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ACTS 4:1-4
In these verses codex Bezae makes a number of modifications for
reasons that are not always clear. The addition of ta. r`h,mata tau/ta
in ver. Acts 4:1 was probably made in the interest of...
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PUT THEM IN HOLD - That is, they took them into “custody,” or into
safe keeping. Probably they committed them to the care of a guard.
EVENTIDE - Evening. It was not convenient to assemble the council...
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CHAPTER 4
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1. Their Arrest (Acts 4:1).
2. The Result of the Testimony (Acts 4:4).
3. Peter and John before the Rulers and Elders (Acts 4:5).
4. Peter's bold witness ...
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PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN.
Acts 4:1. Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but
Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons
representing the Sanhedrin and exercisin...
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While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the
superintendent of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them. They
were annoyed because they were teaching the people, and proclaiming,
throug...
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ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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IN. App-104.
HOLD. ward. Greek. _teresis_ Only here, Acts 5:18, and 1 Corinthians
7:19.
NOW. already....
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_and put them in hold_ i.e. in prison. The word means _ward_, safe
keeping. And it is worth noticing on the use of it, that the Jews only
employed imprisonment for this precautionary purpose. It was n...
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ΤΉΡΗΣΙΝ, _ward_, safe keeping, i.e. in a prison-house. And it
is worth noticing on the use of it, that the Jews only employed
imprisonment for this precautionary purpose. It was not a mode of
punishme...
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Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
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_THE APOSTLES WERE ARRESTED ACTS 4:1-4:_ Peter and John were
interrupted as they spoke about Jesus. The priests, captain of the
temple and Sadducees caused the trouble. They were grieved because of
th...
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ΈΠΈΒΑΛΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G1911)
накладывать руки на кого-л. ΈΘΕΝΤΟ _aor.
ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΤΊΘΗΜΙ (G5087) помещать.
ΤΉΡΗΣΙΣ (G5084) темница, тюрьма;
охраняемое место, возможно, одно...
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FOR IT WAS NOW EVEN-TIDE.— Or, _evening._ As Peter and John went up
to the temple at three in the afternoon, this expression makes it
probable that some hours might be spent in preaching to the people...
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IN THE PRISON ACTS 4:1-4.
Acts 4:1
And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the
temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Acts 4:2
being sore troubled because they taught th...
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See notes on verse 1...
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And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day:
for it was now eventide.
AND THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM, AND PUT THEM IN HOLD UNTO THE NEXT DAY:
FOR IT WAS NOW EVENTIDE - the mir...
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13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent,
may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders
it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
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ARREST OF PETER AND JOHN
1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin.
The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1)
because they taught the people (Acts 4:2)...
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GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE
ACTS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 4
THE *JEWISH LEADERS ARREST PETER AND JOHN, 4:1-4
V1 Peter and John were speaking to the people. As they spoke, the
priests, the captain of th...
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IT WAS NOW EVENTIDE. — The narrative started, it will be remembered,
from 3 P.M. (Acts 3:1). The “eventide” began at 6 P.M.
PUT THEM IN HOLD. — Literally, _in custody._ In Acts 5:18, the word
is tran...
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ἐπέβαλον αὐτοῖς τὰς χεῖρας : the verb is
always as here joined with the same noun in Acts, and twice in the
Gospel; the phrase is found once in Matthew and Mark, and twice in
John; see Luke 20:19; Luk...
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THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME
Acts 4:1-12
The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the
agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The
fact of our Lord's resurre...
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Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated
mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the
apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean
ph...
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Peter and John Arrested
While they were still preaching, armed men came into the temple area
and arrested Peter and John. This group included priests, the captain
of the temple and the Sadducees. In a...
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APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION
1-3. Here we find Peter is interrupted in the midst of this glorious
sermon by the priests and the captain of the Levitical temple guards
and the Sadducees, the most wealthy and...
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And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the
temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they
taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrec...
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First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among
the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ
Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
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In a word, they are invited to return by repentance, and enjoy all the
promises made to Israel. The Messiah Himself should return from heaven
to establish their blessing. The whole nation is here addr...
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AND THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM,.... The Arabic version renders it, "on
both"; on Peter and John; seized them by force, and drew them out of
the temple:
AND PUT THEM IN HOLD UNTO THE NEXT DAY; not in the...
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And they laid hands on them, and put _them_ in hold unto the next day:
for it was now eventide.
Ver. 3. _Put them in hold_] In the sergeant's ward, τηρησις,
not in the jail or dungeon. God doth by de...
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_And as they_ Namely, Peter and John; _spake unto the people_ The
multitude, who had assembled in the temple, upon occasion of the
miraculous cure of the lame man, as related in the preceding chapter;...
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IN HOLD; in prison, or under guard, for safe-keeping.
EVENTIDE; evening. When the gospel is faithfully preached, and
multitudes embrace it, its opposers are greatly grieved. If they have
power, they...
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The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of
the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their
cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were
ev...
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AND THEY LAID HANDS ON THEM, AND PUT _THEM_ IN CUSTODY UNTIL THE NEXT
DAY, FOR IT WAS ALREADY EVENING.
1. "Laid hands on them" has three meanings in the New Testament.
1. To impart spiritual gifts...
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And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward unto the morrow: for
it was now eventide.
'PUT THEM'-Peter, John and possibly the lame man. For when the trial
begins the next morning, the lame man...
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1-4 The apostles preached through Jesus the resurrection from the
dead. It includes all the happiness of the future state; this they
preached through Jesus Christ, to be had through him only. Miserab...
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PUT THEM IN HOLD; some think this not to have been so strait a custody
as that of a prison, but that rather the apostles were delivered to
some who promised that they should be forthcoming. The predic...
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Acts 4:3 And G2532 laid G1911 (G5627) hands G5495 them G846 and G2532
put G5087 (G5639) in G1
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THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
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‘And they laid hands on them, and put them in ward until the morrow,
for it was now nightfall.'
So Peter and John were arrested and locked up overnight so that they
could be dealt with the next day....
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Acts 4:3. IT WAS NOW EVENTIDE. When Peter and John went up into the
Temple to pray, it was three in the afternoon. It was about six
o'clock when the captain of the Temple arrested them....
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_Imprisonment of Peter and John, 1-4._
The ever-increasing crowd (see Acts 4:4) seems to have called the
attention of the temple authorities to the miracle and the subsequent
teaching of Peter and Jo...
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IN WARD
(εις τηρησιν). Probably in one of the chambers of the
temple. In safe keeping (from τηρεω, to guard). Old word, in the
N.T. only here and Acts 5:18; 1 Corinthians 7:19. So in papyri.NOW
EVE...
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Acts 4:1
Look at this passage: (1) from the side of the Jewish leaders; (2)
from the side of the Apostles.
I. On the side of the Jewish leaders there was (1) illiberality; (2)
shortsightedness; (3)...
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Acts 4
Before the Council
From this section of Apostolic history we may draw the following
practical inferences:
I. We may learn that if we are Christ's disciples we may expect to
encounter antagon...
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Acts 4:1. And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being
grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the
re...
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CONTENTS: The first persecution. Peter's address to the Sanhedrin.
Preaching in Jesus' name forbidden. Christians again filled with the
Spirit. State of the Church at Jerusalem.
CHARACTERS: God, Jesu...
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Acts 4:1. _The captain of the temple_ was the captain of the watch,
and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat
them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep on...
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BUT MANY WHO HEARD THE MESSAGE BELIEVED. Jailing Peter and John did
not change the minds of those who believed what they had said. TO
ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. This must include those men who were "buried...
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_And they laid hands upon them … Howbeit many of them which heard
the Word believed._
THE IMPOTENCE AND BENEFIT OF PERSECUTION
1. Peter had boasted, “I am ready to go with Thee to prison.” He
was no...
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_And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of
the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them._
THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE
was an officer of a sort which Luke mentions in the plura...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:3 The Jewish high court, the Sanhedrin, met in
the mornings.
⇐ ⇔...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 4:1. AS THEY SPAKE.—Lit., _they_, the apostles, either Peter
for John or John with Peter _speaking_. The discourse was probably
interrupted after the utterance of the preceding...
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EXPOSITION
ACTS 4:1
THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE. Only here and Acts 5:24, and Luke 22:4,
Luke 22:52 in the plural some
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Now as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the
temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they
taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection...
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Acts 12:1; Acts 16:19; Acts 5:18; Acts 6:12; Acts 8:3;...
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In hold [ε ι ς τ η ρ η σ ι ν]. A somewhat antiquated
rendering. Better, as Rev., in ward. See on 1 Peter 1:4....
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FIGHTING AGAINST GOD
Acts 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter,
bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and
elders and sc...