Yesterday's reading included Moses' warning about being led astray by anyone, including false prophets or even close family members. No one who proposed idolatry was to be allowed to live. Then we heard a repetition of the laws about which animals were to be treated as clean/edible and those unclean/detestable.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/deu.15.nlt
We turn to Psalm 57, which is beautiful and often quoted. It again is from David's experiences.
Translation note:
In v.2-3 the honorific 3rd person was changed to ‘You’ for English discourse naturalness.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/psa.57
In Acts 11 we heard how Peter needed to defend what he did in sharing the Gospel with Gentiles. The result was that the church leaders joyfully accepted that God was giving salvation to more than just the Jews. Then we heard how Barnabas visited the predominately Gentile believers in Antioch and then called Saul to join him.
Translation notes:
9 So Peter left the cell, following the angel. But all the time he thought [“this must be//it was] a vision.” He didn’t realize
it was actually happening.
15 “You’re out of your mind!” they said. When she insisted, they decided, “It must be his [guardian/0] angel.”
18 At dawn there was [no little//a great] commotion among the soldiers about what had happened to Peter.
20 Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they sent a delegation to make peace with him because their cities were dependent upon Herod’s country for food. [With the aid of a little bribe money, the//The] delegates won the support of Blastus, Herod’s personal assistant,
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/act.12
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