" Go, stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this life. "
1. Go stand in the temple. You would think after "escaping" from jail, they would go into hiding, travel to another country, or at least get out of town until this thing blows over.
2. No - They were right back where the problems started - in the Temple compound - where the lame man was healed. They returned to where many came to be healed.
Verse Acts 5:20. _ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE._] All the doctrines of life eternal, founded on the _word, death_, and _resurrection_ of Christ Jesus. This is another periphrasis for _Gospel_. _Go to t...
IN THE TEMPLE - In a public and conspicuous place. In this way there would be a most striking exhibition of their boldness; a proof that “God” had delivered them, and a manifestation of their purpose...
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)...
SPEAK. App-121. TEMPLE. See Acts 2:46. THE WORDS, &C.. these words of life. Figure of speech _Hypallage._ App-6. WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. LIFE. App-170. The life through resurr...
_Go, stand and speak in the temple_ There is a conjunction in the Greek which is not here expressed. Render, _Go ye and stand and speak_. There was to be no attempt made to conceal their escape. They...
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΕ ΚΑῚ ΣΤΑΘΈΝΤΕΣ Κ.Τ.Λ., _go ye and stand and speak_. There was to be no attempt made to conceal their escape. They were to go back to the same place where their most frequent teachings had bee...
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...
ΠΟΡΕΎΕΣΘΕ _praes. imper. med. (dep.) от_ ΠΟΡΕΎΟΜΑΙ (G4198) идти, ΣΤΑΘΈΝΤΕΣ _aor. pass. part. от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять; _pass._ становиться (RWP). _Сопутств. part._ со _знач. imper._ (_см._ VANT, 386...
DISCOURSE: 1753 THE DUTY OF MINISTERS Acts 5:20. _Go stand, and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life_ [Note: A little sketch given extemporaneously to a young friend.]. CONSI...
ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE.— _The whole doctrine of life._ Heylin—"that glorious gospel with which you are "charged, on which the eternal life of man so evidently depends, and by which alone their fin...
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 19...
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. GO, STAND AND SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE. Beautiful expression of that life in the Ris...
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....
WORDS OF THIS LIFE] i.e. the new life in God which the Death, Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord had made possible for man....
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...
ALL THE WORDS OF THIS life. — The use of the demonstrative pronoun is significant. The “life in Christ” which the Apostles preach is that eternal life which consists in knowing God (John 17:1), and in...
Πορεύεσθε : characteristic of St. Luke both in Gospel and Acts. The word appears here in Acts for the first time, and it is found in St. Luke's Gospel about fifty times, and in this book nearly forty...
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...
(5) Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the (i) words of this life. (5) God therefore delivers his own, so that they may more vigorously provoke his enemies. (i) Words by which the w...
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...
20._Speak in the temple. _This is the end of their deliverance, that they employ themselves stoutly in preaching the gospel, and provoke their enemies courageously, until they die valiantly. For they...
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...
GO, STAND AND SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE,.... They were not delivered out of prison, in order to go and secure themselves from danger; but to go about the work they were called to, to preach th...
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Ver. 20. _Stand and speak_] Stand close to the work, stir not a foot, start not a hair's breadth....
_But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors_ In spite of all the locks and bars that were upon them, and without giving any alarm to the keepers, or any of the other prisoners; _and brought the...
THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE; the way of eternal life through faith in Jesus Christ. Rulers sometimes forbid what God commands, and thus make it the duty of men to disobey them in order to obey him....
THE IMPRISONMENT, DELIVERANCE, AND DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES. Arrest and deliverance:...
GO, STAND AND SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE....
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...
Go ye, and stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life. 'SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE'-not only boldly, but publicly. 'IN THE TEMPLE'-'If the authorities wish to arre...
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...
STAND; the word implies courage and stedfastness of mind, as well as such a posture of the body. ALL THE WORDS; without preferring some acceptable truths before others more ungrateful, if necessary to...
Acts of Andrew and Matthias And straightway they went, and reported to the rulers of the city, saying: We found the prison opened, and having gone inside we found nobody;[23] Origen Commentary on Jo...
Acts 5:20 Go G4198 (G5737) stand G2476 (G5685) in G1722 temple G2411 and G2532 speak G2980 ...
‘But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said, “Go all of you, and take your stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.” ' But...
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...
Acts 5:20. GO, STAND AND SPEAK IN THE TEMPLE TO THE PEOPLE. The very words spoken by the angel of deliverance are here quoted. The imprisoned ones were to go at once (the new day was probably already...
AND STAND (κα σταθεντες). First aorist passive participle (intransitive, ingressive aorist), take a stand. Bold and pictorial command.ALL THE WORDS OF THIS LIFE (παντα τα ρηματα της ζωης ταυτης)....
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...
GO AND STAND IN THE TEMPLE. They are instructed by the angel to go back to the temple and continue preaching the resurrection of the dead....
_But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors._ MIRACULOUS INTERPOSITION Observe-- I. That human authority is powerless to oppose the will of God. The king on his throne, the judge on...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:20 WORDS OF THIS LIFE. Words of salvation and eternal life. Early Christianity may have been called “the Life” as well as “the Way” (see note on 9:1–2)....
_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,...
1 John 1:1; 1 John 5:11; 1 John 5:12; Acts 11:14; Exodus 24:3;...
Stand. Compare ch. 2 14; and see on Luke 18:11; Luke 19:8. Of this life. The eternal life which Christ revealed. It is a peculiar use of the phrase, which is commonly employed in contrast with the lif...
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...
The words of this — That is, these words of life: words which show the way to life everlasting....