Acts 5:2
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:2 The couple KEPT BACK... SOME OF THE PROCEEDS. “Kept back” means in a secret and dishonest way. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:2 The couple KEPT BACK... SOME OF THE PROCEEDS. “Kept back” means in a secret and dishonest way. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:3 SATAN “filled” their hearts just as the Spirit had “filled” the community for witness (Acts 4:31). Ananias must have claimed that he was giving all the money to the Lord’s work. His sin was the LIE, claiming to be doing more than he did. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElements... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:4 Ananias did not have to give anything to the church. Peter accused Ananias of lying to the Holy Spirit (v. Acts 5:3). Here he says that he has LIED... TO GOD, showing that the Holy Spirit is a person and that he is divine. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:5 GREAT FEAR. Fear of the Lord is a common theme in Acts 1:1. It refers either to fear as godly awe, reverence, and devotion (as in Acts 2:43; Acts 10:2; Acts 13:26) or fear of God’s displeasure and fatherly discipline (as in Acts 5:5, Acts 5:11;... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:9 Peter accused Sapphira of testing THE SPIRIT, an expression that echoes OT passages about testing the LORD (compare Exodus 17:2; Deuteronomy 6:16). This is another indication of the Spirit’s deity (see note on Acts 5:4). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:10 The text does not specify whether Ananias and Sapphira were “false” believers or if they truly belonged to the Lord despite their obvious sin. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:12 The Christians had prayed for God to grant them the power to perform SIGNS AND WONDERS (see Acts 4:30). This was mightily fulfilled through the apostles, especially in the events taking place in SOLOMON’S PORTICO, where the believers often witnessed. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = docume... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:13 NONE OF THE REST DARED JOIN THEM. Some take “them” to refer to “the whole church” in v. Acts 5:13, and “they” in v. Acts 5:12 to refer to all the believers. Others understand “them” in v. Acts 5:12 and “they” in v. Acts 5:13 to be the apostles. ⇐ ⇔ [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:15 HIS SHADOW MIGHT FALL ON SOME OF THEM. The Holy Spirit was so powerful in and around Peter that those who came near him experienced healing (compare Acts 19:12). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:17 FILLED WITH JEALOUSY. These Sadducees were “jealous” to keep their own influence and power (compare Acts 7:9; Acts 13:45; Acts 17:5). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.leng [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:20 WORDS OF THIS LIFE. Words of salvation and eternal life. Early Christianity may have been called “the Life” as well as “the Way” (see note on 9:1–2). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:21 It was DAYBREAK, and a crowd would be gathering at the temple for the morning sacrifices. COUNCIL, ALL THE SENATE. The Sanhedrin. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:30 HANGING HIM ON A TREE. See note on 10:39; see also Deuteronomy 21:22. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:34 GAMALIEL, the most prominent rabbi of his day, was Paul’s teacher (Acts 22:3). He belonged to the Pharisaic minority on the Sanhedrin, but had considerable influence. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:36 Gamaliel cited two examples of failed movements. The first was a revolutionary named THEUDAS, and the second JUDAS THE GALILEAN, who is said to have come “after him.” Judas the Galilean is well known. He led a tax revolt in A.D. 6. Although there is no other historical record... [ Continue Reading ]
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:40 This time the Sanhedrin enforced their command by beating the APOSTLES. The text does not say whether it was with the maximum of 39 stripes prescribed by Jewish law (see 2 Corinthians 11:24) or with fewer stripes. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for ... [ Continue Reading ]