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Verse Acts 4:23. _THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN COMPANY_] This was properly
the first persecution that had been raised up against the Church since
the resurrection of Christ; and as the rest of the disciple...
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THEIR OWN COMPANY - They joined the other apostles and Christians,
Acts 2:44.
AND REPORTED ... - It doubtless became a subject of interesting
inquiry what they should do in this case. They had been th...
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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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RETURN OF THE APOSTLES TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. The Christians are spoken
of as if they lived together (_cf. Acts 1:14_, Acts 2:44) or at least
had a hall where they could all meet. The prayer (Acts 4:24)...
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ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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When they had been released, they came to their own people and they
told them all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When
they had heard the story, with one accord, they lifted up the...
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The Apostles released. Their Prayer and its Answer
23. _to their own company_ Perhaps still abiding in the upper room
which they had occupied before Pentecost. Because St Peter on a later
occasion (Ac...
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_THE APOSTLES IN THEIR OWN COMPANY ACTS 4:23-37:_ When the apostles
came back to their own company they: (1) reported what commands and
injunctions their accusers had lain upon them, (2) reported what...
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ΑΠΟΛΥΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass._part, _(temp.), см._ Acts 4:21.
ΉΛΘΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
приходить, идти,
ΆΠΉΓΓΕΙΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΆΠΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G518)
сообщать....
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23-30. The apostles had now humbled the pride of their adversaries,
and went away from the assembly in triumph. But they were uninflated
by their present prosperity, as they had been undaunted by thei...
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And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
AND BEING LET GO, THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN [COMPANY]. How sweet is the
contras...
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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...
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PRAYER OF THE APOSTLES ON THEIR RELEASE. 24. WITH ONE ACCORD] The
prayer was probably led by St. Peter, the others repeating the words
after him....
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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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THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN COMPANY. — Literally, _their own people._ The
statement implies a recognised place of meeting, where the members of
the new society met at fixed times.
ALL THAT THE CHIEF PRIEST...
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τοὺς ἰδίους : not necessarily limited to their
fellow-Apostles (so Meyer, Blass, Weiss), but as including the members
of the Christian community (so Overbeck, Wendt, Hilgenfeld, Zöckler),
_cf._ Acts 2...
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HELP FROM ON HIGH
Acts 4:23-35
Like draws to like; Judas went to his own place, and the Apostles to
their own company. The best answer to threats is prayer. The Apostles'
one petition just then was...
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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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Compelled to Preach
Peter and John made it clear that in their view the Sanhedrin had no
authority to countermand a command from God. Further, they felt
compelled, by the power of the things they had...
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(9) And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
(9) The apostles share their troubles with the congregation....
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_Being let go, they came to their own [3] company, relating with
simplicity all that had happened._
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]
Ad suos, _Greek: pros tous idious._...
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SECOND PENTECOST
23-31. During the imprisonment and trial of Peter and John the one
hundred and eighteen, with quite a host of the Pentecostal converts,
are pushing the battle for God and souls on the...
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And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. (24) And when
they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accor...
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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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23._Furthermore when they were let go. _It shall appear by and by to
what end they declared to the other disciples what things had befallen
them, to wit, that they might be the more emboldened and enc...
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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 BEING LET GO,.... Or dismissed from custody, by the order of the
sanhedrim:
THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN COMPANY; or "to their own men", as the Ethiopic
version reads; or "to their own brethren", as th...
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And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
Ver. 23. _And being let go_] For there was no hope of altering them.
The heave...
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_And being let go_ Being dismissed from their examination by the
rulers; _they went to their own company_ Who, probably, were at this
time met together, praying for them; _and reported all that the ch...
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THEIR OWN COMPANY; the company of believers....
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THE PRAYER AND THE FURTHER ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONGREGATION.
The report of the apostles and the prayer:...
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AND BEING LET GO, THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN COMPANY, AND REPORTED ALL
THAT THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS HAD SAID UNTO THEM....
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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 BEING LET GO, THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN _COMPANIONS_ AND REPORTED ALL
THAT THE CHIEF PRIESTS AND ELDERS HAD SAID TO THEM.
1. Peter and John went to the brethren and reported what was done.
They told...
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And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and the elders had said unto them.
'TO THEIR OWN COMPANY'-The fact that the Holy Spirit comes upon this
compan...
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23-31 Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is their own
company. It encourages God's servants, both in doing work, and
suffering work, that they serve the God who made all things, and
t...
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THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN COMPANY, the rest of the apostles and
believers, who have a special propriety and delight in one another;
sheep with sheep, and goats with goats: though the separation will be
m...
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23-30. The apostles had now humbled the pride of their adversaries,
and went away from the assembly in triumph. But they were uninflated
by their present prosperity, as they had been undaunted by thei...
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Acts 4:23 And G1161 go G630 (G5685) went G2064 (G5627) to G4314
companions G2398 and G2532 reported...
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GOD'S RESPONSE TO THE WARNINGS OF THE SANHEDRIN (4:23-31)....
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‘And being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all
that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.'
On their release Peter and John returned to ‘their own company'.
Note the...
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_The Apostles with their own People after their Release,_ 23-31.
The prayer of the Church of Jerusalem to God to support and defend the
threatened and persecuted followers of His Son, and the answer...
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Acts 4:23. THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. The Greek word here
translated ‘their own people' has been understood by some to signify
‘their brother apostles,' by others ‘the church in the apostles'
hous...
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TO THEIR OWN COMPANY
(προς τους ιδιους). Their own people as in John 1:11;
John 13:1; Acts 24:23; 1 Timothy 5:8;...
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Acts 4:23
I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual
members.
II. The right method of treating opposition to the Kingdom of Christ.
III. The spiritual and social results...
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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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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...
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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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RETURNED TO THEIR GROUP. The Christians met together daily (Acts
2:46). Peter and John give their report of all that has happened....
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_And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor to
teach in the name of Jesus._
CHRISTIAN COURAGE
I. Its test. The apostles did not wish to separate themselves from the
Jewish Churc...
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_And being let go, they went to their own company._
BEING LET GO
We do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is
taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely f...
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LIKE TO LIKE
And being let go, they went to their own company. Acts 4:23 (AV).
Who were the men who “went to their own company”? They were Peter
and John, the disciples of Jesus. Do you remember the...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 4:23. THEIR OWN COMPANY.—Not the apostles merely, but their
friends in the faith generally.
Acts 4:24. O LORD!—Addressed not to Christ, as in Acts 1:24, who,
however, is also...
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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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2 Corinthians 6:14; Acts 1:13; Acts 1:14; Acts 12:11; Acts 12:12;...
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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...