Acts 5:1
CERTAIN. App-123. MAN. App-123. NAMED. by name. ANANIAS. Ananias and Sapphira, names of grace and beauty attached to persons whose principles were bad.... [ Continue Reading ]
CERTAIN. App-123. MAN. App-123. NAMED. by name. ANANIAS. Ananias and Sapphira, names of grace and beauty attached to persons whose principles were bad.... [ Continue Reading ]
KEPT BACK. Greek. _noaphizomai._ Only here, Acts 5:3. Tit 9:10. OF. from. App-104. BEING PRIVY TO. being conscious of. Greek. _suneidon._ Only here, Acts 12:12; Acts 14:6; 1 Corinthians 4:4. AT. App-104. APOSTLES'. App-189.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HOLY GHOST. Two arts. App-101.: Compare Acts 1:16. LAND. Greek. _chorion,_ as in Acts 1:18; Acts 1:19; Acts 4:31, not _ktema_ possession, as in Acts 5:1; Acts 2:45.Matthew 19:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHILES... POWER? Literally Is it not (Greek. _ouchi)_ that, remaining, it remained to thee, and sold, it belonged to thy right? WAS. belonged. Greek. _huparcho._ See Luke 9:48. POWER. App-172. WHY. why is it that. HAST... CONCEIVED. didst put, implying careful deliberation, not sudden temptation... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Now, or But. WORDS. App-121. GAVE UP THO GHOST. expired. Only here, Acts 5:10; Acts 12:23. A medical word. Compare _ekpneo._ Mark 15:37. GREAT FEAR. Compare "great grace", "great power", in Acts 4:33. ON. upon. App-104. THESE THINGS. The texts omit.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUNG MEN. younger (men). AROSE. App-178. WOUND... UP. Greek. _sustello._ Only here and 1 Corinthians 7:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
ABOUT THE SPACE. AFTER. as it were an interval. Greek. _dia_ stema. Only here.. medical word. WHEN. and. not. App-105. KNOWING. App-132.... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED. App-122. WHETHER. if. App-118.... [ Continue Reading ]
UNTO. Greek. _pros._ App-104. How. Why. HAVE AGREED TOGETHER. were agreed together. Greek. _sumphoneo._ Here, Acts 15:15, and four times in the Gospels. Compare Engl, "symphony". SPIRIT. App-101. BEHOLD. App-133. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HUSBAND. App-123. AT. App-104. SHALL. they... [ Continue Reading ]
STRAIGHTWAY. Greek. _parachrema._ See note on Acts 3:7. AT. Greek. _para,_ as in Acts 5:2, but the texts read _pros._ YIELDED UP THE GHOST. Same as in Acts 5:5. YOUNG MEN. App-108. DEAD. App-139. BY. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
UPON. Greek. _epi._ CHURCH. App-180. AS MANY AS. all those who.... [ Continue Reading ]
SIGNS. App-176. WONDERS. App-176. WROUGHT. being wrought. Compare Mark 16:17; Mark 16:18. AMONG. App-104. PEOPLE. Greek. _laoa._ See note on Acts 2:47. WITH ONE ACCORD. See note on Acts 1:14 SOLOMON'S PORCH. See note on John 10:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
NO MAN. no one. Greek. _oudeis._ JOIN HIMSELF. Greek. _kollaomai._ See note on Luke 15:15. MAGNIFIED. Greek. _megaluno._ Compare Luke 1:46; Luke 1:58.... [ Continue Reading ]
BELIEVERS. believing (ones). App-150. MULTITUDES. Greek. _ptethos._ WOMEN. Compare Acts 1:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
INSOMUCH THAT. So that. This depends upon the first clause of Acts 5:1; Acts 5:2, all that intervenes being in. parenthesis. SICK. See note on John 11:1. INTO. along. ON. upon. App-104. COUCHES. Greek. _krabbatos._ See note on Mark 2:4. THAT. in order that. Greek. _hina._ AT THE LEAST. even if... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO, &C.. a multitude also. ROUND ABOUT. Greek. _perix._ Only here. UNTO. App-104. VEXED. beset. Greek. _ochleo,_ to crowd. Only here and Luke 6:18. A medical word. WITH. by. App-104. SPIRITS. App-101. HEALED. Greek. _therapeuo._ See note on Luke 6:17; Luke 6:18. EVERY ONE. all of them,... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN. But. HIGH PRIEST. Greek. _archiereus_. ROSE UP. App-178. See Acts 5:6. SECT. Greek. _hairesis =_. choosing, hence "heresy". Occurs here Acts 15:5; Acts 24:5; Acts 24:14; Acts 26:5; Acts 28:22; 1 Corinthians 11:19; Galatians 1:5;... [ Continue Reading ]
COMMON. public. Greek. _demosios._ Only here, Acts 16:37; Acts 18:28; Acts 20:20. PRISON. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRISON. Greek. _phulake,_ the common word for "prison".... [ Continue Reading ]
SPEAK. App-121. TEMPLE. See Acts 2:46. THE WORDS, &C.. these words of life. Figure of speech _Hypallage._ App-6. WORDS. Greek. _rhema._ See note on Mark 9:32. LIFE. App-170. The life through resurrection so bitterly opposed by the Sadducees. Compare Acts 13:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
INTO. Greek. _eis._ App-104. EARLY IN THE MORNING. towards (App-104) daybreak. Greek. _tou orthrou._ Compare Luke 24:1. Joh 8:2. TAUGHT. were teaching. SENATE. assembly of the elders. Only here in NT but frequent in Septuagint for "elders". CHILDREN. sons. App-108. SENT. App-174. TO. unto App-... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFICERS. App-190. See note on 2 John 1:7; 2 John 1:7 :32. John 18:3. TOLD. Same as "reported", Acts 4:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
TRULY. indeed. SHUT. locked. Greek. _kleio._ KEEPERS. guards. Greek. _phulax._ Only here and Acts 12:6; Acts 12:19. WITHOUT. The texts omit. BEFORE. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE HIGH PRIEST AND. The texts omit. CAPTAIN. See note on Acts 4:1. THINGS. words. App-121. DOUBTED. were doubting Greek. _diaporeo._ See note on Luke 9:7. WHEREUNTO, &C.. what this might come to be.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE. App-123.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT. Literally not (App-105.) with (App-104.) violence (Greek. _bia_. here, 21, 35; Acts 24:7; Acts 27:41). LEST. in order that (Greek. _hina)_.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEFORE. In. App-104. ASKED. See note on Acts 1:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRAITLY COMMAND. Literally command with. command. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. A Hebraism. NAME. See note on Acts 2:38. INTEND. Greek. _boulomai._ App-102. BRING Greek. _epago._ Only here and 2 Peter 2:1; 2 Peter 2:5. Compare their own invocation in Matthew 27:25. THIS, &C.. the blood... [ Continue Reading ]
OBEY. Greek. _peitharcheo._ Only here, Acts 5:32; 1 Timothy 3:1; 1 Timothy 3:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
RAISED UP. Greek. _egeiro._ App-178. JESUS. App-98. SLEW. laid hands on. Greek. _diacheirizomai._ Only here and Acts 26:21. AND. having. TREE. App-162.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIM. This One. It is emphatic, and so placed first in the sentence. HATH. Omit. EXALTED. Greek. _hupsoo._ See note on John 12:32. WITH. at, or to. See Acts 2:33. PRINCE. Greek. _archegos._ See note on Acts 3:15. SAVIOUR. Greek. _Soter._ Occurs twenty-four times. First occurance Luke 1:47. REPE... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN, &C.. Now they having heard. CUT TO THE HEART. Greek. _diapriomai._ Only here and Acts 7:54. TOOK COUNSELS. were consulting. Greek. _bouleuo._ SLAY. Greek. _anaireo._ See note on Acts 2:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD THERE UP. rose up. Greek. _anistemi._ App-178. 1, as in verses: Act 6:17. PHARISEE. App-120. GAMALIEL. The grandson of the famous Hillel. He was Saul's instructor (Acts 22:3), and is said to have died about 52 A.D. A DOCTOR OF THE LAW. See note on Luke 5:17. HAD IN REPUTATION. honoured. Gr... [ Continue Reading ]
YE MEN OF ISRAEL. Men, Israelites. See note on Acts 1:11. INTEND. are about. AS TOUCHING. upon, or in the case of. App-104.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEUDAS. The name is not uncommon in the Talmud. BOASTING, &C.. saying that he was. SOMEBODY. Greek. _tis._ App-123. Figure of speech _Tapeinosis._ App-6. JOINED THEMSELVES. Greek. _proskollaomai._ Only here, Matthew 19:5.Mark 10:7; Ephesians 5:31. Compare Acts 5:13. OBEYED. App-150. SCATTERED.... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER. Greek. _meta._ App-104. THIS MAN. this one. JUDAS OF GALILEE. His revolt is recorded by Josephus, _Antiquities_ xviii. 1,1. TAXING. Greek. _apographe._ Only here and Luke 2:2, which see. DREW AWAY. caused to revolt or apostatize. AFTER. Greek. _opiso._ HE ALSO. App-124. PERISHED Greek.... [ Continue Reading ]
REFRAIN. Stand away. Greek. Mid. of _aphistemi_ (Acts 5:37). IF. App-118. COUNSEL. Greek. _boule._ App-102. OF. out of. Greek. _ek_. App-104. WILL COME TO NOUGHT. will be overthrown. Greek. _kataluo,_ translated "dissolve" in 2 Corinthians 5:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. Greek. _ei_. App-118. CANNOT. are not (App-105.) able to. OVERTHROW. Greek. _kataluo,_ as in Acts 5:38. LEST HAPLY. Greek. _mepote,_ compound of _me_. App-105. TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD. God-fighters. Greek. _Theomachos._... [ Continue Reading ]
AGREED, as Acts 5:36. BEATEN. Compare Deuteronomy 25:1.Mark 13:9. LET THEM GO. See on Acts 4:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY. They indeed therefore. COUNTED WORTHY. Greek. _kataxioomai._ Here, Luke 20:35; Luke 21:36; 2 Thessalonians 1:5. SUFFER SHAME. be dishonoured or counted unworthy. Greek. _atimazo._ Here, Luke 20:11. Joh 8:49. Romans 1:24; Romans 2:23.James 2:6. Figure of speech _Oxymoron._ App-6. HIS. th... [ Continue Reading ]
IN EVERY HOUSE. Greek. _kat'_ (App-104.) _oikon =_ at home. See on Acts 2:46. PREACH. App-121. JESUS CHRIST. Jesus as the Christ (App-98), the name of Acts 5:41.... [ Continue Reading ]