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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 Christ.
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.
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...
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...
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 ...
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)...
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...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
THE KINGS. i.e. Gentiles. RULERS. i.e. Jews. TOGETHER. See note on Acts 1:15. CHRIST. i.e. Messiah. App-98....
THE APOSTLES RELEASED. THEIR PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER...
_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...
ΠΑΡΈΣΤΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΑΡΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G3936) стоять, стоять возле кого-л. ΣΥΝΉΧΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) собираться вместе....
See notes on verse 23...
The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. THE KINGS OF THE EARTH STOOD UP, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE L...
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)...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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 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...
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;...
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...
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...
Acts 4:26 kings G935 earth G1093 stand G3936 (G5656) And G2532 rulers G758 gathered G4863 (G5681) together...
GOD'S RESPONSE TO THE WARNINGS OF THE SANHEDRIN (4:23-31)....
“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...
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...
_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...
SET THEMSELVES IN ARRAY (παρεστησαν). Literally, stood by.AGAINST HIS ANOINTED (κατα του Χριστου αυτου). Against his Messiah, his Christ....
LORD Jehovah. (Psalms 2:2). CHRIST Anointed. (Psalms 2:2)....
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...
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...
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...
WHY WEN THE GENTILES FURIOUS? This is quoted from _Psalms 2._ Acts 4:27 shows how it came true....
_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...
_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...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:24 The believers prayed, quoting Psalms 2:1, a messianic prophecy. ⇐...
_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...
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...
Joel 3:9; Psalms 83:2; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 12:10;...
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...