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Acts 4:15
And started discussing. After they send them out, the Council uses all their wisdom to find a solution.
And started discussing. After they send them out, the Council uses all their wisdom to find a solution.
ACTS 4:13-16 The Western text, preserved most fully in ith and copG67, rewrites the account, emphasizing the perplexity of the Sanhedrin: “Now when they all heard the firmness of Peter and John, con...
WHAT SHALL WE DO TO THESE MEN? - The object which they had in view was evidently to prevent their preaching. The miracle was performed, and it was believed by the people to have been made. This they c...
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...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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...
COUNCIL. Sanhedrin. Greek. _sunedrion._ See note on Matthew 5:22. CONFERRED. Greek. _sumballo._ Only used by Luke, here, Acts 17:18; Acts 18:27;...
_to go aside out of the council_ To leave the council chamber, while the members of the council discussed what should be done....
ἜΞΩ ΤΟΥ͂ ΣΥΝΕΔΡΊΟΥ, i.e. to retire from the council-chamber while the members of the council considered in conference what course should be taken. ΣΥΝΈΒΑΛΛΟΝ is the word used (Acts 17:18) of the confe...
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...
ΚΕΛΕΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΚΕΛΕΎΩ (G2753) повелевать, ΆΠΕΛΘΕΊΝ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΑΠΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G565) выходить, уходить. _Inf._ в роли dir. _obj._ ΣΥΝΈΒΑΛΛΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΣΥΜΒΆΛΛ...
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...
15, 16. Finally, the silence was broken by a proposition that the prisoners be withdrawn. (15) "_And having commanded them to go aside out of the Sanhedrim, they conferred among themselves,_ (16) _say...
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, BUT, WHEN THEY HAD COMMANDED THEM TO GO ASIDE OUT OF THE COUNCIL, THEY CONFERRED - or 'proceeded to...
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...
συνέβαλον πρὸς ἀλλήλους, _sc._, λόγους : only in St. Luke's writings, in different significations; _cf._ for the construction here, Eurip., _Iphig. Aul._, 830, and Plutarch, _Mor._, p. 222, C. see on...
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...
Commanded To Speak No More Under Jesus' Authority It was obvious to those in the council that Peter and John had not been trained by the rabbis or with the scribes, yet they dared to interpret scriptu...
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they (k) conferred among themselves, (k) Laid their heads together....
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...
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...
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 WHEN THEY HAD COMMANDED THEM,.... That is, when the sanhedrim had ordered the apostles; or "commanded that both", as the Arabic version reads, both Peter and John; and, it may be, the man that was...
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, Ver. 15. _They conferred_] _Sic festucam quaerentes unde oculos sibi eruant, _ as Bernard hath it. Th...
_But when they had commanded them to go aside_ To withdraw, not being willing they should hear the acknowledgments that were extorted from them; _they conferred among themselves_ Privately. Now the sc...
BUT WHEN THEY HAD COMMANDED THEM TO GO ASIDE OUT OF THE COUNCIL, THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES,...
The consultation of the Sanhedrin:...
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 WHEN THEY HAD COMMANDED THEM TO GO ASIDE OUT OF THE COUNCIL, THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES, 1. They needed to have a private "strategy" session. In politics today, this is called a caucus. A me...
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, 'THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES'-'The silence was broken by. proposal that the prisoners be withdraw...
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...
TO GO ASIDE OUT OF THE COUNCIL; the place where the council met; for the apostles were not dismissed to go away at their liberty. THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES; it was their joint endeavour to stifl...
15, 16. Finally, the silence was broken by a proposition that the prisoners be withdrawn. (15) "_ And having commanded them to go aside out of the Sanhedrim, they conferred among themselves,_ (16) say...
Acts 4:15 But G1161 commanded G2753 (G5660) them G846 aside G565 (G5629) of G1854 council G4892 conferred...
‘But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, saying, “What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been wrought through th...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:15. THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES. It has been asked, How were these apparently private deliberations known to St. Luke? Several probable answers have been given. Some of the priests who afte...
_Judgment of the Sanhedrim_, 13-18. Astonishment of Sanhedrists at the ability of Peter's reply. They remember the two apostles were companions of Jesus, and then consult privately together. They see...
THEY CONFERRED AMONG THEMSELVES (συνεβαλλον προς αλληλους). Imperfect active again. With Peter and John and the lame man outside, they began to compare (συν, βαλλω) notes and take stock of their pr...
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 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)...
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...
_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...
_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...
Acts 26:30; Acts 5:34...
Conferred [σ υ ν ε β α λ ο ν]. See on pondered, Luke 2:19....
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...