Whether it be just to obey you rather than God, judge ye — Was it not by the same spirit, that Socrates, when they were condemning him to death, for teaching the people, said, "O ye Athenians, I embrace and love you; but I will obey God rather than you. And if you would spare my life on condition I should cease to teach my fellow citizens, I would die a thousand times rather than accept the proposal."
ACTS 4:19 o` de. Pe,troj kai. VIwa,nnhj avpokriqe,ntej ei=pon The reading of D itgig syrp Lucifer, avpokriqei.j de. Pe,troj kai. VIwa,nhj ei=pon, which Kilpatrick 116 prefers to the ordinary text, is...
Verse Acts 4:19. _WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD_] As if they had said: Worldly prudence and a consideration of our secular interests would undoubtedly induce us to obey you; but acting as b...
WHETHER IT BE RIGHT ... - The apostles abated nothing of their boldness when threatened. They openly appealed to their judges whether their command could be right. And in doing this, they expressed th...
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...
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...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
ANSWERED AND SAID. App-122. WHETHER. If. Greek. _ei_. App-118. MORE. rather. JUDGE. Gr _. krino._ App-122. Figure of speech _Anacoenosis._ App-6....
_Peter and John_ Both alike express their determination to publish the news of Christ's life and resurrection. The reason why both names are here mentioned may be that each was separately appealed to...
ΕἾΠΟΝ ΠΡῸΣ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ with אABDE, and the _Vulg_. agrees with this. 19. Ὁ ΔῈ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ ΚΑῚ ἸΩΆΝΝΗΣ. Both alike express their determination to publish the news of Christ’s life and resurrection. The reason...
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...
ΆΠΟΚΡΙΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. (dep.) part. от_ ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать. О семитском использовании избыточного _part. см._ МН, 453. ΕΊΠΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить, ΆΚΟΎΕΙΝPRAES. _act....
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...
WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD— As they professed to believe the being, and infinite perfections of God, they must, on their own principles, easily see the absurdity of expecting obedience to...
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...
19, 20. The apostles, if at all anxious concerning their personal safety, might have received this stern command in silence, and retired respectfully from the assembly. (19) "_But, Peter and John answ...
_BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO HEARKEN UNTO_ _ BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO HE...
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...
WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD... — The words assert the right of conscience, recognising a divine authority, to resist a human authority which opposes it. In theory, as the appeal “judge ye”...
Parallel sayings may be quoted from Greeks and Romans, and from Jewish sources, see instances in Wetstein, _cf._ Plato, _Apol._, 29,., the famous words of Socrates: πεισόμεθα τῷ θεῷ μᾶλλον ἢ ὑμῖν, and...
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...
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...
(7) But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. (7) We must obey men to whom we are subject, but especial...
_But Peter and John stopped their mouths, by asking them, if it was reasonable for them to hearken to men rather than to God. For we, they say, (ver. 20.) cannot but speak the things which we have see...
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...
_“Peter and John responding, said unto them, If it is righteous before God to hear you rather than God, judge ye.”_ Lord, help us all to follow the example of the Apostles, and in every case _“obey Go...
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...
_THE DECISIVE TEST_ ‘Whether it be right in the sight of God.’ Acts 4:19 This decisive test must always be used as to every action, ‘Whether it be right.’ And the world wanted then, and the world w...
19._Whether it be right. _Let us remember to whom they make this answer. For this council did undoubtedly represent the Church; but because they do abuse their authority, the apostles say flatly that...
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...
BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM,.... With great boldness and courage, and without any fear of man, but in the true fear of God WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD; who is omniscien...
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. Ver. 19. _Whether it be right, &c._] This was a principle hel...
_Peter and John_ Feeling themselves animated in this arduous circumstance with a courageous zeal, which would not permit them to be silent, lest that silence should be interpreted as a promise to quit...
JUDGE YE; God required them to speak; the council forbade them. Which ought they to obey? Human laws which require men to disobey God are of no obligation, and should not be obeyed....
The resolution announced to Peter and John:...
BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO THEM, WHETHER IT BE RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO HEARKEN UNTO YOU MORE THAN UNTO GOD, JUDGE YE....
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...
BUT PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED AND SAID TO THEM, " WHETHER IT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO LISTEN TO YOU MORE THAN TO GOD, YOU JUDGE. 1. Be careful here: 1. We often apply this to anything that we d...
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken unto you rather than unto God, judge ye: 'WHETHER IT IS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF GOD TO HEARKEN UNTO YOU...
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...
PETER AND JOHN ANSWERED; both spake by one and the same Spirit, and agreed in one and the same answer; they are not solicitous what will best bring them off at present, but SAID UNTO THEM, WHETHER IT...
19, 20. The apostles, if at all anxious concerning their personal safety, might have received this stern command in silence, and retired respectfully from the assembly. (19) "_ But, Peter and John ans...
Acts 4:19 But G1161 Peter G4074 and G2532 John G2491 answered G611 (G5679) said G2036 (G5627) to...
‘But Peter and John answered and said to them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to take notice of you rather than of God, you yourselves must judge, for we cannot but speak the things which we...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
_The Answer of Peter and John to the Threats of the Sanhedrim,_ 19-22. They say obedience must be shown to God rather than to men; as for them, they were only witnesses. After being again threatened,...
Acts 4:19. IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. The Eternal is appealed to as the ever-present Judge, as sitting invisible in that august council before whom they were then pleading. WHETHER IT BE RIGHT TO HEARKEN U...
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 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...
OR TO OBEY GOD. This is the "higher law," which supersedes all other!...
_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...
_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 4:18 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...
1 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Kings 12:30; 1 Kings 14:16; 1 Kings 21:11;...
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...
Observe here the prudence and integrity of the apostles in referring it back to the judgment of their very adversaries, whether it was reasonable to obey their command, when they charged them to preac...