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Arrest And Imprisonment Of The Apostles In Travis
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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.
The apostles were accused of being drunk because they were speaking in tongues and the people thought that they were drunk. Peter quoted Prophet Joel to support the outpouring of the holy spirit.
The council did, however, retain the prohibitions on eating blood, meat containing blood, and meat of animals that were strangled, and on fornication and idolatry, sometimes referred to as the Apostolic Decree. The purpose and origin of these four prohibitions is debated.
An issue arose about the need for Gentiles to become Jews as part of being Christians , including the act of male circumcision. The Council of Jerusalem was convened and it was agreed that this was not right. guidance was given to the gentile believers to help them separate themselves from pagan rites.
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.
Punishment by the Council. They took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them. So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name.
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.
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.
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.
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They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. The apostles were (wrongly) in jail and an angel broke them out and they left the jail.Acts -21 tells of the apostles, which included John, being incarcerated in a "common jail". They arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison. But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, 18 They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail. The public nature of the jail also suggests that the authorities wanted to make an example of the apostles, showing that their message would not be tolerated. Acts states that the high priest and the people of the sect of the Sad-du-cees ,angry took the apostles and imprisoned them. This post tackles part 2 of chapter 5 in the book of Acts. The apostles are arrested, put in prison, freed then brought before the council.