Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 4:5
Rulers; members of the Sanhedrim, or great council of the Jewish nation, which consisted of about seventy persons, and had the general superintendence of public affairs.
Rulers; members of the Sanhedrim, or great council of the Jewish nation, which consisted of about seventy persons, and had the general superintendence of public affairs.
ACTS 4:5 According to Chase the addition in codex Bezae of h`me,ran after th.n au;rion seems to reflect Semitic usage: “the Syriac Vulgate has , where the word ‘day’ is necessary.” 113 According to H...
Verse Acts 4:5. _THEIR RULERS, AND ELDERS, AND SCRIBES_] Those with the high priest Annas formed the Sanhedrin, or grand council of the Jews....
THEIR RULERS - The rulers of the Jews; doubtless the members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. Compare Acts 4:15. See the notes on Matthew 2:4; Matthew 5:22. The expression their ruler...
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 ...
A full meeting of the Sanhedrin takes place in the morning. Annas and Caiaphas are known to us; the former was high priest, A.D. 6- 15; Caiaphas, his son-in-law, A.D. 18- 34. John and Alexander are ot...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
So on the next day it happened that the rulers and the elders and the scribes were assembled in Jerusalem, together with Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all those who be...
IT CAME TO PASS.. Hebraism, very common in Luke, about fifty times in his Gospel, and some fifteen times in the Acts. RULERS, &C. An assembly of the Sanhedrin. Compare Matthew 26:3.Mark 14:53, and see...
_And it came to pass on the morrow_ When the investigation was permitted to be held. _that their rulers, and elders_ Here we see that the party of the Sadducees was the party of power and influence a...
ἘΠῚ ΤῊΝ ΑΥ̓́ΡΙΟΝ, _on the morrow_, when the investigation was permitted to be held. ΤΟῪΣ ἌΡΧΟΝΤΑΣ ΚΑῚ ΤΟῪΣ ΠΡΕΣΒΥΤΈΡΟΥΣ. Here we may see that the party of the Sadducees was at this time the party of...
Acts 4:1-12. FIRST ARREST OF THE APOSTLES. THEIR HEARING AND DEFENCE...
_THE APOSTLES IN COURT ACTS 4:5-12:_ The apostles were examined by the rulers, the chief priests, the Scribes, and elders of the people. They were examined with the question, "By what power, or by wha...
ΈΓΈΝΕΤΟ _aor. ind. med. (dep.), см._ Acts 4:4; здесь используется в семитском обороте с предлогом и _inf._ (MH, 425-28; Beyer, 3133). ΣΥΝΑΧΘΉΝΑΙ _aor. pass. inf. от_ ΣΥΝΆΓΩ (G4863) сходиться вместе,...
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN. Acts 4:5-22. Acts 4:5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; Acts 4:6 and Annas the high priest was t...
5, 6. The prisoners having been arrested late in the afternoon, all further proceedings were adjourned till the next day, and Peter and John had the quiet of a night in prison for reflection and mutua...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT THEIR RULERS, AND ELDERS, AND SCRIBES. This was a regular meeting of the Sanh...
5 This was the supreme spiritual judiciary in Israel. It comprised the heads of the twenty-four courses of priests, the scribes, and elders, said to have been in all seventy-one. The names of the chie...
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)...
THEIR RULERS] A full and important meeting of the Sanhedrin was summoned. 'Rulers' = chief priest; 'scribes' = rabbis or 'lawyers,' professional teachers of the Law. Most of the scribes were Pharisees...
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...
AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW... — Better, _that there were gathered together the rulers, elders, and scribes in Jerusalem._ The two last words are misplaced in the English version by being transf...
ἐγένετο δὲ : the formula is another characteristic of St. Luke's style, Friedrich, _Das Lucasevangelium_, p. 13, also Dalman, _Die Worte Jesu_, pp. 26, 29. Compare for the type of construction, accord...
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...
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...
Their Day In Court Luke's description makes it clear that Peter and John were brought before the Jewish Sanhedrin the next day. Ash says, "It was the high court of seventy members, plus the high pries...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their (c) rulers, and elders, and scribes, (c) These were those who were members of the Sanhedrin, who were all from the tribe of Judah, until Herod came to po...
_Their rulers, &c. The chief of them, and Annas, the high priest; perhaps he had lately succeeded Caiphas, high priest of the year before. (Witham)_...
SANHEDRIN 5-7. The judgment hall of the Sanhedrin stands on Mt. Zion, about a thousand rods from the city wall, on the brow of that mountain. I was in it three years ago, my guide certifying to its id...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, (6) And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high prie...
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...
5.It is a thing worthy to be noted in this place, that the wicked do omit no subtilty that they may blot out the gospel and the name of Christ, and yet do they not obtain that which they hoped for; be...
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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW,.... The disciples being kept in custody all night: THAT THEIR RULERS, AND ELDERS, AND SCRIBES; that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with th...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, Ver. 5. _On the morrow_] Malice is restless. Stephen Gardiner would not sit down to dinner till he had heard of the bish...
_And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers_, &c., _were gathered together_ There was a general assembly held of those who constituted the sanhedrim, and a court formed at Jerusalem. _And An...
AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW THAT THEIR RULERS, AND ELDERS, AND SCRIBES,...
The Sanhedrin is convened:...
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 IT CAME TO PASS, ON THE NEXT DAY, THAT THEIR RULERS, ELDERS, AND SCRIBES, 6 AS WELL AS ANNAS THE HIGH PRIEST, CAIAPHAS, JOHN, AND ALEXANDER, AND AS MANY AS WERE OF THE FAMILY OF THE HIGH PRIEST,...
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; 'ON THE MORROW'-'The meetings of the Sanhedrin customarily began at 10 a.m.' (Reese p....
5-14 Peter being filled with the Holy Ghost, would have all to understand, that the miracle had been wrought by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, whom they had crucified; and thi...
THEIR RULERS; the sanhedrim, or great council. ELDERS AND SCRIBES; the magistrates of the city, scribes, doctors, or teachers of the law, &c.; howsoever these might be distinguished, they are all as o...
5, 6. The prisoners having been arrested late in the afternoon, all further proceedings were adjourned till the next day, and Peter and John had the quiet of a night in prison for reflection and mutua...
Acts 4:5 And G1161 pass G1096 (G5633) on G1909 day G839 their G846 rulers G758 G2532 elders G42
‘And it came about on the next day, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as man...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
_Arraignment before the Sanhedrim,_ 5-7. Acts 4:5. THEIR RULERS. ‘Their' refers not to the apostles, but to the Jewish people; ‘rulers,' to the Sanhedrists in general. The Sanhedrim is then further d...
RULERS AND ELDERS AND SCRIBES (τους αρχοντας κα τους πρεσβυτερους κα τους γραμματεις). The three classes composing the Sanhedrin (rulers=chief priests who were Sadducees, the scribes usually Pharis...
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...
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)...
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...
THE NEXT DAY. This is a meeting of the Jewish Council [the Sanhedrim]. The Jews still considered Annas the High Priest, even though the Romans had put Caiaphas in his place ten years before....
_And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers … were gathered together._ THE SANHEDRIN IN THE TIME OF THE APOSTLES 1. Of all the ancient Jewish institutions there is none which is of greater...
_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...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:5 The Jewish high court had a majority of Sadducees and a minority of Pharisees, represented mainly by the SCRIBES (lawyers) of the court. ⇐
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:5. THEIR RULERS.—Not of the new converts or of the apostles, but of the people; hence the Sanhedrists. ELDERS,—Heads of families, SCRIBES,—Teachers of the law, and CHIEF PRI...
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 5:20; Acts 5:21; Acts 4:8; Acts 5:34; Acts 6:12;...
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...
Rulers, and elders, and scribes — Who were eminent for power, for wisdom, and for learning....
Here observe, 1. What. combined force did unite and join together of RULERS, SCRIBES, ELDERS, HIGH PRIESTS, HIGH PRIESTS KINDRED, and who not? They all, though of different interests, yet hold togethe...