Thy counsel] There is a theological difficulty here. God is said to have foreordained the iniquitous proceedings of the scribes and Pharisees who condemned Jesus. The explanation is that God is said to foreordain what he foresees and permits. God permitted the death of Jesus, intending by it to redeem the world, and to destroy the works of the devil: cp. Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18.
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FOR TO DO ... - See the notes on Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18. The facts which are brought to view in these verses are among the most remarkable on record. They are briefly these: * That the Jewish rulers w...
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 ...
RETURN OF THE APOSTLES TO THEIR OWN PEOPLE. The Christians are spoken of as if they lived together (_cf. Acts 1:14_, Acts 2:44) or at least had a hall where they could all meet. The prayer (Acts 4:24)...
When they had been released, they came to their own people and they told them all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they had heard the story, with one accord, they lifted up the...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
COUNSEL. App-102. Compare Acts 2:23. DETERMINED BEFORE. Greek. _proorizo._ Generally translated "predestinate". See Romans 8:29; Romans 8:30;...
_for to do_, &c. God made the passions, which the enemies of Jesus indulged, to be the instruments for working out His will. So men when they suppose they are choosing their own way, have the ends the...
THE APOSTLES RELEASED. THEIR PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER...
ΠΟΙΗ͂ΣΑΙ, _to accomplish_. God made the passions, which the enemies of Jesus indulged, to be the instruments for working out His will. So men, when they suppose they are choosing their own way, have t...
_THE APOSTLES IN THEIR OWN COMPANY ACTS 4:23-37:_ When the apostles came back to their own company they: (1) reported what commands and injunctions their accusers had lain upon them, (2) reported what...
ΠΟΙΉΣΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать. _Inf._ цели, ΠΡΟΏΡΙΣΕΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΡΟΟΡΊΖΩ (G4309) определять заранее, заранее намечать границы, предопределять, решать заранее (TDNT; EDNT;...
DISCOURSE: 1750 CHRIST’S SUFFERINGS FORE-ORDAINED Acts 4:27. _Of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Is...
FOR OF A TRUTH AGAINST THY HOLY CHILD JESUS, &C.— We must here observe, that _the hand of God_ most frequently in the Old Testament relates not so much to his power, as to his wisdom, and providential...
8. IN THE UPPER ROOM. Acts 4:28, Acts 5:11. a. The Prayer Service. Acts 4:23-31. Acts 4:23 And being let go, they came to their own company,
See notes on verse 23...
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. FOR TO DO WHATSOEVER THY HAND AND THY COUNSEL DETERMINED BEFORE TO BE DONE - meaning, 'to do what His counsel determined...
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...
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...
TO DO WHATSOEVER THY HAND.... — The great problem of the relation of the divine purpose to man’s free agency is stated (as before in Acts 1:16; Acts 2:23), without any attempt at a philosophical solut...
ποιῆσαι, infinitive of purpose, see on Acts 3:2; but even this purpose was overruled by God to the accomplishment of His will, _cf._ Luke 22:22; Luke 24:26, συνῆλθον μὲν γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι ὡς ἐχθροὶ … ἐποίου...
HELP FROM ON HIGH Acts 4:23-35 Like draws to like; Judas went to his own place, and the Apostles to their own company. The best answer to threats is prayer. The Apostles' one petition just then was...
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...
Compelled to Preach Peter and John made it clear that in their view the Sanhedrin had no authority to countermand a command from God. Further, they felt compelled, by the power of the things they had...
For to (m) do whatsoever (n) thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. (m) The wicked execute God's counsel, even though they think nothing of it, but they are not therefore without faul...
SECOND PENTECOST 23-31. During the imprisonment and trial of Peter and John the one hundred and eighteen, with quite a host of the Pentecostal converts, are pushing the battle for God and souls on the...
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. (24) And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accor...
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...
28._That they might do. _I have already declared to what end this is spoken; that the kingdom of Christ was so far from being overrun by that conspiracy, that in truth it did then flourish. Notwithsta...
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...
FOR TO DO WHATSOEVER THY HAND,.... It was not the end of their gathering together against Christ, or it was not their intention and design, to fulfil the purposes and decrees of God, but to fulfil the...
For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. Ver. 28. _For to do whatsoever, &c._] _Divinum consilium dum devitatur, impletur. Humana sapientia dum reluctatur, comprehe...
_And being let go_ Being dismissed from their examination by the rulers; _they went to their own company_ Who, probably, were at this time met together, praying for them; _and reported all that the ch...
DETERMINED BEFORE; ACTS 2:23; Acts 3:18. The enemies of God, in all their efforts to obstruct the progress of his cause, are doing only what he, for the wisest and best reasons, determined to suffer t...
FOR TO DO WHATSOEVER THY HAND AND THY COUNSEL DETERMINED BEFORE TO BE DONE. By the power of the Spirit's testimony through the mouth of the apostles the enemies had been vanquished. The two disciples...
THE PRAYER AND THE FURTHER ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONGREGATION. The report of the apostles and the prayer:...
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...
TO DO WHATEVER YOUR HAND AND YOUR PURPOSE DETERMINED BEFORE TO BE DONE. 1. God is still in charge. God remains in control of His world. 2. Song: "This is our Father's world, He is ruler yet" 3. Dan...
to do whatsoever thy hand and thy council foreordained to come to pass. Points to Note: 'They were gathered together for the purpose of executing their own will, as they thought, but really to fulfi...
23-31 Christ's followers do best in company, provided it is their own company. It encourages God's servants, both in doing work, and suffering work, that they serve the God who made all things, and t...
The apostles mind not so much second causes in what my Saviour or themselves suffered, but see and acknowledge God in all; who makes a straight line with a crooked stick; and is holy, wise, and good i...
Acts 4:28 do G4160 (G5658) whatever G3745 Your G4675 hand G5495 and G2532 Your G4675 purpose G1012 before...
GOD'S RESPONSE TO THE WARNINGS OF THE SANHEDRIN (4:23-31)....
“For in truth in this city against your holy Servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together, to do whatever your h...
Acts 4:28. TO DO WHATSOEVER THY HAND AND THY COUNSEL DETERMINED BEFORE TO BE DONE. These important words must be connected closely with the foregoing clause, thus: ‘Herod and Pontius Pilate, etc., wer...
_The Apostles with their own People after their Release,_ 23-31. The prayer of the Church of Jerusalem to God to support and defend the threatened and persecuted followers of His Son, and the answer...
FOREORDAINED (προωρισεν). First aorist active indicative of προοριζω, "They rise above sight and seem to see the Hand which 'shapes men's ends, rough hew them how they will'" (Furneaux)....
DETERMINED Predestination, translated, predestinated. (Romans 8:29); (Acts 4:28); (Ephesians 1:5); (Ephesians 1:11)....
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 4:23 I. The whole Church is interested in the proceedings of its individual members. II. The right method of treating opposition to the Kingdom of Christ. III. The spiritual and social results...
Peter and John were summoned before the priests to give an account for having healed the lame man, and for having preached in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. In the eighth verse we read: Acts 4:8. The...
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...
27-28. THEY GATHERED TO DO EVERYTHING. God had already decided what would be done, but this does not say that God decreed that Herod, Pilate, etc., would be the ones who would do this. They "volunteer...
_And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor to teach in the name of Jesus._ CHRISTIAN COURAGE I. Its test. The apostles did not wish to separate themselves from the Jewish Churc...
_And being let go, they went to their own company._ BEING LET GO We do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely f...
_Why do the heathen rage._ OPPOSITION TO THE GOSPEL I. Its characteristics. 1. Furiousness, “rage,” a word signifying the neighing or snorting of highly excited horses--Like the prancing war-horse...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 4:24 The believers prayed, quoting Psalms 2:1, a messianic prophecy. ⇐...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:23. THEIR OWN COMPANY.—Not the apostles merely, but their friends in the faith generally. Acts 4:24. O LORD!—Addressed not to Christ, as in Acts 1:24, who, however, is also...
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...
1 Peter 2:7; 1 Peter 2:8; Acts 13:27; Acts 2:23; Acts 3:18;...
Thy hand. Thy disposing power....
THE RESULTS OF A FAITHFUL TESTIMONY Acts 4:13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A real problem presented itself to the rulers of the Jews. They were greatly perturbed by the preaching of the disciples, and by the...
The sense is, but they could do no more than thou wast pleased to permit, according to thy determinate counsel, to save mankind by the sufferings of thy Son. And what was needful for this end, thou di...