Acts SeriesLesson #89

November 6, 2012

Dean Bible Ministrieswww.deanbible.org

Dr. Robert L. Dean, Jr.

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The Acts of the Apostles“To the end of the earth”

Acts 1:8

God, Not Man or Methods,Protects, Promotes, Provides for the Church

Acts 12:1–23

Acts 12:1, “Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them.

Acts 12:2, “And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword.

Acts 12:3, “When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now it was during the days of Unleavened Bread.”

Herodian GenealogyHerod the Great

Archelaus4BC–AD 6Ethnarch

Judea

Antipas4BC–AD 39Tetrarch

Galilee, Perea

Philip4BC–AD 34Tetrarch

N.E. of Galilee

Herod Agrippa IAD 39–44Tetrarch

N.E. of Galilee

Herod Agrippa IIAD 50–92Tetrarch

N.E. of Galilee

Model of a first century home in Jerusalem