Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Acts 4:17
But, &c.— "Nevertheless:" The word 'Αλλα is frequently used in this sense both by sacred and prophane writers.
But, &c.— "Nevertheless:" The word 'Αλλα is frequently used in this sense both by sacred and prophane writers.
Verse Acts 4:17. _BUT THAT IT SPREAD NO FARTHER_] Not the news of the miraculous healing of the lame man, but the doctrine and influence which these men preach and exert. More than a thousand people...
WHAT SHALL WE DO TO THESE MEN? - The object which they had in view was evidently to prevent their preaching. The miracle was performed, and it was believed by the people to have been made. This they c...
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...
THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ SPREAD. Greek. _dianemomai._ Only here. NO FURTHER. not (Greek. _me)_ for (Greek. _epi)_ more. AMONG. unto. Greek. _eis._ App-104. STRAITLY THREATEN. threaten w...
_But that it spread_ i.e. the fame of the miracle and the consequent belief in the Divinity of Jesus. _let us straitly threaten them_ The best MSS. omit the word here rendered _straitly_. The literal...
ἀπειλῇ omitted with אABD. Unrepresented in the _Vulg_. 17. ΔΙΑΝΕΜΗΘΗ͂Ι, _be spread abroad_, i.e. the fame of the miracle and the consequent belief in the divinity of Jesus. ἘΠῚ ΤΩ͂Ι ὈΝΌΗΑΤΙ. The not...
THE APOSTLES ARE DISMISSED UNPUNISHED...
_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...
ΠΛΕΪ́ΟΝ _сотр. от_ ΠΟΛΎΣ (G4183) многий; _adv. сотр._ больше, έπ'ι ΠΛΕΪ́ΟΝ дальше — пространственное — или дольше — временное (BAGD). ΔΙΑΝΕΜΗΘΉ _aor. conj. pass. от_ ΔΙΑΝΈΜΩ (G1268) распределять, д...
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...
17. The real motive which controlled them, and under the influence of which they kept each other in countenance, was an unconquerable desire to maintain their old influence with the people. This is ma...
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. BUT THAT IT SPREAD NO FURTHER AMONG THE PEOPLE, LET US STRAITLY (O...
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...
4:17 severely (f-15) Lit. 'with threat.'...
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)...
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...
LET US STRAITLY THREATEN THEM. — The Greek gives literally, _let us threaten them with threats._ The phrase gives the Hebrew idiom for expressing intensity by reduplication, as in “blessing I will ble...
ἐπὶ πλεῖον may be taken as = _latius_ (2 Timothy 2:16; 2 Timothy 3:9) or = _diutius_ (Acts 20:9; Acts 24:4), but the context favours the former. The phras
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...
ECCLESIASTICAL USURPATION 15-22. Here we see the preachers in authority at Jerusalem determine to crush out the holiness movement started by Jesus of Nazareth and perpetuated by His Apostles. So they...
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...
17._In threatening let us threaten. _Here may we see what a deadly evil power void of the fear of God is. For when that religion and reverence which ought doth not reign, the more holy the place is wh...
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...
BUT THAT IT SPREAD NO FURTHER AMONG THE PEOPLE,.... Meaning not in Jerusalem; for the fame of this miracle was spread among all the inhabitants of that city; but in other parts of the nation: LET US...
But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. Ver. 17. _That they spake henceforth to none_] They must cut out thei...
_But when they had commanded them to go aside_ To withdraw, not being willing they should hear the acknowledgments that were extorted from them; _they conferred among themselves_ Privately. Now the sc...
IT; the knowledge of the miracle and its author....
BUT THAT IT SPREAD NO FURTHER AMONG THE PEOPLE, LET US STRAITLY THREATEN THEM THAT THEY SPEAK HENCEFORTH TO NO MAN IN THIS NAME. The Jewish rulers had expected Peter and John to show fear or timidity...
The consultation of the Sanhedrin:...
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...
BUT SO THAT IT SPREADS NO FURTHER AMONG THE PEOPLE, LET US SEVERELY THREATEN THEM, THAT FROM NOW ON THEY SPEAK TO NO MAN IN THIS NAME. " 1. Since they could not deny the event. It was necessary to co...
But that it spread no further among the people, let us threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. 'LET US THREATEN THEM'-'It expresses intensity..a most solemn threat' (Reese p...
15-22 All the care of the rulers is, that the doctrine of Christ spread not among the people, yet they cannot say it is false or dangerous, or of any ill tendency; and they are ashamed to own the tru...
STRAITLY THREATEN THEM; the pleonasm here used implies a very sore and heavy threatening, as of the most grievous punishment upon the most heinous fact. THAT THEY SPEAK HENCEFORTH TO NO MAN IN THIS NA...
17. The real motive which controlled them, and under the influence of which they kept each other in countenance, was an unconquerable desire to maintain their old influence with the people. This is ma...
Acts 4:17 But G235 that G3363 spreads G1268 (G5686) no G3363 further G1909 G4119 among G1519 people...
‘But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, “What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been wrought through th...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:17. LET US STRAITLY THREATEN THEM, THAT THEY SPEAK HENCEFORTH TO NO MAN IN THIS NAME. The council could find no pretext for punishing them. The people, with the memory of the words and works of...
_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...
THAT IT SPREAD NO FURTHER (ινα μη επ πλειον διανεμηθη). First aorist passive subjunctive of διανεμω, to distribute with ινα μη, negative purpose.LET US THREATEN THEM (απειλησωμεθα αυτοις). Hortat...
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)...
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...
AND TOLD THEM. They threaten them, expecting to put a stop to their preaching....
_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...
_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 Thessalonians 1:8; 1 Thessalonians 2:15; 1 Thessalonians 2:16; 2 Chronicles 25:15;...
It spread [δ ι α ν ε μ η θ η]. Only here in New Testament. Lit., be distributed. In 2 Timothy 2:17, "their word will eat as canker," is, literally, will have distribution or spreading [ν ο μ η ν ε ξ ε...
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...
Yet that it spread no farther — For they look upon it as a mere gangrene. So do all the world upon genuine Christianity. Let us severely threaten them — Great men, ye do nothing. They have a greater t...