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Verse Acts 4:26. _AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST._] κατα
του χριστου αυτου should be translated, _against his
ANOINTED_, because it particularly agrees with ονεχρισας,
_whom thou hast ANOINTE...
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THE KINGS OF THE EARTH - The Psalmist specifies more particularly that
kings and rulers would be opposed to the Messiah. This had occurred
already by the opposition made to the Messiah by the rulers o...
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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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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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ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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THE KINGS. i.e. Gentiles.
RULERS. i.e. Jews.
TOGETHER. See note on Acts 1:15.
CHRIST. i.e. Messiah. App-98....
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THE APOSTLES RELEASED. THEIR PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER...
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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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ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936)
стоять, стоять возле кого-л.
ΣΥΝΉΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863)
собираться вместе....
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See notes on verse 23...
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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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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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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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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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AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST. — The question whether the word “Christ”
should be used as a proper name, or translated, is commonly answered
by accepting the former alternative. Here, perhaps, to maintain th...
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παρέστησαν : not necessarily of hostile intent, although
here the context indicates it; R.V., “set themselves in array,”
lit [162] “presented themselves,” an exact rendering of the Hebrew
יָצַב, which...
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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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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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26._Against the Lord, and his Christ. _The Spirit teacheth by this
word, that all those do make war against God which refuse to submit
themselves to Christ; they do full little think this oftentimes,...
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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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THE KINGS OF THE EARTH STOOD UP,.... Herod Antipas, tetrarch of
Galilee, sometimes called a king, Mark 6:14 and Pilate the Roman
governor, who represented his master Caesar; these stood, or rose up
in...
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The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together
against the Lord, and against his Christ.
Ver. 26. _Gathered together_] Heb. Took counsel together. They plot
and plough mischie...
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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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THE KINGS OF THE EARTH STOOD UP, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER
AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST....
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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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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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SO WHEN THEY HEARD THAT, THEY RAISED THEIR VOICE TO GOD WITH ONE
ACCORD AND SAID: " LORD, YOU _ARE_ GOD, WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH AND
THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM,
25 WHO BY THE MOUTH OF YOUR SE...
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The kings of the earth set themselves in array, And the rulers were
gathered together, Against the Lord, and against his Anointed:
'AGAINST HIS ANOINTED'-i.e. Jesus
'ANOINTED'-5548. chrio khree'-o;...
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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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These words do not vary in sense from what we read, PSALMS 2:2, but
are the same for substance. THE KINGS; not only such who in a strict
sense we call kings, but any chief governors, as Herod and Pila...
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Acts 4:26 kings G935 earth G1093 stand G3936 (G5656) And G2532 rulers
G758 gathered G4863 (G5681) together...
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“Who of our father through the Holy Spirit, of the mouth of David
your servant, said, ‘Why did the Gentiles rage, And the peoples
imagine vain things? The kings of the earth set themselves in array,
A...
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GOD'S RESPONSE TO THE WARNINGS OF THE SANHEDRIN (4:23-31)....
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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 4:26. THE KINGS OF THE EARTH STOOD UP, AND THE RULERS WERE
GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD, AND AGAINST HIS ANOINTED. The 2d
Psalm, the first two verses of which are woven into the earliest
fr...
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SET THEMSELVES IN ARRAY
(παρεστησαν). Literally, stood by.AGAINST HIS ANOINTED
(κατα του Χριστου αυτου). Against his Messiah, his
Christ....
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LORD
Jehovah. (Psalms 2:2).
CHRIST
Anointed. (Psalms 2:2)....
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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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WHY WEN THE GENTILES FURIOUS? This is quoted from _Psalms 2._ Acts
4:27 shows how it came true....
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_Why do the heathen rage._
OPPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL
I. Its characteristics.
1. Furiousness, “rage,” a word signifying the neighing or snorting
of highly excited horses--Like the prancing war-horse...
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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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_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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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:24 The believers prayed, quoting Psalms 2:1, a
messianic prophecy.
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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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Joel 3:9; Psalms 83:2; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 12:10;...
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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...