-
Verse Acts 5:25. _THEN CAME ONE AND TOLD THEM_] While they were in the
perplexity mentioned above, a messenger surprised them with the
information that the very men whom they had imprisoned the preced...
-
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)...
-
ONE. App-123....
-
_Then came one and told them_ Better, _And there came_, &c. The
English _then_is often in such a position taken for an adverb of time.
The proceedings were evidently well known, and the hall of judgm...
-
λέγων omitted with אABDEP. It is not represented in _Vulg_.
25. ΠΑΡΑΓΕΝΌΜΕΝΟΣ ΔΈ ΤΙΣ, _and there came one_, &c.
The Apostles made no attempt at concealment, and the judgment-hall was
at no great dist...
-
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...
-
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 5:21 a
Acts 5:21
And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak,
and taught.
ACTS 5:21 A As the sun broke over the eastern horizon of the hills of
Jud...
-
See notes on verse 24...
-
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in
prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
THEN CAME ONE AND TOLD THEM. The Sanhedrim sat in a chamber at the
s...
-
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...
-
ἰδοὺ … εἰσὶν : on the characteristic use of the verb
εἰναι after ἰδοὺ or ἴδε in St. Luke's writings as
compared with other N.T. writers and the LXX, see Viteau, _Le Grec du
N. T._, pp. 200, 205 (1896)...
-
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...
-
Before the Council
It must have been a shock for the council to learn that the men they
had charged not to preach in the name of Jesus were, even as they met,
preaching in the temple. The captain and...
-
(7) Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put
in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
(7) The more openly that Christ's power shows itself, the more the...
-
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...
-
THEN CAME ONE AND TOLD THEM, SAYING,.... Who this man was, is of no
consequence to know; it can hardly be thought that he was one of the
number of the disciples, or a member of the church, or a profes...
-
Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in
prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
Ver. 25. _Behold, the men whom ye put in prison_] Surely there is
neith...
-
_When the high-priest, &c., heard these things_ So perfectly
unexpected; _they doubted of them_ They were extremely perplexed, and
even at their wit's end, having never been so disappointed before of...
-
THEN CAME ONE AND TOLD THEM, SAYING, BEHOLD, THE MEN WHOM YE PUT IN
PRISON ARE STANDING IN THE TEMPLE AND TEACHING THE PEOPLE.
The next morning the high priest was stirring betimes. Having come to
the...
-
The Sadducees receive a surprise:...
-
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...
-
SO ONE CAME AND TOLD THEM, SAYING, " LOOK, THE MEN WHOM YOU PUT IN
PRISON ARE STANDING IN THE TEMPLE AND TEACHING THE PEOPLE! "
1. They are back at the Temple - teaching the people.
2. The leaders d...
-
And there came one and told them, Behold, the men whom ye put in the
prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.
'CAME ONE AND TOLD THEM'-Probably one who had just come from the
temple...
-
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...
-
So true is that in ISAIAH 8:10, TAKE COUNSEL TOGETHER, AND IT SHALL
COME TO NOUGHT. But, _The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever,_
PSALMS 33:11....
-
Acts 5:25 one G5100 came G3854 (G5637) and G1161 told G518 (G5656)
them G846 saying G3004 ...
-
‘And there came one and told them, “Behold, the men whom you put
in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people.” '
To their chagrin someone arrived hotfoot to report that news had c...
-
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...
-
24-25. ARE STANDING IN THE TEMPLE TEACHING. This miracle was a source
of fresh strength and faith to all the disciples. Those who knew of
the arrest [i.e., all Jerusalem] would be curious. Also, this...
-
_And when they heard that they entered into the temple … But the
high priest … called the council together._
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH
The contrast is very graphic. The apostles...
-
_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,...
-
Acts 5:18...
-
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...