Of the rest; such who were not of the common sort of people, and here seem to be distinguished from them: or, of the rest (more largely) who had not joined themselves to the church, being amazed at this judgment on these two hypocrites, durst not make a formal show of religion, unless they had a thorough persuasion in their mind concerning the truth of it, and a firm resolution in their conversation to live answerably unto it.
ACTS 5:13 The ordinarily received text is difficult to interpret because kolla/sqai (meaning “to join”) seems to be inappropriate in the context (contrast ver. Acts 5:14), and because the identity of...
Verse Acts 5:13. _AND OF THE REST, DURST NO MAN JOIN HIM SELF TO THEM_] Who were these called _the rest_, των λοιπων? Dr. Lightfoot thinks the 120 are intended, of which he supposes Ananias to have b...
AND OF THE REST - Different interpretations have been given of this expression. Lightfoot supposes that by “the rest” are meant the remainder of the 120 disciples of whom Ananias had been one; and tha...
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 ...
APOSTOLIC SIGNS AND CURES. In the AV Acts 5:12 _b_ - Acts 5:14 are rightly bracketed; the verses are an editorial addition. Acts 5:12_ a_ connects with Acts 5:15. I
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
Many signs and wonders were done among the people through the hands of the apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's colonnade. Of the others no one dared to meddle with them. But the people h...
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ JOIN HIMSELF. Greek. _kollaomai._ See note on Luke 15:15. MAGNIFIED. Greek. _megaluno._ Compare Luke 1:46; Luke 1:58....
_And of the rest durst no man join himself to them_ The sentence seems to convey an opposition to what has been stated in Acts 5:12, and should begin with _But_. The sense intended is that the assembl...
ΤΩ͂Ν ΔῈ ΛΟΙΠΩ͂Ν, _but of the rest_, &c., i.e. of those not yet interested in the movement. The sense is that the assemblies of Christians made the porch of Solomon their special rendezvous when they w...
MIRACULOUS POWERS OF THE APOSTLES. CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CHURCH...
_THE POWER OF A PURIFIED CHURCH ACTS 5:12-25:_ During this period of progress for the church miracles were worked by the apostles. The people were fearful of the apostles. Amazingly, the result was gr...
ΈΤΌΛΜΑ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΤΟΛΜΆΩ (G5111) отваживаться, с _inf._ ΚΟΛΛΆΣΘΑΙ _praes. pass. inf. от_ ΚΟΛΛΆΩ (G2853) присоединяться, приближаться. Вероятно, имеется в виду приставать, не присоединяясь о...
AND OF THE REST, &C.— That is, the people held them in distant admiration, and presumed not, on any false pretence, to join them, if not truly converted; which yet it appears by the next verse many we...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. ACTS 5:12-16. Acts 5:12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. Acts 5:13 Bu...
See notes on verse 12...
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. AND OF THE REST DURST NO MAN JOIN (or 'attach') HIMSELF TO THEM - (see the Greek of Luke 10:11; Luke 15:15;...
30 The timid opposition of the Sanhedrin is in contrast to the boldness of those who proclaimed the evangel. God manifested Himself by miraculous interventions, and the powers of the kingdom abounded....
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...
OF THE REST] i.e. of the non-Christians....
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...
OF THE REST. — We are left to conjecture who these were who are contrasted with the Apostles on the one side and with the people on the other. Does it mean that the Apostles stood aloof in an isolated...
τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν : variously interpreted (1) of the rest of the believers in contrast to the Apostles, but this is unnatural, as the Apostles are not elsewhere regarded as objects of fear to their fellow...
DELIVERED TO TESTIFY Acts 5:12-26 While the Holy Spirit works mightily _within_ the Church, He co-operates with it in its _outward_ operations by adding men and women to the Lord. None should be adde...
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...
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people (g) magnified them. (g) Highly praised them....
_Of the rest, no one durst join himself to them. That is, none of those that did not believe: yet the people praised them, and the number of the faithful increased. (Witham)_...
APOSTOLICAL SUCCESSION SPIRITUAL AND NOT OFFICIAL 13. _“And no one of the rest dared to identify himself with them, but the people magnified them.”_ The popular mind has found a contradiction between...
And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (12) And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one...
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...
13._And of other durst no man. _This was the second fruit of the miracles, in that these which believed not, being convict with the excellent power of God, dare not despise the apostles, but are rathe...
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...
AND OF THE REST DURST NO MAN JOIN HIMSELF TO THEM,.... By the rest are meant, either those that were without the church, and those either the profane and persecuting sort, who durst not come nigh the...
And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. Ver. 13. _Durst no man join himself_] None of the powerful enemies of the Church durst insinuate (for fear of the dan...
_And of the rest_ Who were not really converted to Christianity; _durst_ Or _presumed; no man_ to _join himself to them_ As, had it not been for the late signal judgment, some hypocrites might have at...
OF THE REST; of those outside of the Christian body. DURST NO MAN JOIN HIMSELF; that is, according to some, in a hypocritical way, like Ananias and Sapphira. But perhaps the meaning is, that the multi...
AND OF THE REST DURST NO MAN JOIN HIMSELF TO THEM; BUT THE PEOPLE MAGNIFIED THEM....
THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. Acts 5:12...
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...
YET NONE OF THE REST DARED JOIN THEM, BUT THE PEOPLE ESTEEMED THEM HIGHLY. 1. This event also stopped (or slowed down) the opposition. 2. If they spoke against the church or apostles - they might be...
But of the rest durst no man join himself to them: howbeit the people magnified them; 'BUT THE REST'-i.e. non-Christians. 'DURST NO MAN JOIN HIMSELF TO THEM'-The "them" of this verse could be the apo...
12-16 The separation of hypocrites by distinguishing judgments, should make the sincere cleave closer to each other and to the gospel ministry. Whatever tends to the purity and reputation of the churc...
Tertullian On Modesty which God alone (can do), and restored the debilitated to their integrity,[271]...
Acts 5:13 Yet G1161 none G3762 rest G3062 dared G5111 (G5707) join G2853 (G5745) them G846 but...
‘But of the rest no man dared join himself to them: but however that might be the people magnified them.' ‘The rest' probably means those who did not require healing, and were not recognised believer...
THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS REVEALED AS PRESENT IN GREAT SIGNS AND WONDERS (5:12-16). What followed from Satan's failure to cut at the root of the revival through Ananias and Sapphira, was an expansion...
AND THEY WERE ALL WITH ONE ACCORD IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. ACTS 5:13. AND OF THE REST DURST NO MAN JOIN HIMSELF TO THEM: BUT THE PEOPLE MAGNIFIED THEM. Thus, while the apostles were busied in their work of...
_A Further Picture of the Progress of the Church. The Power of St. Peter in those First Days,_ 12-16. The relations of the little Church towards the _outside_ world are now dwelt on. Already we have s...
DURST (ετολμα). Imperfect active of τολμαω, old verb, not to fear or shun through fear, boldly to take a stand. The fate of Ananias and Sapphira continued to hold many in check.JOIN (κολλασθα). Pr...
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...
MANY MIRACLES AND WONDERS. Note it is the apostles who are said to have this power. Not everyone was given the gift of miracles. MET TOGETHER IN A GROUP. See Acts 2:46; Hebrews 10:25. NOBODY OUTSIDE T...
_And great fear came upon all the Church._ AFTER JUDGMENT, REVIVAL The case of Ananias served several important ends. I. It bore a very emphatic testimony to truth. Falsehood in the world was a grea...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:13 NONE OF THE REST DARED JOIN THEM. Some take “them” to refer to “the whole church” in v. Acts 5:13, and “they” in v....
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:12. AMONG THE PEOPLE.—_I.e._, the population of Jerusalem. ALL.—Either all the apostles, THE REST being believers and unbelievers (Alford, Olshausen, Hackett), or more likel...
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 Kings 17:18; 1 Samuel 16:4; 1 Samuel 16:5; 2 Peter 2:20; Acts 19:17
The rest. Unbelievers, deterred by the fate of Ananias from uniting themselves to the church under false pretenses. Join himself [κ ο λ λ α σ θ α ι]. See on Luke 14:15; Luke 10:11. In all but two inst...
None of the rest — No formalists or hypocrites, durst join themselves — In an outward show only, like Ananias and Sapphira....