0 Acts : Cruelty & Violence

Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost. 5:9

Trivia: In Acts 19, what did the evil spirit say to the vagabond Jewish exorcists?

Acts : Cruelty & Violence (8)

  1. Peter claims that Dt 18:18-19 refers to Jesus, saying that those who refuse to follow him (all non-Christians) must be killed. 3:23
  2. Peter and God scare Ananias and his wife to death for not forking over all of the money that they made when selling their land. 5:1-10
  3. Peter has a dream in which God show him "wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls." The voice (God's?) says, "Rise, Peter: kill and eat." 10:10-13
  4. Peter describes the vision that he had in the last chapter (10:10-13). All kinds of beasts, creeping things, and fowls drop down from the sky in a big sheet, and a voice (God's, Satan's?) tells him to "Arise, Peter; slay and eat." 11:5-10
  5. The "angel of the Lord" killed Herod by having him "eaten of worms" because "he gave not God the glory." 12:23
  6. Paul and the Holy Ghost conspire together to make Elymas (the sorcerer) blind. 13:8-11
  7. David was "a man after [God's] own heart." 13:22
  8. The author of Acts talks about the "sure mercies of David." But David was anything but merciful. For an example of his behavior see 2 Sam 12:31 and 1 Chr 20:3, where he saws, hacks, and burns to death the inhabitants of several cities. 13:34

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