Peter answered boldly, We ought to obey God, rather than men. And withal adds, that God had raised from death Jesus, the Prince and Saviour of mankind, by whose merits all might find repentance, and forgiveness of their sins; that they were witness of his resurrection, &c. (Witham)
ACTS 5:29 avpokriqei.j de. Pe,troj kai. oi` avpo,stoloi ei=pan {A} Codex Bezae enhances the role of Peter by omitting “and the apostles answered and,” and by altering ei=pan to ei=pen. The Old Latin...
Verse 29. _WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN._] The same answer they gave before, Acts 4:19, founded on the same reason, which still stood good. We have received our commission from GOD; we dare n...
WE OUGHT TO OBEY ... - See the notes on Acts 4:19....
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 ...
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 (A...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
But the high priest and his party (the local sect of the Sadducees) were filled with envy, and they laid hands on the apostles and put them under public arrest. But through the night the angel of the...
OBEY. Greek. _peitharcheo._ Only here, Acts 5:32; 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 3:1....
_Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said_ The Greek has no word for _other_. It is quite like the style of the New Testament to say "Peter and the apostles," and it is not implied hereby t...
ΚΑῚ ΟἹ�, _and the Apostles_. It is quite like the style of the New Testament to say ‘Peter and the Apostles’ (cf. Mark 16:7). It is not implied hereby that Peter was excluded from the number of the Ap...
ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
_WHEN TRUTH IS OPPOSED ACTS 5:26-32:_ In spite of opposition, Christians must uphold and defend the truth. Even after being put in prison and threatened the apostles continued to preach. They taught o...
ΑΠΟΚΡΙΘΕΊΣ _aor. pass. part., см._ Acts 5:8. Плеонастическое использование _part._ (MH, 453). ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΕΊΝ _praes. act. inf. от_ ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΈΩ (G3980) подчиняться авторитету, охотно повиноваться, позволять...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 5:21 a Acts 5:21 And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. ACTS 5:21 A As the sun broke over the eastern horizon of the hills of Jud...
29-32. To these charges the apostles candidly and fearlessly respond. (29) "_Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men._" This answers the first charge....
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. THEN PETER AND THE [OTHER] APOSTLES ANSWERED AND SAID, WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. This is the e...
14 The fear of the drawn sword in the King's hand will repress evil and rebellion. The prayer of the disciples, after the threats of the Sanhedrin, seems to have been abundantly answered. Not only was...
THE APOSTLES AGAIN IMPRISONED 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do (Acts 5:4), but pretending that the money which they of...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, 5:1-11 V1 But there was a man whose name was Ananias. He and his wife, Sapphira, sold a building and some land. The bui...
THEN PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES. — The whole company of the Twelve, it must be remembered, were now the objects of attack, and they all accept Peter as their spokesman. WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER T...
St. Peter as the spokesman, _primus inter pares_; the Apostles as a body are associated with him in his answer: “but Peter and the Apostles,” R.V. A.V. renders “Peter and the other Apostles,” and we m...
FOLLY OF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 5:27-42 The high priest and his party could not forget the imprecation of Matthew 27:25. It haunted them. Compare Peter's description of the Cross as _the tree_ wit...
Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terrible...
Before the Council It must have been a shock for the council to learn that the men they had charged not to preach in the name of Jesus were, even as they met, preaching in the temple. The captain and...
(10) Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. (10) We should obey man only in so far that in obeying him we also obey God....
CONFLICT OF DIVINE AND HUMAN RULE 29. _“Peter and John, responding, said, It behooveth us to obey God rather than man.”_ This is the salient point. When there is a conflict between the authorities, hu...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the co...
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...
_A WONDERFUL CHANGE_ ‘Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.’ Acts 5:29 Such were the bold words of St. Peter and the other Apostles when on thei...
29.This is the sum of their answer, It is lawful for them, nay, they ought to prefer God before men. God commandeth us to bear witness of Christ; therefore it is in vain for you to command us to keep...
Alas! evil shews itself there also (Chapter 5). If the mighty Spirit of God is there, the flesh also is there. There are some who wished to have the credit of devotedness which the Holy Ghost produces...
THEN PETER, AND THE OTHER APOSTLES, ANSWERED AND SAID,.... Peter began, as the mouth of the apostles, being the eldest man, and very bold and zealous; and the rest followed, or joined, with him in wha...
Then Peter and the _other_ apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. Ver. 29. _We ought to obey God rather than men_] This is a principle granted and grafted in us by nature....
_Then Peter and the other apostles_ Or, Peter, in the name of the others, who, it seems, were all present; _said_ He does not give them the titles of honour which he did before; (Acts 4:8;) but enters...
OBEY GOD; he commanded them to preach; the rulers forbade it....
The defense of Peter:...
THEN PETER AND THE OTHER APOSTLES ANSWERED AND SAID, WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN....
Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certainl...
BUT PETER AND THE _OTHER_ APOSTLES ANSWERED AND SAID: " WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. 1. Obey God rather than men. 2. CAUTION : This applies - if the command of men violates the law of God....
But Peter and the apostles answered and said, We must obey God rather than men. 'AND THE APOSTLES'-A united front is presented. 'WE MUST OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN'-This isn't. "pat" answer. For the ...
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 ourselv...
This they all agree in, and it is the common sense of all considering men; as Socrates in his apology told the Athenians, I embrace and love you, O Athenians, and yet I will obey God rather than you....
29-32. To these charges the apostles candidly and fearlessly respond. (29) "_ Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. " This answers the first charge...
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part II From this, therefore, he commanded me to desist, thinking, doubtless, that if I myself should recant, the others would also follow me in that. But I answered him ne...
Acts 5:29 But G1161 Peter G4074 and G2532 apostles G652 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) ought...
‘But Peter and the apostles answered and said, “We must obey God rather than men.” ' The reply of all the Apostles took up from how Peter and John had finished their defence in the last hearing, where...
THE THIRD ARREST AND SECOND APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (5:26-40). Having previously receive their official warning not to preach in the name of Jesus the second appearance before the tribunal was...
Acts 5:29. WE OUGHT TO OBEY GOD RATHER THAN MEN. Peter here commences his defence with the same words which he had made use of before, when the Sanhedrim dismissed the apostles with threats of future...
WE MUST (δε). Moral necessity left them no choice. They stood precisely where Peter and John were when before the Sanhedrin before (Acts 4:20).OBEY (πειθαρχειν). Old verb from πειθομα and αρχη, t...
CONTENTS: Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ananias, Sapph...
Acts 5:3. _Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost._ These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to th...
WE MUST OBEY GOD, NOT MEN. What other reason is needed??? Peter says: (1) God raised Jesus from death; (2) to his right side as Leader and Savior; (3) to give Israel the opportunity to repent; (4) "We...
_We ought to obey God rather than man._ OUGHT The word “ought” is but an old past form of the verb “owe”; it is, in fact, but another spelling of “owed.” What, therefore, we _ought_ to do, we _owed_...
_And when they had brought them, they set them before the council._ The accusation this time is simply that the apostles had not complied with the former judgment--they were guilty of contempt of cour...
STUBBORN PETER We must obey God rather than men. Acts 5:29. All the world over, people who have had the good luck to be born in Scotland are spoken of as having in them the making of good citizens a...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:17. THE HIGH PRIEST.—Annas, as in Acts 4:6. INDIGNATION.—Not envy or jealousy (R.V.), but hot, angry zeal. Acts 5:19. Not THE but AN ANGEL OF THE LORD; _i.e._, sent by the L...
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 היָנְנ...
Chapter 5, the book of Acts. At the end of the fourth chapter we have the second mention of the early pure communism that was practiced in the first church. Where those who had possessions sold them,...
1 Samuel 15:24; Acts 4:19; Genesis 3:17; Mark 7:7; Revelation 14:8...
We ought [δ ε ι]. Stronger, we must. To obey [π ε ι θ α ρ χ ε ι ν]. Not often used in the New Testament to express obedience, the most common word being uJpakouw. Sometimes peiqw is used. But this wor...
THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY Acts 5:17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Those were momentous days. On the part of the Apostles they were days of continued testimony, God working with miracles an...
Then Peter — In the name of all the apostles, said — He does not now give them the titles of honour, which he did before, Acts 4:8; but enters directly upon the subject, and justifies what he had done...
To the foregoing charge of obstinacy brought in against the apostles, St. Peter answers in the name, and as the mouth of the rest; owning that they had not obeyed them in their injunction, because the...