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Expositor's Greek Testament (Nicoll)

Acts 5:18

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 as an adjective, only found in N.T. in Acts, in the three other passages used as an adverb, Acts 16:37; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:20 (2Ma 6:10, 3MMalachi 2:2), cf. Thuc., v., 18, where τὸ δημόσιον = the public prison. See note above on Acts 4:3. Hilgenfeld is so far right in pointing out that the two imprisonments, Acts 4:3 and Acts 5:18, are occasioned by two different causes, in the first case by the preaching of the Apostles to the people, and in the second by the reverence which their miracles gained from the people.

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  • A Textual Commentary On The Greek New Testament by Bruce M. Metzger

    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...

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE COMMON PRISON - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...

  • Barclay Daily Study Bible (NT)

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    COMMON. public. Greek. _demosios._ Only here, Acts 16:37; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:20. PRISON. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    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...

  • Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges Commentary

    ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...

  • Charles Box Commentaries

    _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...

  • Charles Rose Commentaries

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Combined Bible Commentary

    See notes on verse 17...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Concordant Commentary on the New Testament by A. E. Knoch

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    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...

  • Godbey's Commentary on the New Testament

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE IMPRISONMENT, DELIVERANCE, AND DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES. Arrest and deliverance:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    AND LAID THEIR HANDS ON THE APOSTLES, AND PUT THEM IN THE COMMON PRISON....

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Manly Luscombe Commentary on New Testament

    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....

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    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'...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    See ACTS 4:3....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Acts 5:18 and G2532 laid G1911 (G5627) their G846 hands G5495 on G1909 apostles G652 and G2532 put...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘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...

  • Philip Schaff's Popular Commentary on the NT (4 vols)

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  • Robertson's Word Pictures of the New Testament

    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 ...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Bible Study New Testament

    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.]...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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,...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 11:23; Acts 12:5; Acts 16:23; Acts 4:3; Acts 8:3;...

  • Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament (4 Volume Set)

    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...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

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