Announcing Cease Ceased Ceasing Christ Courts Daily Desist Glad Home Houses Kept News Preach Preaching Private Privately Proclaiming Stopped Teach Teaching Telling Temple Tidings
5:42 And daily in the {p} temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.
(p) Both publicly and privately.
5:42 Daily in the temple. Undeterred by suffering and threats, they still preached the cross in the most public place in Jerusalem, as well as from house to house.
5:34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience and observation show that the success of frauds in matters of religion has been very short. Reproach for Christ is true preferment, as it makes us conformable to his pattern, and serviceable to his interest. They rejoiced in it. If we suffer ill for doing well, provided we suffer it well, and as we should, we ought to rejoice in that grace which enabled us so to do. The apostles did not preach themselves, but Christ. This was the preaching that most offended the priests. But it ought to be the constant business of gospel ministers to preach Christ: Christ, and him crucified; Christ, and him glorified; nothing beside this, but what has reference to it. And whatever is our station or rank in life, we should seek to make Him known, and to glorify his name.
Announcing Cease Ceased Ceasing Christ Courts Daily Desist Glad Good Home House Houses Jesus Kept News Preach Preaching Private Privately Right Stopped Teach Teaching Telling Temple Tidings
Announcing Cease Ceased Ceasing Christ Courts Daily Desist Glad Good Home House Houses Jesus Kept News Preach Preaching Private Privately Right Stopped Teach Teaching Telling Temple Tidings
