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Verse 40. _TO HIM THEY AGREED_] That is, not to _slay_ the apostles,
nor to attempt any farther to _imprison_ them; but their malevolence
could not be thus easily satisfied; and therefore they _beat_...
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AND TO HIM THEY AGREED - Greek: They were “persuaded” by him; or
they trusted to him. They agreed only so far as their design of
putting them to death was concerned. They abandoned that design. But
th...
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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 ...
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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...
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TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
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When they heard this they were torn with vexation and planned to
destroy them. But a certain Pharisee called Gamaliel stood up in the
Sanhedrin, a teacher of the law held in honour by all the people,...
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AGREED, as Acts 5:36.
BEATEN. Compare Deuteronomy 25:1.Mark 13:9.
LET THEM GO. See on Acts 4:21....
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_and when they had called the apostles_ i.e. back again to the
judgment-hall.
_and beaten them_ As the guilty parties in the controversy (see
Deuteronomy 25:1-3)....
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αὐτούς omitted with אABC. _Vulg_. ‘eos.’
40. ΠΡΟΣΚΑΛΕΣΆΜΕΝΟΙ Κ.Τ.Λ., _having called the
Apostles_, i.e. to return again into the judgment-hall.
ΔΕΊΡΑΝΤΕΣ, _having beaten them_, as being the guilty p...
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EFFECT OF THE APOSTLES’ DEFENCE. COUNSEL OF GAMALIEL. RELEASE AND
SUBSEQUENT CONDUCT OF THE TWELVE...
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_TRUTH CUTS TO THE HEART ACTS 5:33-42:_ Even those that will not
receive truth may be cut to the heart by truth. When the accusers of
the apostles heard the resurrection message they wanted to kill th...
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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...
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40. There was no opposition to Gamaliel's advice. (40) "_And they
obeyed him; and having called the apostles, and scourged them, they
commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go....
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And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and
beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of
Jesus, and let them go.
AND TO HIM THEY AGREED: AND WHEN THE...
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36 The fact that this Theudas is not mentioned in profane literature
is no reason for doubting the truthfulness and accuracy of the
narrative. Josephus, in his Antiquities, hints at many disturbances...
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BEATEN _them_] Probably with 'forty stripes save one,' a penalty
inflicted upon St. Paul five times (2 Corinthians 11:24). They were
punished for disobedience: see Acts 4:18....
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Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel.
17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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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...
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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...
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AND TO HIM THEY AGREED. — The Sadducees, after their manner, would
probably have preferred a more violent course, but the Pharisees were
strong in the Sanhedrin, and the _via media_ recommended by Gam...
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CHAPTER 12
GAMALIEL AND HIS PRUDENT ADVICE.
Acts 5:38
WE have set forth in these verses an incident in the second appearance
before the council of the Apostle Peter and the other Apostles,
conspicuo...
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ἐπείσθησαν δὲ αὐτῷ : whatever scruples Gamaliel
may have had in pressing matters against the Apostles, or even if the
teaching of Christ, as some have conjectured, with much of which he
might have sym...
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FOLLY OF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD
Acts 5:27-42
The high priest and his party could not forget the imprecation of
Matthew 27:25. It haunted them. Compare Peter's description of the
Cross as _the tree_ wit...
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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...
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The Council Actions and the Apostles' Response
Having accepted Gamaliel's council as good advice, the council called
for the apostles to be brought back into their chambers. They had them
beaten and ...
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DIVINE INTERVENTION
33-42. Now they reach a grand culmination. The Preachers in charge and
the official board are signally defeated, _“cut through,”_ so they
are counseling to kill the apostles. They...
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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...
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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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40._Having beaten them, they commanded. _He saith that Gamaliel’s
counsel was allowed; yet the apostles are beaten, and forbidden to
preach. (293) Hereby we gather how great the rage of the enemies wa...
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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...
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AND TO HIM THEY AGREED,.... They were convinced and persuaded by his
reasonings, approved of his advice, and agreed to follow it:
AND WHEN THEY HAD CALLED THE APOSTLES; into the council again, having...
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And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and
beaten _them_, they commanded that they should not speak in the name
of Jesus, and let them go.
Ver. 40. _And to him they agreed_] S...
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_And to him they agreed_ Acknowledging his advice to be safe and wise.
They, therefore, dropped the design of putting the apostles to death;
yet they could not forbear giving vent to their rage, (so o...
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THEY AGREED; so far as not further to pursue measures for putting them
to death, though they scourged them, and again commanded them not to
preach....
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Gamaliel's suggestion and the result:...
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AND TO HIM THEY AGREED; AND WHEN THEY HAD CALLED THE APOSTLES AND
BEATEN THEM, THEY COMMANDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SPEAK IN THE NAME OF
JESUS, AND LET THEM GO....
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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...
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AND THEY AGREED WITH HIM, AND WHEN THEY HAD CALLED FOR THE APOSTLES
AND BEATEN _THEM,_ THEY COMMANDED THAT THEY SHOULD NOT SPEAK IN THE
NAME OF JESUS, AND LET THEM GO.
1. The situation calmed down....
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And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles unto
them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of
Jesus, and let them go.
'THEY BEAT THEM'-A common mode of punishmen...
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34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes
directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the
persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience
and...
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TO HIM THEY AGREED; they yielded to his reason and argument, being
persuaded and convinced by it. BEATEN THEM; this was what our Saviour
had foretold them, MATTHEW 10:17; and thus the husbandmen took...
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40. There was no opposition to Gamaliel's advice. (40) " And they
obeyed him; and having called the apostles, and scourged them, they
commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go....
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Tertullian Scorpiace
The prisons there, and the bonds, and the scourges, and the big
stones, and the swords, and the onsets by the Jews, and the assemblies
of the heathen, and the indictments by trib...
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Acts 5:40 And G1161 agreed G3982 (G5681) him G846 and G2532 called
G4341 (G5666) apostles G652 beaten...
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THE THIRD ARREST AND SECOND APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (5:26-40).
Having previously receive their official warning not to preach in the
name of Jesus the second appearance before the tribunal was...
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‘And to him they agreed, and when they had called the apostles to
them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of
Jesus, and let them go.'
His wiser counsels prevailed and the Sanhed...
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Acts 5:40. AND TO HIM THEY AGREED. How bitterly many of that council
must have reproached themselves for the past! The present vote, which
dismissed the apostles with a comparatively light penalty, si...
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TO HIM THEY AGREED
(επεισθησαν αυτω). First aorist passive indicative of
πειθω, to persuade, the passive to be persuaded by, to listen to,
to obey. Gamaliel's shrewd advice scored as against the Sa...
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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...
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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...
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THEY CALLED THE APOSTLES IN. The fact that most of the Council are
Pharisees may have helped them decide to do what Gamaliel says. HAD
THEM WHIPPED. The whip had bits of bone or stone tied in the end...
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_When they heard that they were cut to the heart._
CUT TO THE HEART
The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in
Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lace...
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ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 5:40 This time the Sanhedrin enforced their
command by beating the APOSTLES. The text does not say whether it was
with the maximum of 39 stripes prescribed by Jewish law (see...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 5:33. CUT TO THE HEART.—Lit. _sawn asunder_, torn in pieces,
_sc_. in their hearts. Compare Acts 7:54—a much stronger expression
than that used in Acts 4:2 or...
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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...
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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,...
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2 Corinthians 11:24; Acts 4:18; Acts 4:17; Acts 5:28; Amos 2:12;...