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ACTS 4:1-4
In these verses codex Bezae makes a number of modifications for
reasons that are not always clear. The addition of ta. r`h,mata tau/ta
in ver. Acts 4:1 was probably made in the interest of...
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ACTS 4:4 @w`j#
It is difficult to decide whether the passage originally stated that
the number of the believers was five thousand (î74 a A 81 vg copsa,
bo eth) and copyists added w`j (B D 0165 1611)...
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Verse Acts 4:4. _THE NUMBER - WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND._] That is, as
I understand the passage, the one hundred and twenty which were
converted before pentecost, the three thousand converted at pentec...
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HOWBEIT - But; notwithstanding.
MANY OF THEM ... - This was one of the instances, which has since been
so often repeated, in which persecution is seen to have a tendency to
extend and establish the fa...
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CHAPTER 4
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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 ...
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PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN.
Acts 4:1. Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but
Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons
representing the Sanhedrin and exercisin...
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ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
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While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the
superintendent of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them. They
were annoyed because they were teaching the people, and proclaiming,
throug...
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HOWBEIT. But.
WORD. Greek. _logos._ App-121.
BELIEVED. App-150.
MEN. Greek. _aner._ App-123....
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_Howbeit_ Better, _But_, i.e. not being deterred by the arrest of the
Apostles.
_many of them which heard the word believed_ on Jesus; for Peter had
set Him before them as that Prophet concerning who...
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ΠΟΛΛΟῚ ΔΈ, _but many_ &c.; i.e. they were not deterred by the
arrest of the Apostles.
ἘΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ, _believed_, i.e. on Him (Jesus) whom Peter had
set before them as the Prophet of whom Moses had spoke...
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Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
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_THE APOSTLES WERE ARRESTED ACTS 4:1-4:_ Peter and John were
interrupted as they spoke about Jesus. The priests, captain of the
temple and Sadducees caused the trouble. They were grieved because of
th...
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ΆΚΟΥΣΆΝΤΩΝ _aor. act. part. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191)
слышать. Part, в роли _subst._ ΈΠΊΣΤΕΥΣΑΝ _aor.
ind. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΩ (G4100) верить,
ΈΓΕΝΉΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G1096)
становиться, быт...
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THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND.— Dr. Benson
concludes, that five thousand men were converted on this occasion,
besides the three thousand mentioned before, chap. Acts 2:41. If it
had be...
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IN THE PRISON ACTS 4:1-4.
Acts 4:1
And as they spake unto the people, the priests and the captain of the
temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
Acts 4:2
being sore troubled because they taught th...
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4. The audience who had been listening to Peter must have been thrown
into intense excitement by the arrest, and the disciples among them,
doubtless, expected to see re-enacted, in the persons of Pete...
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Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
the men was about five thousand. HOWBEIT MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE
WORD BELIEVED. For illustration of this delightful statemen...
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13 The word "Boy" is here used because it, like its Greek equivalent,
may be used both of a child and a servant. The common version renders
it _ servant_, _ child _ and _ son_. Each of these, however,...
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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)...
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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...
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THE NUMBER OF THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. — Better, _became,_
or _was made up to, about five thousand._ It seems probable, though
not certain, that St. Luke meant this as a statement of the aggre...
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ἐγενήθη : “came to be” R.V., only here in St. Luke, except
in the quotation in Acts 1:20 (see also Acts 7:13,., and Blass in
[148] hellenistic, frequently in LXX; in N.T. _cf._ 1 Thessalonians
2:14;...
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THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME
Acts 4:1-12
The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the
agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The
fact of our Lord's resurre...
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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...
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Peter and John Arrested
While they were still preaching, armed men came into the temple area
and arrested Peter and John. This group included priests, the captain
of the temple and the Sadducees. In a...
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Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the (b) number
of the men was about five thousand.
(b) While they thought to diminish the number, they actually increased
it....
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_Five thousand. Not that hereby is meant the whole number of the
believers, but five thousand, by this miracle and preaching, were
added to those that believed before. (Witham) --- Here again we remar...
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FIVE THOUSAND CONVERTED
4. This wonderful accession augments the Nazarenes to eight thousand.
While doubtless many of them were born from above for the first time
in life, you must remember that the g...
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And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the
temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they
taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrec...
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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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4._And many of them which heard _The apostles are put in prison, but
the force of their preaching is spread far and wide, and the course
thereof is at liberty. Of which thing Paul boasteth very much,...
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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...
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HOWBEIT, MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD,.... The doctrine of the
Gospel, preached by Peter and John:
BELIEVED; the report of it, and in Christ, as risen from the dead,
which was the sum and substa...
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Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of
the men was about five thousand.
Ver. 4. _And the number_] A goodly increase. The lily is said to be
increased by its own juice t...
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_Howbeit, many of them which heard the word believed_ For though the
preachers were persecuted, the word prevailed. Thus the suffering days
of the church have often been her growing days. _And the num...
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THE NUMBER; who had believed....
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ACTS CHAPTER 4
Peter and John before the Council of the Jews.
The arrest of the apostles:...
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HOWBEIT, MANY OF THEM WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED; AND THE NUMBER OF
THE MEN WAS ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND.
Up to this time the Lord had permitted the growth of the Church to be
undisturbed, the work of t...
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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...
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But many of them that heard the word believed; and the number of the
men came to be about five thousand.
'NUMBER OF MEN'-Not including the women. 'The increase since the day
of Pentecost must have be...
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1-4 The apostles preached through Jesus the resurrection from the
dead. It includes all the happiness of the future state; this they
preached through Jesus Christ, to be had through him only. Miserab...
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_ Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, _ ROMANS
10:17. It being the ordinary means which God hath appointed; the
apostles themselves make use of it towards the conviction of this
p...
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4. The audience who had been listening to Peter must have been thrown
into intense excitement by the arrest, and the disciples among them,
doubtless, expected to see re-enacted, in the persons of Pete...
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Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV
For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had
perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the
Scriptures, prove that this...
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Acts 4:4 However G1161 many G4183 heard G191 (G5660) word G3056
believed G4100 (G5656) and G2532 number...
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THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
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‘But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of
the men came to be about five thousand.'
However, this event did not affect the impact of the message (indeed
as the chief priests and...
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Acts 4:4. MANY OF THORN WHICH HEARD THE WORD BELIEVED. In sharp
contrast to the arrest and persecution of the two leaders by the
influential party in the state, the compiler of the ‘Acts' notices,
tha...
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_Imprisonment of Peter and John, 1-4._
The ever-increasing crowd (see Acts 4:4) seems to have called the
attention of the temple authorities to the miracle and the subsequent
teaching of Peter and Jo...
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MEN
(ανδρων). Strictly, men and not women, for ανθρωπος is
the term for both men and women. But in Luke 11:31 ανδρες seems
to include both men and women and that is possible here, though by no
mean...
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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)...
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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...
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Acts 4:1. And 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
re...
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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...
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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...
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BUT MANY WHO HEARD THE MESSAGE BELIEVED. Jailing Peter and John did
not change the minds of those who believed what they had said. TO
ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND. This must include those men who were "buried...
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_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...
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_And they laid hands upon them … Howbeit many of them which heard
the Word believed._
THE IMPOTENCE AND BENEFIT OF PERSECUTION
1. Peter had boasted, “I am ready to go with Thee to prison.” He
was no...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:4 Since the MEN alone were ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND,
the total number of Christians was probably much greater.
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 4:1. AS THEY SPAKE.—Lit., _they_, the apostles, either Peter
for John or John with Peter _speaking_. The discourse was probably
interrupted after the utterance of the preceding...
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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
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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...
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2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Timothy 2:10; 2 Timothy 2:9; Acts 2:41; Act
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The number was about five thousand. Translate ejgenhqh as Rev., came
to be; indicating the addition to the original number of the many that
believed....
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FIGHTING AGAINST GOD
Acts 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter,
bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and
elders and sc...
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The number of the men — Beside women and children, were about five
thousand — So many did our Lord now feed at once with the bread from
heaven!...