Justin Edwards' Family Bible NT (1851)
Acts 5:32
These things; the resurrection of Christ, his ascension to heaven, and his giving repentance and pardon.
The Holy Ghost; by his miraculous powers and his sanctifying effects.
These things; the resurrection of Christ, his ascension to heaven, and his giving repentance and pardon.
The Holy Ghost; by his miraculous powers and his sanctifying effects.
ACTS 5:32 evsmen ma,rturej {B} A majority of the Committee regarded the reading evsmen ma,rturej (î74 a (A) Dgr* 915 vg syrh copsa, bo _al_) to be original. The insertion of auvtou...
Verse 32. _WE ARE HIS WITNESSES_] The word αυτου, _his_, is omitted by AD, and several others of good note; the _Syriac_, all the _Arabic, AEthiopic_, and _Vulgate_. It does not seem to be necessary....
AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES - For this purpose they had been appointed, Acts 1:8, Acts 1:21; Acts 2:32; Acts 3:15;...
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...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
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...
HIS. Omit. WITNESSES. See note on Acts 1:8. THINGS. words. Greek. _rhema,_ as in Acts 5:20. THE HOLY GHOST. App-101. HATH GIVEN. gave....
_And we are his witnesses of these things_ The best texts omit _his_, while some ancient authorities add _in him_in place of _his_. _these things_ i.e. the Crucifixion and the Resurrection and Ascens...
ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
αὐτοῦ omitted with אAD. _Vulg_. ‘et nos sumus testes horum verborum.’ 32. ΚΑῚ ἩΜΕΙ͂Σ ἘΣΜῈΝ ΜΆΡΤΥΡΕΣ ΤΩ͂Ν Ῥ. Τ., _and we are witnesses of these things_, i.e. of the Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascen...
_WHEN TRUTH IS OPPOSED ACTS 5:26-32:_ In spite of opposition, Christians must uphold and defend the truth. Even after being put in prison and threatened the apostles continued to preach. They taught o...
ΚΑΙ... ΚΑΙ (G2532) и... и... ΈΔΩΚΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΔΊΔΩΜΙ, _см._ Acts 5:31. ΠΕΙΘΑΡΧΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. act. part. dat. pl., см._ Acts 5:29. Part, в роли _subst._, _dat._ в роли _indir. obj._...
DISCOURSE: 1754 THE ENDS OF CHRIST’S EXALTATION Acts 5:30. _The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Sa...
AND SO IS—THE HOLY GHOST,— The testimony arising from this miraculous communication of the Spirit to Christians at that time, entirely removes the objection from Christ's not appearing in public after...
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 29...
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS, [ toon (G3588) reematoon (G4487) toutoo...
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...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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...
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...
AND SO IS ALSO THE HOLY GHOST. — The signs and wonders, the tongues and the prophecies, the new power and the new love, were all thought of by the Apostles as coming from their Lord; and therefore as...
“And we are witnesses of these things,” R.V. (W.H [183]), but in margin, “witnesses in Him,” ἐν αὐτῷ (_cf._ Luke 24:47); “nos in eo testes sumus,” Iren., see also above critical notes. For an explanat...
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...
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...
(12) And we are his witnesses of these things; and [so is] also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. (12) It is not sufficient for us that there is a proper goal, but we must al...
THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST 32. Here we find that the Holy Ghost is given to them that obey God. The Greek for obedience and faith is the same word, which is also true of unbelief and disobedience, ill...
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...
32._And we are his witnesses. _After that they have declared that their doctrine came from God, they descend now unto the other part that they speak as they were commanded by God, lest they seem to at...
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...
AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS,.... Of the incarnation of Christ, of his crucifixion and death, of his resurrection from the dead, of his exaltation by the right hand of God, and of his offi...
And we are his witnesses of these things; and _so is_ also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. Ver. 32. _To them that obey him_] πειθαρχουσιν. The Syriac and Arabic have it, To...
_Then Peter and the other apostles_ Or, Peter, in the name of the others, who, it seems, were all present; _said_ He does not give them the titles of honour which he did before; (Acts 4:8;) but enters...
AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS; AND SO IS ALSO THE HOLY GHOST, WHOM GOD HATH GIVEN TO THEM THAT OBEY HIM. While Peter was the chief spokesman upon this occasion, the other apostles gave a go...
The defense of Peter:...
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...
AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES TO THESE THINGS, AND _SO_ ALSO _IS_ THE HOLY SPIRIT WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO OBEY HIM. " 1. This is not a story. We are witnesses. 2. The Law of Moses required 2 (or...
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him. 'SO IS THE HOLY SPIRIT'-Who was giving His witness in the form of miracles taking place and...
26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselv...
WE ARE HIS WITNESSES; they refuse not to bear their testimony for Christ, who witnessed a good profession for us. SO IS ALSO THE HOLY GHOST; the Holy Ghost does witness, 1. By the apostles; through h...
Acts 5:32 And G2532 we G2249 are G2070 (G5748) His G846 witnesses G3144 these G5130 things G4487 and...
“And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to them that obey him.” Then he asserts that the Apostles were witnesses of all this, but that there is an even gre...
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...
Acts 5:32. AND WE ARE HIS WITNESSES OF THESE THINGS. ‘His,' as appointed by Him, as chosen by Him when on earth. ‘Of these things,' viz. the death on the accursed tree and the ascension from earth, th...
WE ARE WITNESSES (ημεις εσμεν μαρτυρες). As in Acts 2:32.THINGS (ρηματων). Literally, sayings, but like the Hebrew _dabhar_ for "word" it is here used for "things."AND SO IS THE HOLY GHOST (κα τ...
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...
WE MUST OBEY GOD, NOT MEN. What other reason is needed??? Peter says: (1) God raised Jesus from death; (2) to his right side as Leader and Savior; (3) to give Israel the opportunity to repent; (4) "We...
_And we are witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Ghost._ THE WITNESS OF THE WORD AND OF THE SPIRIT The book of Acts is one continuous testimony to the Ascension. As the Gospels contain...
_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 Peter 1:12; 2 Corinthians 13:1; Acts 10:44; Acts 2:38; Acts 2:39;...
Witnesses. See on Acts 1:22. Obey. See on ver. 29....
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...
And also the Holy Ghost — A much greater witness....