This is the fifteenth entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles This post examines the second arrest of the disciples of Jesus in Jerusalem on the Temple Mount For previous entries please now go to the Complete Acts of the Apostle Commentary where you can find links

How history is recited matters almost as much as what happened When someone as talented as Shakespeare tells your tale the image stays fixed But I that am not shaped for sportive tricks Nor made to court an amourous looking-glass I that am rudely stamp rsquo d and want love rsquo s majestyTo stru

Hamlet expires saying ldquo The rest is silence rdquo nbsp When someone dies a stillness descends nbsp However feebly he might have communicated to us even a moment before mdash with a gesture or a sigh mdash the soul of the other enters a silence in death nbsp It rsquo s so final so abs

Hearing a vocational story is similar to asking someone how he fell in love.

Christianity directly assaults the distinction between the holy and the mundane.

A Palm Sunday reflection on the importance of regret