Combined Bible Commentary
Acts 5:42
See notes on verse 41
See notes on verse 41
Verse Acts 5:42. _DAILY IN THE TEMPLE_] That is at the hours of morning and evening prayer; for they felt it their duty to worship God in _public_, and to help others to make a profitable use of the...
AND DAILY ... - Compare 2 Timothy 4:2. See also notes on Acts 2:46....
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...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
When they heard this they were torn with vexation and planned to destroy them. But a certain Pharisee called Gamaliel stood up in the Sanhedrin, a teacher of the law held in honour by all the people,...
IN EVERY HOUSE. Greek. _kat'_ (App-104.) _oikon =_ at home. See on Acts 2:46. PREACH. App-121. JESUS CHRIST. Jesus as the Christ (App-98), the name of Acts 5:41....
_And daily in the temple, and in every house_ Read, as in Acts 2:46, _in the temple and at home_. These are their two fields of labour, in the Temple, while they may be there, and then in their own ho...
EFFECT OF THE APOSTLES’ DEFENCE. COUNSEL OF GAMALIEL. RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT CONDUCT OF THE TWELVE...
ΤῸΝ ΧΡΙΣΤῸΝ ἸΗΣΟΥ͂Ν with אAB. _Vulg_. ‘Christum Jesum.’ 42. ἘΝ ΤΩ͂Ι ἹΕΡΩ͂Ι ΚΑῚ ΚΑΤ' ΟἾΚΟΝ. Render, _in the Temple and at home_, as in Acts 2:46. These are the two fields of labour; in the Temple, wher...
_TRUTH CUTS TO THE HEART ACTS 5:33-42:_ Even those that will not receive truth may be cut to the heart by truth. When the accusers of the apostles heard the resurrection message they wanted to kill th...
ΈΠΑΎΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΑΎΟΜΑΙ (G3973) прекращать, с _part._...
DISCOURSE: 1755 THE MAGNANIMITY OF THE APOSTLES Acts 5:41. _And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the...
AND IN EVERY HOUSE,— Κατ οικον, in the house where their upper-room was. See on ch. Acts 2:46. _INFERENCES.—_Who can behold, without humble reverence, the aweful instance of the divine severity record...
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE, AND IN EVERY HOUSE, [ kat' (G2596) oikon (G3624)] - rather, 'and privately' ...
36 The fact that this Theudas is not mentioned in profane literature is no reason for doubting the truthfulness and accuracy of the narrative. Josephus, in his Antiquities, hints at many disturbances...
IN EVERY HOUSE] RV 'at home,' i.e. in the private Christian assemblies, held in 'the upper room' or elsewhere....
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...
AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE. — Probably, as before, in the Portico of Solomon; the captain of the Temple now acting on the resolution just taken, and letting the movement take its course without interrupt...
FOLLY OF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 5:27-42 The high priest and his party could not forget the imprecation of Matthew 27:25. It haunted them. Compare Peter's description of the Cross as _the tree_ wit...
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...
The Council Actions and the Apostles' Response Having accepted Gamaliel's council as good advice, the council called for the apostles to be brought back into their chambers. They had them beaten and ...
And daily in the (p) temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. (p) Both publicly and privately....
APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION 41, 42. This chapter winds up Luke's diurnal history of the Pentecostal revival, graphically describing the wonderful events of the first three days and two nights. Here you se...
DIVINE INTERVENTION 33-42. Now they reach a grand culmination. The Preachers in charge and the official board are signally defeated, _“cut through,”_ so they are counseling to kill the apostles. They...
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...
REFLECTIONS What an awful delusion, must that delusion of the mind be, which like Annias and Sapphira, is trifling with God? What an horrible state to be feeding on ashes, when a deceived heart hath...
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...
_A MODEL MINISTRY_ ‘And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.’ Acts 5:42 I. THE SUBJECT OF THEIR MINISTRY.—‘That Jesus is the Christ.’ Not thing...
42._They ceased not. _Constancy did also accompany their Joy. For how is it that we are discouraged with persecution, save only because none lifteth up himself unto Christ, that he may in mind lay hol...
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...
AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE, AND IN EVERY HOUSE,.... Every day, with great constancy and assiduity, both publicly and privately; in the temple, the place of public worship, where the Jews resorted on that...
And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. Ver. 42. _They ceased not_] _Crescit igitur animus cum adversis._ The more outrageous the one the more c...
_And daily in the temple_, &c. The apostles were punished for preaching, and commanded strictly not to preach: yet they went on with their work with unabated zeal, and indefatigable diligence, omittin...
Gamaliel's suggestion and the result:...
AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE AND IN EVERY HOUSE THEY CEASED NOT TO TEACH AND PREACH JESUS CHRIST. Whether Gamaliel secretly favored the cause of Christ, but for various reasons did not join the congregatio...
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...
AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE, AND IN EVERY HOUSE, THEY DID NOT CEASE TEACHING AND PREACHING JESUS _AS_ THE CHRIST. 1. They did not stop. They did not pause. They did not slow down. They just kept doing th...
And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ. 'EVERY DAY'-This beating didn't take any "life" out of them. 'IN THE TEMPLE'-They continued to t...
34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience and...
This is the same with what we read ACTS 20:20, _publicly, and from house to house; _ that is, in the temple, and public places, they preached unto the Jews; and in more private places, (or houses), wh...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III "And daily," it is said, "in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach and preach Christ Jesus,"[187]...
Acts 5:42 And G5037 daily G2250 G3956 in G1722 temple G2411 and G2532 every G2596 house G3624 not...
‘And every day, in the temple and at home, they ceased not to teach and to preach Jesus as the Christ (Messiah).' The final consequence was that the message was now proclaimed unhindered. Wherever the...
Acts 5:42. AND DAILY IN THE TEMPLE. Undismayed by any punishment in the past, undeterred by any fear for the future, they did their Master's bidding daily without rest or repose, in public, in the cou...
EVERY DAY (πασαν ημεραν). Accusative of extent of time, all through every day.IN THE TEMPLE AND AT HOME (εν τω ιερω κα κατ' οικον). This was a distinct triumph to go back to the temple where they...
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...
AND EVERY DAY. This shows how hard they work to spread the Good News of God's act in Christ to set men free!...
_And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ._ DAILY APOSTOLIC LABOURS This is a suggestive picture of the life and work of the early Church. We lik...
_When they heard that they were cut to the heart._ CUT TO THE HEART The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lace...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:33. CUT TO THE HEART.—Lit. _sawn asunder_, torn in pieces, _sc_. in their hearts. Compare Acts 7:54—a much stronger expression than that used in Acts 4:2 or...
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,...
1 Corinthians 2:2; 2 Samuel 6:22; 2 Timothy 4:2; Acts 17:3; Acts 20:20