Acts 4:1-22

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) impotence.

II. On the side of the Apostles there was (1) complete intelligence within the sphere of their ministry; (2) unconquerable courage in narrating and applying facts; (3) Christian magnanimity in preaching the Gospel; (4) incorruptible loyalty to God and to His truth.

Parker, City Temple,vol. ii., p. 121.

References: Acts 4:1. Homilist,3rd series, vol. iv., p. 10. Acts 4:1. J. Oswald Dykes, Preacher's Lantern,vol. iv., p. 449.