- v.1 One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—at three in the afternoon.
- the early believers worshipped:
1) in the temple
2) in the local synagogues
3) with believers on Sunday
- the early Xians saw no division between their faith in Jesus as the promised Messiah and Judaism. They chose the name ekklesia because they saw themselves as the 'people or congregation of Israel'.
- the Jews took official action after the fall of Jerusalem and instituted an oath formula (rejecting Jesus as Messiah) to restrict membership in the local synagogues.
