Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Acts 4:13-22
THE APOSTLES ARE DISMISSED UNPUNISHED
THE APOSTLES ARE DISMISSED UNPUNISHED
ACTS 4:13-16 The Western text, preserved most fully in ith and copG67, rewrites the account, emphasizing the perplexity of the Sanhedrin: “Now when they all heard the firmness of Peter and John, con...
Verse Acts 4:13. _THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN_] την παρρησιαν, The _freedom_ and _fluency_ with which they spoke; for they spoke now from the immediate influence of the Holy Ghost, and their word w...
BOLDNESS - This word properly denotes “openness” or “confidence in speaking.” It stands opposed to “hesitancy,” and to “equivocation” in declaring our sentiments. Here it means that, in spite of dange...
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 ...
DILEMMA OF THE RULERS: THEIR VERDICT. The promise of Luke 21:15 is at once literally fulfilled, and the reasoning is given by which the judges felt themselves overborne. It is that Peter and John are...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
When they saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and when they had grasped the fact that they were men with no special knowledge and no special qualifications, they were amazed; and they recognized them...
NOW WHEN THEY SAW. And beholding. Greek _theoreo._ App-133. BOLDNESS. outspokenness. Greek. _parrhesia._ Same word as "freely", in Acts 2:29. PERCEIVED. Greek. _katalambano._ Compare John 1:5.Ephesia...
The Apostles are dismissed unpunished 13. _the boldness_ The word implies freedom and readiness of speech such as would not be expected from the unlearned. _of Peter and John_ Here we have evidence t...
_THE APOSTLES WERE THREATENED ACTS 4:13-22:_ Their persecutors were perplexed by the boldness of Peter and John. They had perceived of Peter and John as being unlearned, ignorant men. However, that is...
ΘΕΩΡΟΎΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΘΕΩΡΈΩ (G2334) видеть, ΠΑΡΡΗΣΊΑ (G3954) отвага, свобода речи, вольность выражений, отвага и отсутствие стеснения в речи, провозглашающей весть об Иисусе (TLN...
UNLEARNED AND IGNORANT MEN,— _Illiterate men, and in private stations of life;_ αγραμματοι και ιδιωται, men of no education, nor in any public rank of life, as the priests and magistrates were: _And t...
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...
13, 14. Instead of answering evasively and timidly, as was expected of men in their social position, when arraigned in such a presence, the apostles had unhesitatingly avowed the chief deed of yesterd...
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. NOW WHEN T...
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...
4:13 were (e-26) Or 'had been.' The council recognized them as former companions of Christ....
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)...
UNLEARNED AND IGNORANT MEN] This rendering gives a false impression. What is meant is that the Apostles had not received the training of rabbis, and were consequently unskilled in rabbinical tradition...
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...
WHEN THEY SAW THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN. — John, so far as we read, had not spoken, but look and bearing, and, perhaps, unrecorded words, showed that he too shared Peter’s courage. That “boldness...
θεωροῦντες δὲ, _cf._ Acts 3:16, not merely βλέπ., as in Acts 4:14, but “inest notio contemplandi cum attentione aut admiratione,” Tittm., _Synon. N. T._, p. 121. The present participle marks this cont...
BRAVING MEN TO OBEY GOD Acts 4:13-22 Do people realize that there is something about us which cannot be accounted for except that we have been with Jesus? Our company always influences us. A man is k...
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...
Commanded To Speak No More Under Jesus' Authority It was obvious to those in the council that Peter and John had not been trained by the rabbis or with the scribes, yet they dared to interpret scriptu...
(5) Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and (i) ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (5)...
The constancy of Peter and John, surprised the council very much. They admired their knowledge of the Scriptures, seeing them men without learning or letters,[2] and (as they are called idiots) they c...
ILLITERACY OF THE APOSTLES 13. _“Seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and observing that they are unlearned and ignorant men, they continue to be astonished and recognize that they were with Jesus.”...
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (14) And behol...
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...
_COMPANIONS OF CHRIST_ ‘They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.’ Acts 4:13 The first outbreak of enmity against the disciples, and on their trial men recognised that they had be...
13.Here may we see an evil conscience; for being destitute of right and reason, they break out into open tyranny, the hatred whereof they had essayed to escape. Therefore, he doth first declare that t...
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...
NOW WHEN THEY SAW THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN,.... With what courage and intrepidity they stood before them, the presence of mind they had, and the freedom of speech they used, as the word properly...
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Ver. 13. _Un...
_Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John_ Observed with what courage and freedom they spoke, and pleaded their Master's cause, and to what a high degree they extolled him in the very presence...
UNLEARNED AND IGNORANT; men in private life who had not been instructed in the schools, or by the doctors of the law. TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF THEM, THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS; recognized them as persons...
The consultation of the Sanhedrin:...
NOW WHEN THEY SAW THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN, AND PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE UNLEARNED AND IGNORANT MEN, THEY MARVELED; AND THEY TOOK KNOWLEDGE OF THEM THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS....
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...
NOW WHEN THEY SAW THE BOLDNESS OF PETER AND JOHN, AND PERCEIVED THAT THEY WERE UNEDUCATED AND UNTRAINED MEN, THEY MARVELED. AND THEY REALIZED THAT THEY HAD BEEN WITH JESUS. 1. What does "boldness" lo...
Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. 'BOLD...
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...
THEY WERE UNLEARNED; not wholly unlearned, but such as were without any polite learning, or more than ordinary education, such as every one amongst them had. IGNORANT MEN; idiots, so the Greek word, f...
13, 14. Instead of answering evasively and timidly, as was expected of men in their social position, when arraigned in such a presence, the apostles had unhesitatingly avowed the chief deed of yesterd...
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X but to this is opposed what is said in the Acts of the Apostles thus, "Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned...
Acts 4:13 Now G1161 saw G2334 (G5723) boldness G3954 Peter G4074 and G2532 John G2491 and G2532 perceived...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
‘Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.' We o...
Acts 4:13. UNLEARNED. Observing from the language and arguments used that Peter and John were untaught in the rabbinical learning of the Jewish schools. AND OBSCURE, or common. Men of no mark. THE...
_Judgment of the Sanhedrim_, 13-18. Astonishment of Sanhedrists at the ability of Peter's reply. They remember the two apostles were companions of Jesus, and then consult privately together. They see...
THE BOLDNESS (την παρρησιαν). Telling it all (παν, ρησια). See also verses Acts 4:29; Acts 4:31. Actually Peter had turned the table on the Sanhedrin and had arraigned them before the bar of God.HA...
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)...
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 4:13 I. We must be with Jesus, if we would bear a good testimony for Him in the presence of the world. To have heard of Him, to have read of Him, is not enough: we must be with Him; walk with Him...
Peter and John were summoned before the priests to give an account for having healed the lame man, and for having preached in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. In the eighth verse we read: Acts 4:8. The...
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...
ORDINARY MEN OF NO EDUCATION, As all Jews, they had been educated in the synagogue schools, but had not attended the "theological schools" of the teachers of the Law. COMPANIONS OF JESUS. They had thr...
_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...
_Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John._ ST. PETER; OR, TRUE COURAGE The grace of God, which St. Peter’s character and story specially forces on our notice, is the true courage which comes...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:13 BOLDNESS is an important word in Acts 1:1, describing Spirit-inspired courage to speak in spite of any danger. See also...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:13. PERCEIVED.—Lit., _having perceived_ from what they saw and heard at the time, or from previous inquiry. It would certainly have been strange if the Sanhedrists, and in pa...
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...
1 Corinthians 1:27; Acts 2:7; John 18:16; John 18:17; John 19:26;...
Boldness. See on freely, ch. 2 29. Perceived [κ α τ α λ α β ο μ ε ν ο ι]. The word, meaning originally to seize upon or lay hold of, occurs frequently in the New Testament in different phases of this...
THE RESULTS OF A FAITHFUL TESTIMONY Acts 4:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A real problem presented itself to the rulers of the Jews. They were greatly perturbed by the preaching of the disciples, and by the...
Illiterate and uneducated men — Even by such men (though not by such only) hath God in all ages caused his word to be preached before the world....
Observe here, 1. How convincing the boldness of the apostles was, together with the undeniable evidence of the miracle wrought by them: When the council observed both, they marvelled, the apostles bei...