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Praying without ceasing
By John Chopores (Acts 12:3-5 KJV) (3) And because he saw it[1] [1]pleased
the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of
unleavened bread.) (4) And when he had apprehended him, he put {him} in prison,
and delivered {him} to four quaternions of soldiers
to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. (5) Peter
therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was [2]made
[3]without
ceasing of the church [4]unto
God for him.
The Greek word for "without ceasing" is "ektenes" which means "stretched out,
extended; hence, earnest, intent, fervent" BULLINGER. PAGE.140.],
"eager, earnest, lit. "strained""[B.A.G.
PAGE.245.]. In the KJV N.T. it is tranlated
"without ceasing", and "fervent".
"unto", Greek, pros,
"towards, in the direction of. ... with Acc., towards, of
literal and mental direction, in reference to, order to, with a view to, as
an end, (marking the ultimate purpose)" BULLINGER. PAGE.
836.].
God wants to trust, and talk to Him daily! We
need to obey God daily! LUK 9:23 And he said to {them} all,
If any {man} will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,
and follow me. (KJV) ACT 17:11 These
were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with
all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those
things were so. (KJV) It
is good to have real Christian fellowship, daily! (Acts 2:46-47 KJV) (46) And they, continuing daily
with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat
their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, (47) Praising God, and having
favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the
church daily such as should be saved. 2CO 11:28 Beside
those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care
of all the churches. (KJV) HEB 3:13 But exhort one another daily,
while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened
through the deceitfulness of sin. (KJV) Jesus
would teach daily, so should we! (Matthew 7:7-8 KJV) (7) [8]Ask,
and it shall be given you; [9]seek,
and ye shall find; [10] knock, and it shall be opened unto you: (8)
For every one that [11]asketh [12]receiveth; and he that [13]seeketh [14]findeth; and to him that [15]knocketh it shall be [16]opened.
What
our Lord Jesus, is saying here is, "do not give-up, if you keep on
"asking, seeking, and knocking", what you seek (in the will of God),
will come to you! [1]present indicative active, the "present indicative asserts something which is occurring while the speaker is making the statement" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.] [2]ginomai, "to begin to be, i.e. to come into existence, or into any state, as implying orgin either from natural causes or through special agency; hence, to become, come to pass" BULLINGER. PAGE. 473.]. present passive/middle participle, the "present participle expresses continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 855.] [3]The Greek word for "without ceasing" is "ektenes" which means "stretched out, extended; hence, earnest, intent, fervent" BULLINGER. PAGE.140.], "eager, earnest, lit. "strained""[B.A.G. PAGE.245.]. In the KJV N.T. it is tranlated "without ceasing", and "fervent". [4]pros, "towards, in the direction of. ... with Acc., towards, of literal and mental direction, in reference to, order to, with a view to, as an end, (marking the ultimate purpose)" BULLINGER. PAGE. 836.]. [5]poieo, "to make, i.e. to form, produce, to bring about, cause, spoken of any external act as manifested in the production of something tangible and obvious to the senses, and referring to completed action." [BULLINGER. PAGE.474.]. present indicative middle, the "present indicative asserts something which is occurring while the speaker is making the statement" CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [6]pantote, always, ever, constantly (from ...pas, all, and ...tote, there)" [BULLINGER. PAGE. 47.] [7] proseuche, "speaking out to, prayer towards" [BULLINGER. PAGE. 595.] (euche, with pros, towards,prefixed). [8]present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [9]present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [10]present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [11] present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [12] present indicative active, the "present indicative asserts something which is occurring while the speaker is making the statement" CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [13] present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [14] present indicative active, the "present indicative asserts something which is occurring while the speaker is making the statement" CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [15] present imperative active, "it may indicate a command to do something in the future which involves continuous or repeated action" [CWSNT. PAGE. 857.]. [16]future passive, the "Passive Voice represents the subject as receiving the action of the verb" [CWSNT. PAGE. 855.].
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