0 Acts : Intolerance

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: Where did the Holy Ghost forbid Paul from preaching?

Acts : Intolerance (24)

  1. Peter blames the Jews for the death of Jesus. 3:14-15
  2. 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
  3. God will torture forever those who don't know the password to heaven. 4:12
  4. Once again, Peter accuses the Jews of murdering Jesus. 5:30
  5. Stephen, filled with the Holy Ghost, delivers a long, boring, anti-Semitic speech in a synagogue. 7:2-53
  6. Stephen blames the Jews for persecuting the prophets and murdering Jesus. 7:51-52
  7. After Saul "increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews," the "Jews took counsel to kill him." 9:22-23
  8. The Jews are again blamed for the death of Jesus. 10:39
  9. Herod kills James the brother of John and imprisons Peter "because he saw it pleased the Jews." 12:1-3
  10. Herod killed James the brother of John and imprisoned Peter "because he saw it pleased the Jews." (Jews just love to see Christians killed with the sword.) 12:1-3
  11. Paul and the Holy Ghost conspire together to make Elymas (the sorcerer) blind. 13:8-11
  12. The Jews of Antioch, after seeing Paul's success in preaching, were envious and blasphemed God. Paul then declares them to be "unworthy of everlasting life." 13:45-46
  13. Once again "the Jews stirred up" trouble and "raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts." 13:50
  14. "The unbelieving Jews" stir up trouble again for Paul and incite the people to try to stone him to death. 14:2-5
  15. In Thessalonica, "the Jews which believed not, moved with envy" stir up trouble for Paul and his friends. 17:5
  16. "The Jews of Thessalonica ... stirred up the people." 17:13
  17. "And when they [the Jews of Corinth] opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he [Paul] shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads." (Have a nice day?) 18:6
  18. "The Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat." 18:12
  19. The first Christian book burning occurs when Paul's converts at Ephesus burn 50,000 silver pieces' worth of books. (A silver piece was worth about a day's wage.) 19:19
  20. Poor Paul complains, once again, of being mistreated by "the Jews." 20:19
  21. The Jews, once again, incite the people to kill poor old Paul. But he escapes and delivers another long, boring speech. 21:27-40
  22. The Jews form a grand conspiracy to kill Paul. They vow not to eat or drink until the job is done. (The first hunger strike?) 23:12-15
  23. Claudius saves Paul from being killed by the Jews. 23:27
  24. Those pesky Jews caught Paul and and tried to kill him. But he got away. Darn! 26:21

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