Peter in prison: Difference between revisions

:Herod had vexed Christ. <ref>Mt 2:13 ¶ And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.</ref> <ref>Lu 23:11 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked [him], and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.</ref>

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Connecting the dots concerning the arrests takes more than looking for a common word.  Peter was arrested during the "days of unleavened bread".  The lazy expositor assumes that the day of unleavened bread are the 'feast of unleavened bread' which takes place after Passover, and the connection to Jesus will never be made. To ensure that we don't misunderstand, Luke tells us that Herod intended to display Peter to the crowds after Easter. <ref>Ac 12:4 ... intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.</ref> The DAYS of unleavened bread occurred before Passover when the Jews sold all their leavening to their non-Jewish neighbors so they could buy it back after Passover.  

:Peter was arrested the week before Passover <ref>Ac 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)</ref>

:Jesus was arrested the week before Passover. <ref>Mt 26:2 Ye know that after two days is [the feast of] the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.</ref>

We have been taught to compare and contrast things. In prophetic riddle, we only compare. Peter was placed between two guards, and Jesus between two thieves. If we get hung up contrasting them, we are distracted that guards and thieves are not alike. The comparison between the two is that in each case they were between two somethings.

:Peter was set between two guards <ref>Ac 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.</ref>  

:Jesus was set between two (thieves): <ref>Mt 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left.</ref>

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