Acts 5:12 -15 ~ in Solomon's Portico

Colonnade left from King Solomon's Portico. Could be from the First Temple used in the Second Temple. John 10:23. A portion of the Temple,  according to JosephusB. J. 5:5, section 1; Ant. 20:9, section 7, remained from Solomon's time. It rose from a great depth, occupying part of the valley, and supported by a wall 400 cubits high, formed of immense stones, some 20 cubits long. The Chaldeans spared it,  for the strength and beauty.  This is where the Remnant left from the Babylonian Exile worshiped. Jesus the Lord walked in its shelter.

Acts 2:6       
And at this sound the multitude came together, and they were bewildered, because each one was hearing them speak in his own language.  

Acts 5:12 -15      
Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon's Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them, but the people held them in high esteem. 14 And more than ever believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women, 15 so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.         
Joel 3:14 
Multitudes, multitudes, in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.

This is the time after Jesus was found to be alive, resurrected. A very active time after Jesus was crucified.


 Acts, Chapter 2, say about the time when the wood becomes dry?   
 But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel ^{[2nd Chapter of Joel]}:  
 

¹⁷  “‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,          
and your young men shall see visions,          
and your old men shall dream dreams;    
¹⁸ even on my male servants and female servants        
in those days I will pour out my Spirit,  and they shall prophesy.      
¹⁹ And I will show wonders in the heavens above        
and signs on the earth below,                    
 blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke;   
²⁰  the sun shall be turned to darkness        
and the moon to blood,        
before the day of the Lord comes,     
the great and magnificent day.

  ²¹ And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.’  
 

Acts 11:26
and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.


This is the birth of the Bride of Christ - the Church.


How many times are the Disciples in and around the Temple? And Synagogues.

The Bible records 27 times. For the ministry of the saints - to Christians.

1 Corinthians 9
9 Now it is superfluous for me to write to you about the ministry for the saints, 2 for I know your readiness






Acts 2:46
And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,

Acts 3:1
[ The Lame Beggar Healed ] Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.

Acts 3:2
And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.

Acts 3:3
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.

Acts 3:8
And leaping up he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.

Acts 3:10
and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.

Acts 4:1
[ Peter and John Before the Council ] And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

Acts 5:20
“Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”

Acts 5:21
And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.

Acts 5:24
Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.

Acts 5:25
And someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”

Acts 5:42
And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.

Acts 14:13
And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.

Acts 17:24
The God who made the world and everything in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by man,

Acts 19:27
And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship.”

Acts 19:35
And when the town clerk had quieted the crowd, he said, “Men of Ephesus, who is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is temple keeper of the great Artemis, and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky?

Acts 21:26
Then Paul took the men, and the next day he purified himself along with them and went into the temple, giving notice when the days of purification would be fulfilled and the offering presented for each one of them.

Acts 21:27
[ Paul Arrested in the Temple ] When the seven days were almost completed, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him,

Acts 21:28
crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against the people and the law and this place. Moreover, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

Acts 21:29
For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

Acts 21:30
Then all the city was stirred up, and the people ran together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

Acts 22:17
“When I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance

Acts 24:6
He even tried to profane the temple, but we seized him.

Acts 24:12
and they did not find me disputing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, either in the temple or in the synagogues or in the city.

Acts 24:18
While I was doing this, they found me purified in the temple, without any crowd or tumult. But some Jews from Asia—

Thessaloniki , Greece, 4th Century, Church of David.

The first Churches, like Peter's house, were House Churches.



Acts 1:14
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

Mary and her children were with the believers.



Father God, The true Tithe is Love.

Ezekiel 11 gives us a prophecy to pray.

When we come to You, we will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from them.

And You will give us one heart, and put a new spirit within us.

Father God will take the heart of stone out of our flesh and give us a heart of flesh, that we may walk in Your statutes and do them. Then we will be The people and Beloved of Jesus, and You shall be our Father God.

In the Name of Jesus the Christ, our Hero. You are the Font of every Blessing. Amen.

♔ Lord Jesus Saves †