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Acts 5:18
And placed them in the public Jail. That is, they treated them like common criminals. [A small basement room, with a dirt floor and no sanitary facilities.]
And placed them in the public Jail. That is, they treated them like common criminals. [A small basement room, with a dirt floor and no sanitary facilities.]
ACTS 5:18 dhmosi,a| Codex Bezae adds, with typical circumstantial detail, kai. evporeu,qh ei-j e[kastoj eivj ta. i;dia (“and each one went to his own home”). A similar sentence appears in the _perico...
Verse Acts 5:18. _PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON._] It being too late in the evening to bring them to a hearing. To this verse the _Codex_ _Bezae_ adds, και επορευθη εἱς ἑκαστος εις τα ιδια, _And eac...
THE COMMON PRISON - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders....
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)...
COMMON. public. Greek. _demosios._ Only here, Acts 16:37; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:20. PRISON. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3....
_and laid their hands on the apostles_ The best MSS. omit their. The whole of the twelve are now seized, for the authorities are roused to activity. It is clear from this that, though St Luke has only...
αὐτῶν omitted with אABD. The _Vulg_. has no pronoun. 18. ἘΠῚ ΤΟῪΣ�. The whole twelve are now arrested. The new teachers must be put down. It is clear from this, though St Luke has only mentioned the...
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...
ΈΠΈΒΑΛΟΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΈΠΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G1911) возлагать, накладывать руки на кого-л. (_см._ Acts 4:3). ΈΘΕΝΤΟ _aor. ind. med., см._ Acts 5:15 ΔΗΜΟΣΊΑ (G1219) _dat. sing._ публично (adv.), или публич...
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...
See notes on verse 17...
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. AND LAID [THEIR] HANDS ON THE APOSTLES, [ autoon (G846) is an ill-supported addition to the text], "and put them in the com...
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...
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...
PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON. — The word is the same as the “ward “of Acts 4:3. The addition of the word “common” or “public” perhaps indicates a greater severity of treatment. They were not merely k...
ἐπέβαλον τὰς χεῖρας : a phrase used twice in St. Luke's Gospel, and three times in the Acts, _cf._ Genesis 22:12. _Cf._ Hebrew שָׁלַח יָד אֶל. ἐν τηρήσει δημοσίᾳ, “in public ward,” R.V. δημ. used here...
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...
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...
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...
AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE APOSTLES,.... That is, laid hold on them, and took them, and carried them away; at least their servants did so, by their orders: AND PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON; where m...
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Ver. 18. _Put them in the common prison_] Bocardo (when the good bishops were there in Queen Mary's days) was called a college...
_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...
THE IMPRISONMENT, DELIVERANCE, AND DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES. Arrest and deliverance:...
AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE APOSTLES, AND PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON....
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...
AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE APOSTLES AND PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON. 1. Now ALL the apostles are in trouble. Before it was Peter and John. Now all the apostles are arrested and put into prison 2....
and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward. 'LAID HANDS'-We aren't told when or where they were arrested, but Acts 1:26 may suggest that they had been arrested when the crowds weren'...
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...
See ACTS 4:3....
Acts 5:18 and G2532 laid G1911 (G5627) their G846 hands G5495 on G1909 apostles G652 and G2532 put...
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...
Acts 5:18. THE APOSTLES. Peter and others of them. It does not necessarily mean the whole twelve. In the common prison. This is specially mentioned, that no doubt may rest on the fact of the delivera...
WITH JEALOUSY (ζηλου). Genitive case. Old word from zeo, to boil, our zeal. In itself it means only warmth, ardour, zeal, but for a bad cause or from a bad motive, jealousy, envy, rivalry results ...
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 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...
_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,...
2 Corinthians 11:23; Acts 12:5; Acts 16:23; Acts 4:3; Acts 8:3;...
In the common prison [ε ν τ η ρ η σ ε ι δ η μ ο σ ι α]. Incorrect. Thrhsiv is not used in the sense of prison, but is an abstract term meaning ward or keeping, as in ch. 4 3. There is no article, more...
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...