δεηθέντων aor. pass. (dep.) part. (temp.) от δέομαι (G1189) молиться, просить. Gen. abs. έσαλεύθη aor. ind. pass. от σαλεύω (G4530) трясти; колебаться, как от землетрясения, знак божественного одобрения (Bruce),
συνηγμένοι perf. pass. part., см. Acts 4:26. Перифрастическое part. έπλήσθησαν aor. ind. pass. от πίμπλημι (G4130) наполнять. έλάλουν impf. ind. act., см. Acts 4:1. Impf. может быть inch, или означать, что они продолжали смело говорить.
ACTS 4:31 At the end of the verse codex Bezae and some other witnesses (including E, certain Greek manuscripts known to Bede, vg3 mss copG67 Irenaeus Ephraem Augustine) add, a little naࡢvely but conf...
Verse 31. _THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN_] This earthquake was an evidence of the presence of God, and a most direct answer to their prayer, as far as that prayer concerned themselves. The earthquake proclaime...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED - The event which followed was regarded by them as an evidence that God heard their prayer. THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN - The word which is translated “was shaken” commonly denotes “...
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 ...
RETURN OF THE APOSTLES TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. The Christians are spoken of as if they lived together (_cf. Acts 1:14_, Acts 2:44) or at least had a hall where they could all meet. The prayer (Acts 4:24)...
When they had been released, they came to their own people and they told them all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they had heard the story, with one accord, they lifted up the...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
WHEN THEY HAD. while they. PRAYED. App-134. SHAKEN. Greek. _saleuo._ Compare Acts 16:26. WHERE. in which. THE HOLY GHOST. App-101....
_the place was shaken_ That they might feel at once that the God of all nature, to whom they had appealed (Acts 4:24), was among them. In their immediate need an immediate answer is vouchsafed, and a...
ἘΣΑΛΕΎΘΗ Ὁ ΤΌΠΟΣ. That they might feel at once that the God of all nature, to whom they had appealed (Acts 4:24), was among them. In their immediate need an immediate answer is vouchsafed, and a token...
THE APOSTLES RELEASED. THEIR PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER...
_THE APOSTLES IN THEIR OWN COMPANY ACTS 4:23-37:_ When the apostles came back to their own company they: (1) reported what commands and injunctions their accusers had lain upon them, (2) reported what...
DISCOURSE: 1751 THE BENEFIT OF UNITED PRAYER Acts 4:31. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, &C.— God of old testified his acceptance of the sacrifices or prayers of the pious by sending down fire from heaven, or by appearing after some peculiar manner in the cloud o...
8. IN THE UPPER ROOM. Acts 4:28, Acts 5:11. a. The Prayer Service. Acts 4:23-31. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company,
31. The prayer for boldness was answered at once, and in the way they had requested. (31) "_And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all fill...
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAY...
30 The timid opposition of the Sanhedrin is in contrast to the boldness of those who proclaimed the evangel. God manifested Himself by miraculous interventions, and the powers of the kingdom abounded....
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)...
PRAYER OF THE APOSTLES ON THEIR RELEASE. 24. WITH ONE ACCORD] The prayer was probably led by St. Peter, the others repeating the words after him....
THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN, etc.] The physical phenomena of Pentecost (see Acts 2:3) were partly reproduced. THEY SPAKE THE WORD] They continued their public preaching to the people, and their private exhor...
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...
THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN.... — The impression on the senses was so far a renewal of the wonder of the Day of Pentecost, but in this instance without the sign of the tongues of fire, which were the symbols...
δεηθέντων, _cf._ Acts 16:26, where a similar answer is given to the prayer of Paul and Silas: the verb is characteristic of St. Luke and St. Paul, and is only used by these two writers with the except...
HELP FROM ON HIGH Acts 4:23-35 Like draws to like; Judas went to his own place, and the Apostles to their own company. The best answer to threats is prayer. The Apostles' one petition just then was...
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...
Compelled to Preach Peter and John made it clear that in their view the Sanhedrin had no authority to countermand a command from God. Further, they felt compelled, by the power of the things they had...
(11) And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. (11) God witnesses...
_The place was shaken. Much in the same manner, as at the first coming of the Holy Ghost. --- They were all filled with the Holy Ghost. Their hearts were inflamed and excited by a new motion of grace....
SECOND PENTECOST 23-31. During the imprisonment and trial of Peter and John the one hundred and eighteen, with quite a host of the Pentecostal converts, are pushing the battle for God and souls on the...
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. Reader! let you and I att...
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...
31._And when they had prayed. _Luke declareth now that God did not only hear this prayer, but did also testify the same by a visible sign from heaven. For the shaking of the place should, of itself, h...
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...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED,.... Either while they were praying, or as soon as they had done; for sometimes, as here, prayer is immediately heard, and an answer is returned, whilst the saints are speakin...
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. Ver. 31. _The place was...
_And now, Lord_ As to what remains to accomplish this important scheme, of raising thy church on the sure foundation of thy Son's cross; _behold their threatenings_ With which they are endeavouring to...
The conclusion of the prayer and its answer:...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER; AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, AND THEY SPAKE THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. The congregation now came...
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...
AND WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED, THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER WAS SHAKEN; AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT, AND THEY SPOKE THE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLDNESS. 1. Place was shaken lik...
And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness. Points to Note: God g...
23-31 Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is their own company. It encourages God's servants, both in doing work, and suffering work, that they serve the God who made all things, and t...
THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN; miraculously moved up and down, as on the waves of the sea, to evidence God's presence with them, and acceptance of them and their prayers in an extraordinary manner. THEY WERE A...
31. The prayer for boldness was answered at once, and in the way they had requested. (31) "_ And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all fil...
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For it is said, "The place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness...
Acts 4:31 And G2532 they G846 prayed G1189 (G5679) place G5117 where G1722 G3739 were G2258 ...
‘And when they had prayed, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.' Then once they had f...
GOD'S RESPONSE TO THE WARNINGS OF THE SANHEDRIN (4:23-31)....
_The Apostles with their own People after their Release,_ 23-31. The prayer of the Church of Jerusalem to God to support and defend the threatened and persecuted followers of His Son, and the answer...
Acts 4:30-31. BY STRETCHING FORTH THINE HAND TO HEAL. And the solitary special sign of almighty power which they pray for, is to be able to relieve such suffering among men as they had often seen thei...
THE PLACE WAS SHAKEN (εσαλευθη ο τοπος). By an earthquake most likely as in Acts 16:26, but none the less a token of God's presence and power (Psalms 114:7; Isaiah 2:19;...
Acts 4:23 I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual members. II. The right method of treating opposition to the Kingdom of Christ. III. The spiritual and social results...
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...
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...
WAS SHAKEN. Evidence that God heard them. THEY WERE ALL FILLED. _Lipscomb_ thinks only the apostles were filled. _Johnson_ thinks the whole group were filled in a conscious renewal of the miraculous p...
_And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor to teach in the name of Jesus._ CHRISTIAN COURAGE I. Its test. The apostles did not wish to separate themselves from the Jewish Churc...
_And when they had prayed the place was shaken … and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost._ PRAYER EFFECTS MIRACLES I. Internal. 1. Hearts are savingly affected. 2. Spirits are mightily streng...
_And being let go, they went to their own company._ BEING LET GO We do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely f...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:31 God answered the believers’ prayer. THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT indicates that people could be “filled” with the Holy Spirit more than once. Peter had already been...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:23. THEIR OWN COMPANY.—Not the apostles merely, but their friends in the faith generally. Acts 4:24. O LORD!—Addressed not to Christ, as in Acts 1:24, who, however, is also...
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 16:25; Acts 16:26; Acts 2:2; Acts 2:4; Acts 4:29;...
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...
They were all filled — Afresh; and spake the word with boldness — So their petition was granted....
Observe here, 1. The special and speedy answer which the Lord gave to the apostles' prayer: As. testimony thereof, the place where they prayed is miraculously shaken, and many eminent graces and speci...