for his religious expression. He was in prison because he refused to be silent in proclaiming the gospel. Given our negative conception of prison, Paul's own statements regarding his imprisonment should be slightly disorienting because they are often framed in a positive light.
The priests, their temple guard, and other Jewish leaders of the Sadducee sect have arrested Peter and John for teaching that Jesus rose from the dead (Acts –2). Peter and John entered the temple for the afternoon prayers. After prayers, they spoke to a crowd of people about Jesus (Acts 3).
The Bible contains several accounts of the apostles being jailed. For example, in Acts 4, Peter and John were taken into custody for teaching that Jesus is the Messiah. After being questioned, they were let go and told not to talk about Jesus anymore. In Acts 12, King Herod put Peter in jail.
Paul was held in house arrest. “When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him” (Acts ). He may have been chained to his guard (Acts ), but he enjoyed relative freedom. “Many came to him at his lodging.
It is traditionally believed that John was the youngest of the apostles and survived all of them. He is said to have lived to old age, dying of natural causes at Ephesus sometime after AD 98, during the reign of Trajan, thus becoming the only apostle who did not die as a martyr.