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Verse Acts 5:14. _AND BELIEVERS WERE THE MORE ADDED TO THE LORD_]
Believers:
1. Those who credited the Divine mission of Christ.
2. That he was the Messiah.
3. That he died for their sins.
4. That...
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AND BELIEVERS - This is the name by which Christians were designated,
because one of the main things that distinguished them was that they
“believed” that Jesus was the Christ. It is also an incidenta...
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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 ...
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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
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TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
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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...
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BELIEVERS. believing (ones). App-150.
MULTITUDES. Greek. _ptethos._
WOMEN. Compare Acts 1:14....
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_And believers were the more added to the Lord_ In the Greek it is
clearly seen that the words rendered _to the Lord_belong quite as
closely to _believers_as to _were added_. "Persons believing in the...
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ΠΡΟΣΕΤΊΘΕΝΤΟ, _were added_. And the tense implies the
continuous growth of the Church. The addition of this verse makes
clear what has just been said about the sense of κολλᾶσθαι,
that it implied insi...
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MIRACULOUS POWERS OF THE APOSTLES. CONTINUED GROWTH OF THE CHURCH...
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_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...
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ΜΆΛΛΟΝ (G3123) еще больше (Barrett),
ΠΡΟΣΕΤΊΘΕΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΠΡΟΣΤΊΘΗΜΙ
(G4369) добавлять к чему-л. _Impf._
изображает повторяющееся действие,
ΚΥΡΊΩ _dat. sing. от_ ΚΎΡΙΟΣ (G2962) Господь...
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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...
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And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
and women.)
AND BELIEVERS (VISIBLE CONVERTS), WERE THE MORE ADDED TO THE LORD,
MULTITUDES BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN.
The parenthe...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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ADDED TO THE LORD. — Here, probably, the word is used in its
definite New Testament sense for the Lord Jesus.
BOTH OF MEN AND WOMEN. — The mention of the latter forms an
introduction to the dissension...
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μᾶλλον δέ προσετίθεντο : the favour of the people
which still protected the Church (_cf._ Acts 5:17) resulted in further
increase of believers, “were the more added,” _um so mehr_;
imperfect, signifyi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_A PROPHECY FULFILLED_
‘By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought
among the people (… and believers were the more added to the Lord,
multitudes both of men and women.)’
Acts 5...
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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...
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AND BELIEVERS WERE THE MORE ADDED TO THE LORD,.... That is, to the
church, as in Acts 2:47 over which Christ was Lord and head; for they
were added to the Lord before, by believing in him, when they g...
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And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
and women.)
Ver. 14. _And believers were the more added_] So little lost the
Church by that dreadful doom that befell Ananias and...
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_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...
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THE MORE; greater numbers in consequence received the gospel, being
persuaded that it was from God. The Holy Spirit may make the
destruction of some the occasion of the salvation of others. When it
is...
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THE PROSPERITY OF THE CHURCH. Acts 5:12...
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AND BELIEVERS WERE THE MORE ADDED TO THE LORD, MULTITUDES BOTH OF MEN
AND WOMEN,)...
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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...
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AND BELIEVERS WERE INCREASINGLY ADDED TO THE LORD, MULTITUDES OF BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN,
1. Increasingly - more were added - not by ones, or tens, or even
hundreds. But multitudes. How many is a multitud...
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and believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men
and women;
'WERE THE MORE ADDED'-'Imperfect, signifying the continuous growth of
the Church.' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 146) 'were constan...
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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...
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This explains the former verse, and helps us against mistaking it, for
this wonderful judgment was so far from being a hinderance to the men
of the gospel, that it is turned to the furtherance of it;...
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14. The statement just made, that "of the rest no man dared to join
himself to them," can not mean that persons dared not join the Church,
for the reverse is now stated. (14) "_ And believers were the...
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Acts 5:14 And G1161 believers G4100 (G5723) increasingly G3123 added
G4369 (G5712) Lord G2962 multitudes G4128 both...
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‘And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of
men and women, insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the
streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came...
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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...
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Acts 5:14. AND BELIEVERS WERE THE MORE ADDED TO THE LORD. This
statement confirms the exposition given above of the words, ‘Of the
rest durst no man join himself to them.' A sense of religious awe kep...
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_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...
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WERE THE MORE ADDED
(μαλλον προσετιθεντο). Rather (μαλλον) instead
of decrease as one might expect. Imperfect passive indicative of
προστιθημ common μ verb, kept on being added.BOTH OF MEN AND
WOME...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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,...
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1 Corinthians 11:11; 1 Corinthians 11:12; 2 Samuel 6:19; Acts 2:41;...
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Were added [π ρ ο σ ε τ ι θ ε ν τ ο]. Imperfect : kept
being added....
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But so much the more were true believers added, because unbelievers
kept at a distance....