ACTS 12

Hello beloved of the most high God. I was reading Acts 12 and noticed some things that I had not noticed before. Isn't the word of God amazing in that every time you read it you can find a new thing. It truly is a living word. Herod had just killed James and the crowd cheered. Who was James ? He was the brother of John the sons of Zebedee. He and John were called the sons of thunder. Herod was so delighted in the death of James he decided to arrest Peter and kill him in a few days time on Easter. There were twelve guards with Peter and he was chained between two of them. The angel came when the guards slept and released Peter from his chains led him out of the prison and through the city gates. Peter went to the house where people were praying for his divine protection. They thought he was a ghost. Although they had been praying for him they had little faith God would answer. Peter told them to bring Mark who was surnamed John. John Mark. That raised a question in my mind. Who exactly was John Mark. He was the writer of one of the four gospels. He wrote in first person even though he did not walk in Jesus's ministry. He wrote what Peter related to him. A little later Peter says go tell the others and tell James. Wait a minute what James? James was killed before Peter went to prison. There was another disciple called James the lesser but when he is referred to he is always called James the lesser so that leaves James the brother of Jesus who wrote a book in the New Testament. Does anyone out there know who this second James was? I said all this to say the scripture gave me a hunger to know the disciples better so the next twelve blogs will be about them. God bless, Linda.