GAMALIEL’S ADVICE (13 OF 41)
Scripture: Acts 5:17-42
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Gamaliel’s Advice (13 of 41)
Series: Acts
Richard Bradley
Acts 5:17-42
Who is this guy Gamaliel? The short story is that he was a famous rabbi and possessed a rich Jewish pedigree. He was the son of a famous rabbi. He was a member of the sect of the Pharisee and one of the ruling members of the Sanhedrin. Before his new birth as a believer in Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul saw at Gamaliel's feet as his disciple.
Gamaliel is often applauded for giving the Sanhedrin good advice concerning the believers they had arrested. While his advice was relatively good - advice they would later ignore - we need to look at his advice a little more closely.
Gamaliel gave good counsel but for all the wrong reasons.
Acts 5:17-42
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
20 ''Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.''
21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,
23 saying, ''Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!''
24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.
25 So one came and told them, saying, ''Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!''
26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without vi ...
Series: Acts
Richard Bradley
Acts 5:17-42
Who is this guy Gamaliel? The short story is that he was a famous rabbi and possessed a rich Jewish pedigree. He was the son of a famous rabbi. He was a member of the sect of the Pharisee and one of the ruling members of the Sanhedrin. Before his new birth as a believer in Jesus Christ, the apostle Paul saw at Gamaliel's feet as his disciple.
Gamaliel is often applauded for giving the Sanhedrin good advice concerning the believers they had arrested. While his advice was relatively good - advice they would later ignore - we need to look at his advice a little more closely.
Gamaliel gave good counsel but for all the wrong reasons.
Acts 5:17-42
17 Then the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with indignation,
18 and laid their hands on the apostles and put them in the common prison.
19 But at night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
20 ''Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life.''
21 And when they heard that, they entered the temple early in the morning and taught. But the high priest and those with him came and called the council together, with all the elders of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
22 But when the officers came and did not find them in the prison, they returned and reported,
23 saying, ''Indeed we found the prison shut securely, and the guards standing outside before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one inside!''
24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these things, they wondered what the outcome would be.
25 So one came and told them, saying, ''Look, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!''
26 Then the captain went with the officers and brought them without vi ...
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