A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS 

                                                            PART I - VIII

"I, Peter, am one of Jesus'disciples.... We were all overjoyed when Jesus came in our midst....He told us that He was sending us out just as He had been sent out by His Father.... We then heard Him say that we needed to stay in Jerusalem first so we could be empowered for our task before going out....We understood all that for we knew we needed to be empowered by Him to fulfill His task for us just as He had empowered us in the past.... What we heard next was quite uncomfortable.... For we heard Him say that we were to go to places we have never been to.... We all wondered if we had heard correctly.... But everyone looked at me to see what I would say... I had in mind to say, "Jesus, excuse me... We can cope with going to Jerusalem even though that might mean imprisonment for us and likewise going to Judea is ok for everyone is like us, Jewish... But You cannot mean for us to go to Samaria... We still remember that not too long ago You insisted we go there and so we went... And then You talked to that Samaritan woman... But that only happened because we had gone to town to buy lunch.... So we could not stop You from talking to her.... But we want You to know that we were worried about Your reputation.... After all, she was a woman... And more than that, she was a Samaritan woman.... And You know that we, Jews, do not communicate with Samaritans... And most certainly not with Samaritan women... It is true, we did not dare to say anything to You at that time....But we were really concerned for Your reputation....After all, You are a Rabbi....And since we are Your disciples, we were concerned for our reputation as well... So Jesus, You could you not possibly tell us to go there, could You now?.... And then to tell us to go the ends of the earth?... Jesus, that is where all the unclean people are... Whose homes we cannot enter and who cannot enter our homes.... Jesus do not leave us now.... We must discuss this." ... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn of Jesus' assigment to His disciples before leaving for heaven...

                       ATTACHMENT A WALK THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS

                                                           PART I - VIII

 

Peter and the other disciples would have been shocked when they heard Jesus say to them that they were going to be witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria and to the ends of the earth as you can read in Acts 1:8b

"And you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."

However, before any of the disciples, including Peter, could say anything to Jesus about His commandment to them, Jesus left for heaven as you can read in

Acts 1:9

After He had said this, He was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.

It was clear He was not coming back to the disciples. Not at least at that time. But they then remembered He had told them to wait in Jerusalem for this Gift from heaven.