George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Acts 4:2
The resurrection. This vexed particularly the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection: and they had great power among the Jews. (Witham)
The resurrection. This vexed particularly the Sadducees, who denied the resurrection: and they had great power among the Jews. (Witham)
ACTS 4:1-4 In these verses codex Bezae makes a number of modifications for reasons that are not always clear. The addition of ta. r`h,mata tau/ta in ver. Acts 4:1 was probably made in the interest of...
Verse Acts 4:2. _BEING GRIEVED_] διαπονουμενοι, They were _thoroughly_ _fatigued_ with the continuance of this preaching; their minds suffered more _labour, through vexation_ at the success of the apo...
BEING GRIEVED - The word thus translated occurs in only one other place in the New Testament Acts 16:18. It implies more than simple sorrow; it was a mingled emotion of indignation and anger. They did...
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 ...
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 4:1. Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons representing the Sanhedrin and exercisin...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the superintendent of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them. They were annoyed because they were teaching the people, and proclaiming, throug...
GRIEVED. exasperated. Greek. _diaponeomai._ Only here, and Acts 16:18. THAT. because. Greek. _dia._ App-104.Acts 4:2. PREACHED. Greek. _katangello._ App-121. THROUGH. in. Greek. _en_. App-104. JES...
_being grieved_ Better, _being troubled_. The word signifies _thoroughly pained_. It is used (Acts 16:18) of St Paul's feeling when the "damsel possessed with a spirit of divination" cried after him a...
Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
ΔΙΑΠΟΝΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ. The word is found in LXX. (Ecclesiastes 10:9) of the pain and risk which a man incurs in removing stones. Here the pain is mental, they were _sorely grieved_. It is used (Acts 16:18) of...
_THE APOSTLES WERE ARRESTED ACTS 4:1-4:_ Peter and John were interrupted as they spoke about Jesus. The priests, captain of the temple and Sadducees caused the trouble. They were grieved because of th...
ΔΙΑΠΟΝΟΎΜΕΝΟΙ _praes._ ׳med. _(dep.) part._ (причины) ΔΙΑΠΟΝΈΟΜΑΙ (G1278) тревожиться, быть в беспокойстве, возмущаться, быть сильно задетым чем-л., подвергнуться провокации (LN, 1:763). Перфектное ис...
THE PRIESTS, AND THE CAPTAIN OF THE TEMPLE, AND THE SADDUCEES, &C.— These three kinds of men,on different accounts, were prejudiced against the apostles. The _priests_ were offended, because the apost...
IN THE PRISON ACTS 4:1-4. Acts 4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, Acts 4:2 being sore troubled because they taught th...
See notes on verse 1...
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. BEING GRIEVED THAT THEY TAUGHT THE PEOPLE, AND PREACHED THROUGH JESUS THE RESURRECTION FROM THE...
13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent, may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
4:2 Jesus (b-13) Lit. 'in Jesus.' _ En_ . see Matthew 3:11 . among (c-17) This is a little more emphatic than usual. 'the resurrection which is from among [the] dead.'...
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...
BEING GRIEVED. — The verb is one which expresses something like an intensity of trouble and vexation. (Comp. Acts 16:18.) PREACHED THROUGH JESUS THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD. — Literally, _preached...
διαπονούμενοι, _cf._ Acts 16:18, only in _Acts_ in the N.T., not, as often in classical Greek, referring to the exertions made by them, but to the vexation which they felt, “being sore troubled,” R.V....
THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME Acts 4:1-12 The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The fact of our Lord's resurre...
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...
Peter and John Arrested While they were still preaching, armed men came into the temple area and arrested Peter and John. This group included priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees. In a...
APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION 1-3. Here we find Peter is interrupted in the midst of this glorious sermon by the priests and the captain of the Levitical temple guards and the Sadducees, the most wealthy and...
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrec...
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...
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...
BEING GRIEVED THAT THEY TAUGHT THE PEOPLE,.... Any doctrine, and especially that which follows, and which particularly gave uneasiness to the Sadducees, they were exceedingly distressed by it; it pain...
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Ver. 2. _Being grieved_] Being sick of the devil's disease, as Moab was, Numbers 22:3,4 "fretting...
_And as they_ Namely, Peter and John; _spake unto the people_ The multitude, who had assembled in the temple, upon occasion of the miraculous cure of the lame man, as related in the preceding chapter;...
BEING GRIEVED THAT THEY TAUGHT THE PEOPLE, AND PREACHED THROUGH JESUS THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD....
ACTS CHAPTER 4 Peter and John before the Council of the Jews. The arrest of the apostles:...
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...
BEING GREATLY DISTURBED THAT THEY TAUGHT THE PEOPLE AND PREACHED IN JESUS THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD. 1. Why were the Sadducees greatly disturbed? 2. The preaching about the resurrection of Jesu...
being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 'SORE TROUBLED'-'vexed through and through' (Vincent p. 464). 'much annoyed' (TCNT); 'exasp...
1-4 The apostles preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. It includes all the happiness of the future state; this they preached through Jesus Christ, to be had through him only. Miserab...
BEING GRIEVED; or angry to such a degree that it was a great trouble to them. The doctrine of _the resurrection_ alone could not but vex the Sadducees, who denied it; but it did more afflict them, tha...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Peter, together with John, preached to them this plain message of glad tidings, that the promise which God made to the fathers had been fulfilled by Jesus; not cert...
Acts 4:2 disturbed G1278 (G5740) that G1223 they G846 taught G1321 (G5721) people G2992 and G2532 preached...
‘And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrecti...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:2. BEING GRIEVED THAT THEY TAUGHT THE PEOPLE. The anger of the priests and captain of the Temple, whose duty it was to preserve a reverential order among the crowds who worshipped in the great...
_Imprisonment of Peter and John, 1-4._ The ever-increasing crowd (see Acts 4:4) seems to have called the attention of the temple authorities to the miracle and the subsequent teaching of Peter and Jo...
BEING SORE TROUBLED (διαπονουμενο). Present passive participle of old verb διαπονεω (perfective use of δια) to be worked up, indignant. In the N.T. only here and Acts 16:8.BECAUSE (δια το). The a...
Acts 4:2 Apostolic Teaching I. The Apostles taught. (1) Christianity is an educator of men; it teaches them to think. That is the meaning of the word "educate" to lead out the mind, to develop its do...
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)...
Acts 4:1 In this verse we find, in simple words, the true philosophy of all persecution. I. The authorities were offended because the Apostles taught. (1) They considered that the Apostles were not p...
Acts 4:1. And 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 re...
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...
They WERE ANNOYED. While Jesus lived, the Pharisees were his worst enemies. But after his resurrection, the Sadducees became the stronger source of opposition to the messianic community, because they...
_They taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection._ APOSTOLIC TEACHING A tolerably full report of two or three of St. Peter’s sermons is given us in the Acts, and we may assume th...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:2 Most other Jews, including the Pharisees, believed in the resurrection. The Sadducees were upset with Peter’s preaching that IN JESUS the general RESURRECTION had begun....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:1. AS THEY SPAKE.—Lit., _they_, the apostles, either Peter for John or John with Peter _speaking_. The discourse was probably interrupted after the utterance of the preceding...
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 Corinthians 15:12; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:13; 1 Thessalonians 4:14;...
Being grieved [δ ι α π ο ν ο υ μ ε ν ο ι]. Only here and ch. 16 18. The Rev. renders the force of dia by "sore troubled;" vexed through and through. The resurrection. The Sadducees denied both the res...
FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter, bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and elders and sc...
The priests being grieved — That the name of Jesus was preached to the people; especially they were offended at the doctrine of his resurrection; for as they had put him to death, his rising again pro...