Brought them without violence; they might, peradventure, think it needless or impossible to bind them against their wills, who had opened the prison, and so miraculously came out: however, another more certain reason is given of it; they feared the people; they feared men more than God, who had done so great things amongst them.
Verse Acts 5:26. _BROUGHT THEM WITHOUT VIOLENCE_] On receiving the information mentioned above, proper officers were sent to seize and bring them before the council. The officers, on reaching the tem...
WITHOUT VIOLENCE - Not by force; not by “binding” them. Compare Matthew 27:2. The command of the Sanhedrin was sufficient to secure their presence, as they did not intend to refuse to answer for any a...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1)._ 2. Signs and wonders by the Apostles (Acts 5:11). 3. The second arrest of the Apostles and their Deliverance (Acts 5:17). 4. Before the Council ...
A HOSTILE ENCOUNTER WITH THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES. This account closely resembles that in ch. 4; the imprisonment is at the hands of the same men, extends over one night, and Peter's two declarations (A...
But the high priest and his party (the local sect of the Sadducees) were filled with envy, and they laid hands on the apostles and put them under public arrest. But through the night the angel of the...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
WITHOUT. Literally not (App-105.) with (App-104.) violence (Greek. _bia_. here, 21, 35; Acts 24:7; Acts 27:41). LEST. in order that (Greek. _hina)_....
_without violence_ Nor can we suppose that the Apostles were at all likely to offer resistance, for their examination before the council would afford them an opportunity of proclaiming the message of...
ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
ΟΥ̓ ΜΕΤᾺ ΒΊΑΣ, _without violence_. Nor can we suppose that the Apostles were at all likely to offer resistance, for their examination before the council would afford them an opportunity of proclaiming...
_WHEN TRUTH IS OPPOSED ACTS 5:26-32:_ In spite of opposition, Christians must uphold and defend the truth. Even after being put in prison and threatened the apostles continued to preach. They taught o...
ΆΠΕΛΘΏΝ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΆΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) уходить, ΉΓΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 5:21. Они вели их медленно, уверенно и торжественно (RWP). ΜΕΤΆ ΒΊΑΣ (G3326; G970) с силой, насильно,...
FOR THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE, &C.— This may seem a surprizing change in the people, considering the eagerness with which they demanded that Christ should be crucified: but if we consider that the common...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 5:21 a Acts 5:21 And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. ACTS 5:21 A As the sun broke over the eastern horizon of the hills of Jud...
See notes on verse 24...
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. THEN WENT THE CAPTAIN WITH THE OFFICERS, AND BROUGHT THEM...
14 The fear of the drawn sword in the King's hand will repress evil and rebellion. The prayer of the disciples, after the threats of the Sanhedrin, seems to have been abundantly answered. Not only was...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
THE APOSTLES AGAIN IMPRISONED 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do (Acts 5:4), but pretending that the money which they of...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, 5:1-11 V1 But there was a man whose name was Ananias. He and his wife, Sapphira, sold a building and some land. The bui...
WITHOUT VIOLENCE ... — The scene recalls that of John 7:45. Here, however, the Apostles set the example of unresisting acquiescence, even though the tide of feeling in their favour was so strong that...
ἤγαγεν : but imperfect with W.H [180] and Weiss, so Blass “quia modus quo res gesta est describitur; perfecta res indicatur, Acts 5:27, ἀγαγόντες ”. οὐμετὰ βίας, “ _but_ without violence,” R.V. Weiss...
DELIVERED TO TESTIFY Acts 5:12-26 While the Holy Spirit works mightily _within_ the Church, He co-operates with it in its _outward_ operations by adding men and women to the Lord. None should be adde...
Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terrible...
Before the Council It must have been a shock for the council to learn that the men they had charged not to preach in the name of Jesus were, even as they met, preaching in the temple. The captain and...
(8) Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. (8) Tyrants who do not fear God are forced to fear his s...
Then went the magistrate; [4] which by the Greek was a military officer. But he did not bind them like prisoners, for fear of a tumult, but desired them to go along with them to the sanhedrim. (Witham...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the co...
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...
Alas! evil shews itself there also (Chapter 5). If the mighty Spirit of God is there, the flesh also is there. There are some who wished to have the credit of devotedness which the Holy Ghost produces...
THEN WENT THE CAPTAIN WITH THE OFFCERS,.... That is, the captain of the temple, who had the command of it; he went thither attended with the officers and servants of the chief priests, the same that h...
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Ver. 26. _And brought them without violence_] The apostles m...
_Then went the captain with the officers_ By the direction of the sanhedrim; _and brought them_ Ου μετα βιας, _not by violence; for they feared the people, lest_ If they had offered any violence in th...
THEY; the officers. THE PEOPLE; those who favored the apostles....
The arraignment of the apostles:...
THEN WENT THE CAPTAIN WITH THE OFFICERS, AND BROUGHT THEM WITHOUT VIOLENCE; FOR THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE, LEST THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN STONED....
Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certainl...
THEN THE CAPTAIN WENT WITH THE OFFICERS AND BROUGHT THEM WITHOUT VIOLENCE, FOR THEY FEARED THE PEOPLE, LEST THEY SHOULD BE STONED. 1. Re-arrested them - with little show of force - so they would not...
Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, but without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned. 'BUT WITHOUT VIOLENCE'-Does this imply that the first arrest ...
26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselv...
Acts 5:26 Then G5119 captain G4755 went G565 (G5631) with G4862 officers G5257 brought G71 (G5627) them...
THE THIRD ARREST AND SECOND APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (5:26-40). Having previously receive their official warning not to preach in the name of Jesus the second appearance before the tribunal was...
‘Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them, but without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.' The Temple captain clearly recognised the ticklish job the ar...
_They are arrested again, and accused before the Sanhedrim,Peter's Defence. The Impression it made on the Pharisee Members of the Council, The Sentence,_ 26-40. Acts 5:26. AND BROUGHT THEM WITHOUT VIO...
BROUGHT (ηγεν). Imperfect active of αγω, was bringing (leading), slowly no doubt, and solemnly.BUT WITHOUT VIOLENCE (ου μετα βιας). Literally, not with violence.FOR THEY FEARED (εφοβουντο γαρ)....
CONTENTS: Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ananias, Sapph...
Acts 5:3. _Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost._ These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to th...
They DID NOT use FORCE. The power of public opinion!...
_And when they heard that they entered into the temple … But the high priest … called the council together._ THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH The contrast is very graphic. The apostles...
_Then the high priest rose up._ VAIN EFFORTS TO OPPOSE THE GOSPEL I. The effort in this case; by the imprisonment of the leaders of the gospel (Acts 5:17). The whole Jewish authority was in oppositi...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:17. THE HIGH PRIEST.—Annas, as in Acts 4:6. INDIGNATION.—Not envy or jealousy (R.V.), but hot, angry zeal. Acts 5:19. Not THE but AN ANGEL OF THE LORD; _i.e._, sent by the L...
EXPOSITION ACTS 5:1 ANANIAS (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX. But the name occurs nowhere else. The very common name היָנְנ...
Chapter 5, the book of Acts. At the end of the fourth chapter we have the second mention of the early pure communism that was practiced in the first church. Where those who had possessions sold them,...
Acts 5:13; Luke 20:19; Luke 20:6; Luke 22:2; Matthew 14:5;...
THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY Acts 5:17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Those were momentous days. On the part of the Apostles they were days of continued testimony, God working with miracles an...