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NASB | Acts 8:2 Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 8:2 ¶ Some devout men buried Stephen, and mourned greatly over him [expressing a personal sense of loss]. |
Subject: The Suffering of the Church |
Bible Note: January 8, 1956 is a day to remember in Christianity. Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Roger Youderian, Pete Fleming and Jim Elliot is the date these men died at the hands of the Huaorani. Their deaths position many of God's troops from the comfort of where they were to the world who needed to hear the Gospel. It impacted the movement of their family. In the fall of 1958, Elisabeth Elliot (Jim's wife) went to live with the Huaorani with their three year old daughter Valerie and Rachel Saint (Nate's sister) ... which eventually bore fruit. Rachel Saint died in Ecuador after spending 36 years with the Huaorani. Steve Saint, whose father was killed 22 days before his 5th birthday, started to live with the Huaorani the summer he was 10. He was baptized by two of his father's killers, who had become Christians, when he was 14, in the same river his father went to glory. He returned to Ecuador as a tour guide for awhile. In 1994, he returned to bury his Aunt Rachel. The Woadani asked for he and family to stay, which he did (1995-1996). He and wife have returned several times. Steve has done work with other indigenous tribes I have met Elisabeth and Steve. Their actions and that of Rachel show forgiveness and love. I attended chapel when I was in the military. The chaplain showed Though Gates of Splendor one evening. But only the first part. I said we must see the second reel… for it was the rest of the story. The deaths of these five weren’t the first to be killed in the jungles of South America. In 1944, Cecil Dye, Bob Dye, Dave Bacon, George Hosbach or Eldon Hunter were martyred in Bolivia. They didn’t receive much notice. Jim said, "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." Searcher |