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“We Must Obey God as Ruler”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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7, 8. What effect did the angel’s command no doubt have on the apostles, and we do well to ask ourselves what question?
7 Sitting in jail awaiting trial, the apostles may have wondered whether they were about to suffer martyrdom at the hands of their enemies. (Matt. 24:9) But during the night, something most unexpected happened—“Jehovah’s angel opened the doors of the prison.”* (Acts 5:19)
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“We Must Obey God as Ruler”“Bearing Thorough Witness” About God’s Kingdom
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This is the first of some 20 specific references to angels in the book of Acts. Earlier, at Acts 1:10, angels are indirectly referred to as “men in white garments.”
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