Acts 5:28

Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. SAYING, DID NOT WE STRAITLY (OR STRICTLY) COMMAND YOU. The true text here would seem to be not in the form of a question, but of an affirmation: 'We strictly commanded you' [omitting ou (G3756), which crept naturally in after epeerooteesen (G1905) of Acts 5:27 ], THAT YE SHOULD NOT TEACH IN THIS NAME? AND, BEHOLD, YE HAVE FILLED JERUSALEM WITH YOUR DOCTRINE. Noble witness this, both to the success of their preaching, and (for the reason mentioned in...

28.The chief priest layeth two crimes to the charge of the apostles, for he accuseth them of contumacy or stubbornness, (265) because they obeyed not the decree of the council. In the second member he betrayeth an evil conscience, or, at least, he showeth that he handled rather a private business than any public cause, for he complaineth that the apostles will cause the priests and the scribes to be hated for the death of Christ. Behold, therefore, what that is which nettleth them, because they fear the revenge and punishment of wicked murder. He pretendeth, at the first, doctrine; but we may gather out of the end that he was not so careful for doctrine. In the mean season, he accuseth the apostles of sedition; for he taketh that for a thing which all men, for the most part, did grant, (266) that Christ was put to death justly. Notwithstanding this is the principal point of the a

26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed him. But repentance and remission of sins are blessings they neither valued nor saw their need of; therefore they, by no means, admitted his doctrine. Wherever repentance is wrought, remission is granted without fail. None are freed from the guilt and punishment of sin, but those who are freed from the power and dominion of sin; who are turned from it, and turned against it. Christ gives repentance, by his Spirit working with the word, to awaken the conscience, to work s...

Verse Acts 5:28. _DID NOT WE STRAITLY COMMAND YOU_] ου παραγγελια παρηγγειλαμεν, _With commanding did we not command you_; a Hebraism-another proof of the accuracy and fidelity of St. Luke, who seems always to give every man's speech _as he delivered it_; not the _substance_, but the _very words_. See Acts 4:17. _NOT TEACH IN THIS NAME?_] That is, of JESUS as the _Christ_ or _Messiah_. His saving name, and the doctrines connected with it, were the only theme and substance of their discourses. _INTEND TO BRING THIS MEN'S BLOOD UPON US._] You speak in such a way of him to the people as to persuade them that we have crucified an _innocent_ man; and that we must on that account fall victims to the Divine vengeance, or to the fu

STRAITLY COMMAND YOU - Did we not command you with a “threat?” Acts 4:17, Acts 4:21. IN THIS NAME - In the name of Jesus. YE HAVE FILLED JERUSALEM - This, though not so desired, was an honorable tribute to the zeal and fidelity of the apostles. When Chastens are arraigned or persecuted, it is well if the only charge which their enemies can bring against them is that they have been distinguished for zeal and success in propagating their religion. See 1 Peter 4:16, “If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glory God on this behalf”; also...

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 היָנְנַהֲ_, Hananiah _(God is gracious), is also rendered in the LXX. Ananias (Ἀνανίας), and is doubtless the name meant here and in Acts 9:10; Acts 23:2, etc. SAPPHIRA does not occur elsewhere. It is either derived from the Aramean הרָיפָשַׁ, beautiful, or from the Hebrew ריפִסַ, a sapphire. A POSSESSION (see...

SAYING, DID NOT WE STRAITLY COMMAND YOU,.... Or give you strict orders, with severe threatenings, THAT YOU SHOULD NOT TEACH IN THIS NAME? the Ethiopic version reads, "in the name of Jesus"; which is what is meant, but was not expressed by the sanhedrim; see Acts 4:17 AND BEHOLD, YE HAVE FILLED JERUSALEM WITH YOUR DOCTRINE; they disregarded the council, and its orders, its commands and threatenings, and preached the doctrines of the Gospel; and particularly that concerning the resurrection of Christ, and through him the resurrection of all the dead; and with such success, that great part of the inhabitants of Jerusalem received it; at least there were great numbers in all parts of the city which attended to it, and embraced it: and this they represent as a novel doctrine, devised by the apostles, and peculiarly theirs; and which Moses, and the prophets, were s

ACTS 5:28 @Ouv# paraggeli,a| {C} A majority of the Committee interpreted the absence of ouv from several witnesses as due to their copyists’ desire to transform thereby the high priest’s question into a rebuke. In view, however, of the weight of the external evidence supporting the shorter reading, it was decided to print ouv within square brackets. 141 [From the standpoint of transcriptional probability, it appears that ouv is a scribal addition, occasioned by the influence of the verb evphrw,thsen in ver. Acts 5:27 (compare...

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 (Acts 5:26). 5. Gamaliel's Advice (Acts 5:34). 6. The Apostles beaten and dismissed (Acts 5:40). With this chapter the scene changes. Beautiful is the ending of the previous chapter, Barnabas having sold his land, laid the money at the feet of the Apostles. He

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 (Acts 4:19; Acts 5:29) are very similar. In spite of a few added touches, Gamaliel and his historical reminiscences, we cannot but feel the paucity of materials that were at the author's disposal for this part of his history. As in Acts 4, the attack comes from the Sadducees. If so the motive could only be political. The Resurrection is not mentioned to explain their action; they were filled with jealousy. They could not wish the new sect to become important; a real Messiah would be the end of their power. Here, as in Acts 4, no ground is given for the arrest. Not only Peter and John are arrested but the apostles generally. Th