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Acts 4:18
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.
ACTS 4:18 kai. kale,santej auvtou,j Several Western witnesses (D itgig, h syrhmg copG67 Lucifer) expand the text by replacing kai. kale,santej auvtou,j with the circumstantial clause sugkatatiqeme,nw...
Verse Acts 4:18. _NOT TO SPEAK - NOR TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS._] Any other doctrine, and any other name, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites and infidels will bear, but the doctrine which is accordin...
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...
NOT. Greek. _me._ App-105. SPEAK. speak forth. Greek. _phthengomai._ Only here, and 2 Peter 2:16; 2 Peter 2:18. Compare Acts 2:4. AT ALL. Greek. _katholou._ Only here. NOR. Greek. mede.
_And they called them_ back again into the council chamber. _and commanded them_ The verb is frequently used of the injunctions which our Lord gave that His miraculous deeds should not be spread abro...
αὐτοῖς omitted with אABDE. The _Vulg_. gives the pronoun only once, ‘vocantes eos.’ 18. ΚΑΛΈΣΑΝΤΕΣ, _having called them_, i.e. back again into the council-chamber. ΠΑΡΉΓΓΕΙΛΑΝ, _they commanded_. The...
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...
ΚΑΛΈΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΑΛΈΩ (G2564) звать, созывать, ΠΑΡΉΓΓΕΙΛΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΑΓΓΈΛΛΩ (G3853) повелевать, приказывать, объявлять, что должно быть сделано (LN, 1:426). ΚΑΘ...
DISCOURSE: 1749 CONTEST BETWEEN PREJUDICE AND RELIGION Acts 4:18. _And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and said un...
NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL, &C.— That is, privately; nor to _teach,_ that is, publicly. This is the very thing which men, conscious of the truth of the apostles testimony, and self-condemned, would do,—stop...
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...
18. The resolution was no sooner formed than acted upon. (18) "_And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus._" How Luke learned the particulars of the...
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. AND THEY CALLED THEM, AND COMMANDED [THEM] NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL NOR TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS - [ autoi...
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...
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...
NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL. — The Greek is even more forcible: _absolutely not to utter_... The very name of Jesus was not to pass their lips....
καθόλου : only here in N.T. The word which had been very common since Aristotle (previously καθʼ ὅλου) is quite classical in the sense in which it is used here, and it is also found a few times in the...
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...
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...
AND THEY CALLED THEM,.... From the apartment where they were; or ordered their servants to call them in to them: AND COMMANDED THEM NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL; either privately or publicly, in the ministry...
And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. Ver. 18. _Command them not to speak at all_] So in the year of grace 494, Anastasius the emperor persecute...
_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...
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...
SO THEY CALLED THEM AND COMMANDED THEM NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL NOR TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS. 1. Commanded not to teach or speak in the name of Jesus. 2. This is from the Jewish rulers AND Roman army....
And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. Points to Note: 'It is particularly striking that neither on this nor on any subsequent occasion...did the S...
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...
NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL; neither privately nor publicly. NOR TEACH IN THE NAME OF JESUS; as his apostles and ministers sent from him....
18. The resolution was no sooner formed than acted upon. (18) " And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. " How Luke learned the particulars of the...
Acts 4:18 And G2532 called G2564 (G5660) them G846 commanded G3853 (G5656) them G846 not G3361 speak...
‘And they called them, and charged them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.' The final communication was now made of their decision. This would have been in the form of an official adm...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
_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...
NOT TO SPEAK AT ALL (καθολου μη φθεγγεσθα). Same construction as above, infinitive in indirect command with negative μη (and μηδε)....
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 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...
_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 4:18 CHARGED THEM NOT TO SPEAK OR TEACH... IN THE NAME OF JESUS. Peter realized the impossibility of obeying this order (WE CANNOT BUT SPEAK). Believers cannot obey authorities when...
_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...
Acts 1:8; Acts 5:20; Acts 5:40; Luke 24:46...
To speak [φ θ ε γ γ ε σ θ α ι]. See on 2 Peter 2:16....
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...
They charged them not to speak — Privately; nor teach — Publicly....