Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 4:6
Annas, who had been the high priest, and Caiaphas, who was so then.
Annas, who had been the high priest, and Caiaphas, who was so then.
ACTS 4:6 VIwa,nnhj {A} Both John and Alexander are unknown. Codex Bezae, in substituting Jonathan for John, agrees with information given by Josephus, who says that Jonathan, son of Annas, was appoi...
Verse Acts 4:6. _ANNAS_] Though this man was not now actually in the office of high priest, yet he had possessed it for eleven years, bore the title all his life, and had the honour of seeing five of...
THEIR RULERS - The rulers of the Jews; doubtless the members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. Compare Acts 4:15. See the notes on Matthew 2:4; Matthew 5:22. The expression their ruler...
CHAPTER 4 __ 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 ...
A full meeting of the Sanhedrin takes place in the morning. Annas and Caiaphas are known to us; the former was high priest, A.D. 6- 15; Caiaphas, his son-in-law, A.D. 18- 34. John and Alexander are ot...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
So on the next day it happened that the rulers and the elders and the scribes were assembled in Jerusalem, together with Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all those who be...
ANNAS. See note on Luke 3:2. CAIAPHAS. See note on John 11:49; John 18:13. JOHN. Nothing certainly known of him. Dr. John Lightfoot supposes he was Johanan Ben Lacoai,. famous Rabbi of that time. _Wo...
_and Annas the high priest_ was there. The verb is understood. Annas (called Ananus in Josephus), son of one Seth, was made high-priest (a.d. 7) by the Roman governor Quirinus [Cyrenius], and so conti...
ἌΝΝΑΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. All the names in this verse are in the nominative with אAB. The _Vulg_. has also nominatives but the construction of the previous verse in the Latin brings the words there also into the s...
Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
_THE APOSTLES IN COURT ACTS 4:5-12:_ The apostles were examined by the rulers, the chief priests, the Scribes, and elders of the people. They were examined with the question, "By what power, or by wha...
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AND ANNAS THE HIGH-PRIEST, AND CAIAPHAS,— See the note on Luke 3:2. _John_ and _Alexander_ were evidently persons of great note among the Jews at this time; and it is not improbable, as Dr. Lightfoot...
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 4:5-22. Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest was t...
See notes on verse 5...
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. AND ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST, AND CAIAPHAS...
5 This was the supreme spiritual judiciary in Israel. It comprised the heads of the twenty-four courses of priests, the scribes, and elders, said to have been in all seventy-one. The names of the chie...
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)...
ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST] see on John 18:13. JOHN] An unknown person. But D reads 'Jonathan.' This is probably correct, for Jonathan was son of Annas, and succeeded Caiaphas. ALEXANDER] is unknown....
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...
AND ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST... — These are mentioned by themselves as representing the section that had probably convened the meeting, and came in as if to dominate its proceedings. The order of the fir...
Ἄννας : Caiaphas, the son-in-law of Annas, was the high priest actually, in office, but like other retired high priests, the latter retained not only the title, but also many of the rights and obligat...
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...
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...
Their Day In Court Luke's description makes it clear that Peter and John were brought before the Jewish Sanhedrin the next day. Ash says, "It was the high court of seventy members, plus the high pries...
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the (d) kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. (d) From whom the high Priests were u...
SANHEDRIN 5-7. The judgment hall of the Sanhedrin stands on Mt. Zion, about a thousand rods from the city wall, on the brow of that mountain. I was in it three years ago, my guide certifying to its id...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, (6) And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high prie...
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...
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...
AND ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST,.... So called, either because he had been an high priest, though he was not now, but Caiaphas his son-in-law; or because he was the Sagan of the high priest, and had all the...
And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. Ver. 6. _And Annas_] The same old man, st...
_And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers_, &c., _were gathered together_ There was a general assembly held of those who constituted the sanhedrim, and a court formed at Jerusalem. _And An...
ANNAS; he had been high-priest, and was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high-priest at that time. OF THE KINDRED; relations....
The Sanhedrin is convened:...
AND ANNAS, THE HIGH PRIEST, AND CAIAPHAS, AND JOHN, AND ALEXANDER, AND AS MANY AS WERE OF THE KINDRED OF THE HIGH PRIEST, WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AT JERUSALEM....
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, ON THE NEXT DAY, THAT THEIR RULERS, ELDERS, AND SCRIBES, 6 AS WELL AS ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST, CAIAPHAS, JOHN, AND ALEXANDER, AND AS MANY AS WERE OF THE FAMILY OF THE HIGH PRIEST,...
and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest. 'ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST'-That is, the legal high priest according to f...
5-14 Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and thi...
ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST, AND CAIAPHAS; both these are said to be high priests, LUKE 3:2; whether they bare this office by turn each other year, as some think, or that the Roman power put in and out whom...
Cyprian Epistle V Let a more earnest care, moreover, be bestowed upon the glorious confessors. And although I know that very many of those have been maintained by the vow[2] Constitutions of the Hol...
Acts 4:6 well G2532 Annas G452 priest G749 G2532 Caiaphas G2533 G2532 John G2491 and G2532 Alexander...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
‘And it came about on the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as man...
Acts 4:6. AND ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST. The Rabbis maintain that the Sanhedrim existed in the time of Moses, and refer to the incidents related in Numbers 11 for its origin. Seventy elders were appointed...
ANNAS (Hαννας). One of the rulers or chief priests, ex-high priest (A.D. 7-14) and father-in-law ofCAIAPHAS (Καιαφας) who was actual high priest at that time, though the title clung to Annas as he...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
THE NEXT DAY. This is a meeting of the Jewish Council [the Sanhedrim]. The Jews still considered Annas the High Priest, even though the Romans had put Caiaphas in his place ten years before....
_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...
_And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers … were gathered together._ THE SANHEDRIN IN THE TIME OF THE APOSTLES 1. Of all the ancient Jewish institutions there is none which is of greater...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:6 ANNAS is named as HIGH PRIEST. High priests seem to have retained their title for life (see also note on John 18:24). His son-in-law Caiaphas
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:5. THEIR RULERS.—Not of the new converts or of the apostles, but of the people; hence the Sanhedrists. ELDERS,—Heads of families, SCRIBES,—Teachers of the law, and CHIEF PRI...
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
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...
John 11:49; John 18:13; John 18:14; John 18:24; Luke 3:2...
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...