Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 4:4
The number of the men — Beside women and children, were about five thousand — So many did our Lord now feed at once with the bread from heaven!
The number of the men — Beside women and children, were about five thousand — So many did our Lord now feed at once with the bread from heaven!
ACTS 4:1-4 In these verses codex Bezae makes a number of modifications for reasons that are not always clear. The addition of ta. r`h,mata tau/ta in ver. Acts 4:1 was probably made in the interest of...
ACTS 4:4 @w`j# It is difficult to decide whether the passage originally stated that the number of the believers was five thousand (î74 a A 81 vg copsa, bo eth) and copyists added w`j (B D 0165 1611)...
Verse Acts 4:4. _THE NUMBER - WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND._] That is, as I understand the passage, the one hundred and twenty which were converted before pentecost, the three thousand converted at pentec...
HOWBEIT - But; notwithstanding. MANY OF THEM ... - This was one of the instances, which has since been so often repeated, in which persecution is seen to have a tendency to extend and establish the fa...
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 ...
PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 4:1. Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons representing the Sanhedrin and exercisin...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the superintendent of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them. They were annoyed because they were teaching the people, and proclaiming, throug...
HOWBEIT. But. WORD. Greek. _logos._ App-121. BELIEVED. App-150. MEN. Greek. _aner._ App-123....
_Howbeit_ Better, _But_, i.e. not being deterred by the arrest of the Apostles. _many of them which heard the word believed_ on Jesus; for Peter had set Him before them as that Prophet concerning who...
ΠΟΛΛΟῚ ΔΈ, _but many_ &c.; i.e. they were not deterred by the arrest of the Apostles. ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ, _believed_, i.e. on Him (Jesus) whom Peter had set before them as the Prophet of whom Moses had spoke...
Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
_THE APOSTLES WERE ARRESTED ACTS 4:1-4:_ Peter and John were interrupted as they spoke about Jesus. The priests, captain of the temple and Sadducees caused the trouble. They were grieved because of th...
ΆΚΟΥΣΆΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. Part, в роли _subst._ ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить, ΈΓΕΝΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096) становиться, быт...
THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND.— Dr. Benson concludes, that five thousand men were converted on this occasion, besides the three thousand mentioned before, chap. Acts 2:41. If it had be...
IN THE PRISON ACTS 4:1-4. Acts 4:1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, Acts 4:2 being sore troubled because they taught th...
4. The audience who had been listening to Peter must have been thrown into intense excitement by the arrest, and the disciples among them, doubtless, expected to see re-enacted, in the persons of Pete...
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. HOWBEIT MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED. For illustration of this delightful statemen...
13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent, may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
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...
THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. — Better, _became,_ or _was made up to, about five thousand._ It seems probable, though not certain, that St. Luke meant this as a statement of the aggre...
ἐγενήθη : “came to be” R.V., only here in St. Luke, except in the quotation in Acts 1:20 (see also Acts 7:13,., and Blass in [148] hellenistic, frequently in LXX; in N.T. _cf._ 1 Thessalonians 2:14;...
THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME Acts 4:1-12 The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The fact of our Lord's resurre...
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...
Peter and John Arrested While they were still preaching, armed men came into the temple area and arrested Peter and John. This group included priests, the captain of the temple and the Sadducees. In a...
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the (b) number of the men was about five thousand. (b) While they thought to diminish the number, they actually increased it....
_Five thousand. Not that hereby is meant the whole number of the believers, but five thousand, by this miracle and preaching, were added to those that believed before. (Witham) --- Here again we remar...
FIVE THOUSAND CONVERTED 4. This wonderful accession augments the Nazarenes to eight thousand. While doubtless many of them were born from above for the first time in life, you must remember that the g...
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrec...
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...
4._And many of them which heard _The apostles are put in prison, but the force of their preaching is spread far and wide, and the course thereof is at liberty. Of which thing Paul boasteth very much,...
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...
HOWBEIT, MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, preached by Peter and John: BELIEVED; the report of it, and in Christ, as risen from the dead, which was the sum and substa...
Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. Ver. 4. _And the number_] A goodly increase. The lily is said to be increased by its own juice t...
_Howbeit, many of them which heard the word believed_ For though the preachers were persecuted, the word prevailed. Thus the suffering days of the church have often been her growing days. _And the num...
THE NUMBER; who had believed....
ACTS CHAPTER 4 Peter and John before the Council of the Jews. The arrest of the apostles:...
HOWBEIT, MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED; AND THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. Up to this time the Lord had permitted the growth of the Church to be undisturbed, the work of t...
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...
HOWEVER, MANY OF THOSE WHO HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED; AND THE NUMBER OF THE MEN CAME TO BE ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. 1. Here was the problem for the Sadducees. Many were converted. Many believed. 2. They w...
But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. 'NUMBER OF MEN'-Not including the women. 'The increase since the day of Pentecost must have be...
1-4 The apostles preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. It includes all the happiness of the future state; this they preached through Jesus Christ, to be had through him only. Miserab...
_ Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, _ ROMANS 10:17. It being the ordinary means which God hath appointed; the apostles themselves make use of it towards the conviction of this p...
4. The audience who had been listening to Peter must have been thrown into intense excitement by the arrest, and the disciples among them, doubtless, expected to see re-enacted, in the persons of Pete...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the Scriptures, prove that this...
Acts 4:4 However G1161 many G4183 heard G191 (G5660) word G3056 believed G4100 (G5656) and G2532 number...
‘But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.' However, this event did not affect the impact of the message (indeed as the chief priests and...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:4. MANY OF THORN WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED. In sharp contrast to the arrest and persecution of the two leaders by the influential party in the state, the compiler of the ‘Acts' notices, tha...
_Imprisonment of Peter and John, 1-4._ The ever-increasing crowd (see Acts 4:4) seems to have called the attention of the temple authorities to the miracle and the subsequent teaching of Peter and Jo...
MEN (ανδρων). Strictly, men and not women, for ανθρωπος is the term for both men and women. But in Luke 11:31 ανδρες seems to include both men and women and that is possible here, though by no mean...
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...
Acts 4:1. And 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 re...
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...
BUT MANY WHO HEARD THE MESSAGE BELIEVED. Jailing Peter and John did not change the minds of those who believed what they had said. TO ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. This must include those men who were "buried...
_And they laid hands upon them … Howbeit many of them which heard the Word believed._ THE IMPOTENCE AND BENEFIT OF PERSECUTION 1. Peter had boasted, “I am ready to go with Thee to prison.” He was no...
_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 4:4 Since the MEN alone were ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND, the total number of Christians was probably much greater. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:1. AS THEY SPAKE.—Lit., _they_, the apostles, either Peter for John or John with Peter _speaking_. The discourse was probably interrupted after the utterance of the preceding...
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...
2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Timothy 2:10; 2 Timothy 2:9; Acts 2:41; Act
The number was about five thousand. Translate ejgenhqh as Rev., came to be; indicating the addition to the original number of the many that believed....
FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter, bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and elders and sc...