Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Acts 5:17
The high priest — and the sect of the Sadducees — A goodly company for the priest! He, and these deniers of any angel or resurrection, were filled with zeal — Angry, bitter, persecuting zeal.
The high priest — and the sect of the Sadducees — A goodly company for the priest! He, and these deniers of any angel or resurrection, were filled with zeal — Angry, bitter, persecuting zeal.
ACTS 5:17 avnasta.j de, {A} Instead of avnasta,j itp has “Annas,” which Dibelius, 137 following Blass, 138 was inclined to accept as original. But avni,sthmi...
Verse Acts 5:17. _THE HIGH PRIEST - AND - THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES_] αιρεσις των σαδδουκαιων, _The heresy of the Sadducees_. In this place, as well as in several others, the word αιρεσις, _heresy_,...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST - Probably “Caiaphas.” Compare John 11:49. It seems from this place that he belonged to the sect of the Sadducees. It is certain that he had signalized himself by opposition to th...
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 ...
A HOSTILE ENCOUNTER WITH THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES. This account closely resembles that in ch. 4; the imprisonment is at the hands of the same men, extends over one night, and Peter's two declarations (A...
But the high priest and his party (the local sect of the Sadducees) were filled with envy, and they laid hands on the apostles and put them under public arrest. But through the night the angel of the...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
THEN. But. HIGH PRIEST. Greek. _archiereus_. ROSE UP. App-178. See Acts 5:6. SECT. Greek. _hairesis =_. choosing, hence "heresy". Occurs here Acts 15:5; Acts 24:5;...
Arrest of the Twelve. Their miraculous deliverance and their Defence before the Sanhedrin 17. _Then the high priest rose up_ The conjunction at the beginning of the sentence should be _But_. While th...
ἈΝΑΣΤᾺΣ ΔΈ. The ‘rising up’ is due to the indignation caused by the spread of the Christian teaching. The word ἀναστάς has this sense of movement in opposition. See below, of the insurrections of Theu...
ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
_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...
ΆΝΑΣΤΆΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.)_, _см._ Acts 5:6. ΟΎΣΑ _praes. act. part. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510). Используется здесь для ввода некоего устойчивого выражения со _знач._: "местный" "текущий" "существующ...
THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES,— The Sadducees, as they denied the resurrection from the dead, and a future state of rewards and punishments, were the most constant and implacable enemies to Christianity....
IN THE PRISON. Acts 5:17-20 17 But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, 18 and laid hands on the apost...
17, 18. The excitement which now prevailed throughout Jerusalem and the neighboring villages, and found utterance in the most enthusiastic praise of the apostles, was too much for the equanimity of th...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Saddu...
14 The fear of the drawn sword in the King's hand will repress evil and rebellion. The prayer of the disciples, after the threats of the Sanhedrin, seems to have been abundantly answered. Not only was...
5:17 wrath, (b-24) Or 'jealousy;' as 'envy,' ch. 13.45....
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...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP.... Probably, as before, Annas or Caiaphas. WHICH IS THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES. — The fact, of which this is the only distinct record, is of immense importance as throwing...
ἀναστὰς, see on Acts 1:15, _cf._ Acts 6:9 : it may denote a hostile intention (but need not force this), Mark 3:26; Luke 10:35;...
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...
The Apostles Imprisoned Seeing the high regard the apostles were held in by the people and knowing the number being added to the church moved the high priest and the Sadducees to jealousy. They caused...
(3) Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the (h) sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (3) The more that the Church increases, the more the rag...
HIGH PRIEST AND OFFICIAL BOARD 17, 18. _“And the high priest and all those with him, being of the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with envy, jealousy and prejudice, and laid hands on the apostles a...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the co...
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...
17.Luke hath hitherto declared that the Church was wonderfully increased, that it was furnished (254) with divers gifts, that it excelled in miracles; finally, that the kingdom of Christ did flourish...
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...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP,.... Annas, or rather Caiaphas; Acts 4:6 he having heard what miracles were wrought by the apostles, and what additions were made to them, rose up from his seat and went o...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, Ver. 17. _With indignation_] Gr. With zeal: but it was that bitt...
_Then the high-priest rose up_ Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; for they that are bent to do evil cannot be reconciled to them who make it their busi...
THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM; who agreed with him, especially the Sadducees, who denied the possibility of a resurrection. If Christ was indeed risen, as the apostles affirmed, it proved their doctrine fal...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP, AND ALL THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM, (WHICH IS THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES,) AND WERE FILLED WITH INDIGNATION,...
THE IMPRISONMENT, DELIVERANCE, AND DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES. Arrest and deliverance:...
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...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP, AND ALL THOSE WHO _WERE_ WITH HIM (WHICH IS THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES), AND THEY WERE FILLED WITH INDIGNATION, 1. Now the Jewish leaders are really angry. 2. Filled wit...
INDIGNATION: Or, envy...
But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, 'ROSE UP'-i.e. began active opposition again. 'It is high time f...
17-25 There is no prison so dark, so strong, but God can visit his people in it, and, if he pleases, fetch them out. Recoveries from sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may en...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP; moved at the report of these things, went out of the council to observe what was done. AND ALL THEY THAT WERE WITH HIM; there were both Pharisees and Sadducees in their s...
17, 18. The excitement which now prevailed throughout Jerusalem and the neighboring villages, and found utterance in the most enthusiastic praise of the apostles, was too much for the equanimity of th...
Acts 5:17 Then G1161 priest G749 up G450 (G5631) and G2532 those G3956 with G4862 him G846 which...
THE SECOND ARREST. THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS REVEALED BY THE OPENING OF PRISON DOORS (5:17-24). In view of the fact that the Apostles were openly defying the stricture of the previous council, and wer...
‘But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.' On...
_Second Arrest of the Apostles. They are freed by the Interposition of an Angel_, 17-25. Acts 5:17. THEN THE HIGH PRIEST ROSE UP. Not from his throne in the council, for the Sanhedrim is not said to h...
WHICH IS THE SECT OF THE SADDUCEES (η ουσα αιρεσις των Σαδδουκαιων). Literally, "the existing sect of the Sadducees" or "the sect which is of the Sadducees," η being the article, not the relative. H...
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...
THEN THE HIGH PRIEST. This would be Annas. See note on Acts 4:6. He was a Sadducee, and therefore strongly opposed to any thought of the dead being raised. See note on Acts 4:2....
_Then the high priest rose up._ VAIN EFFORTS TO OPPOSE THE GOSPEL I. The effort in this case; by the imprisonment of the leaders of the gospel (Acts 5:17). The whole Jewish authority was in oppositi...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:17 FILLED WITH JEALOUSY. These Sadducees were “jealous” to keep their own influence and power (compare Acts 7:9;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:17. THE HIGH PRIEST.—Annas, as in Acts 4:6. INDIGNATION.—Not envy or jealousy (R.V.), but hot, angry zeal. Acts 5:19. Not THE but AN ANGEL OF THE LORD; _i.e._, sent by the L...
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 Peter 2:1; 1 Samuel 18:12; Acts 13:45; Acts 17:5; Acts 23:6;...
THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY Acts 5:17 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Those were momentous days. On the part of the Apostles they were days of continued testimony, God working with miracles an...
Note here, 1. How the persecution of the holy apostles did gradually advance and increase. In the former Chapter s the apostles were only secured, kept in hold for. night and dismissed with. threateni...