Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Acts 4:14
They could say nothing against it. — Literally, they had nothing to say against it.
They could say nothing against it. — Literally, they had nothing to say against it.
ACTS 4:13-16 The Western text, preserved most fully in ith and copG67, rewrites the account, emphasizing the perplexity of the Sanhedrin: “Now when they all heard the firmness of Peter and John, con...
Verse Acts 4:14. _THEY COULD SAY NOTHING AGAINST IT._] They could not gainsay the apostolic doctrine, for that was supported by the miraculous fact before them. If the doctrine be false, the man cann...
THEY COULD SAY NOTHING ... - The presence of the man that was healed was an unanswerable fact in proof of the truth of what the apostles alleged. The miracle was so public, clear, and decisive; the ma...
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 ...
DILEMMA OF THE RULERS: THEIR VERDICT. The promise of Luke 21:15 is at once literally fulfilled, and the reasoning is given by which the judges felt themselves overborne. It is that Peter and John are...
ARREST (Acts 4:1-4)...
When they saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and when they had grasped the fact that they were men with no special knowledge and no special qualifications, they were amazed; and they recognized them...
BEHOLDING. Greek. _blepo._ App-133. WAS. had been. COULD, &C.. had nothing (Greek. _oudeis)_ to say against it (Greek. _antepo._ Only here and Luke 21:15)....
It has been asked on this verse: Why the sight of the healed man so utterly confounded the judges that they had not a word to say. We may see from what happened afterwards that there were men in the c...
THE APOSTLES ARE DISMISSED UNPUNISHED...
ΤΌΝ ΤΕ ἌΝΘΡΩΠΟΝ. It has been asked on this verse: Why did the sight of the healed man so utterly confound the judges that they had not a word to say? We may see from what happened afterwards that ther...
_THE APOSTLES WERE THREATENED ACTS 4:13-22:_ Their persecutors were perplexed by the boldness of Peter and John. They had perceived of Peter and John as being unlearned, ignorant men. However, that is...
ΒΛΈΠΟΝΤΕΣ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ (G991) видеть, ΈΣΤΏΤΑ _perf. act. part. (adj.) от_ ΪΣΤΗΜΙ (G2476) стоять, ΤΕΘΕΡΑΠΕΥΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΘΕΡΑΠΕΎΩ (G2323) оказывать медиц...
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...
See notes on verse 13...
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. AND BEHOLDING, [ te (G5037) is the true particle here: de (G1161) has hardly any support]; 'Beholding...
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)...
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...
ἑστῶτα : standing, no longer a cripple, _firmo talo_ (Bengel), and by his presence and attitude affording a testimony not to be gainsaid. σὺν αὐτοῖς, _i.e._, with the disciples. We are not told whethe...
BRAVING MEN TO OBEY GOD Acts 4:13-22 Do people realize that there is something about us which cannot be accounted for except that we have been with Jesus? Our company always influences us. A man is k...
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...
Commanded To Speak No More Under Jesus' Authority It was obvious to those in the council that Peter and John had not been trained by the rabbis or with the scribes, yet they dared to interpret scriptu...
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (14) And behol...
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...
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 BEHOLDING THE MAN WHICH WAS HEALED,.... Who either was taken into custody, and brought before the sanhedrim, along with the apostles; or rather, who came here of his own accord to be witness for t...
And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. Ver. 14. _They could say nothing_] The Arabian interpreter adds, _Ut authoritate uterentur in eos, _ That...
_Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John_ Observed with what courage and freedom they spoke, and pleaded their Master's cause, and to what a high degree they extolled him in the very presence...
NOTHING AGAINST IT; they could not deny the reality or greatness of the miracle, or the truth of what Peter had said....
The consultation of the Sanhedrin:...
AND BEHOLDING THE MAN WHICH WAS HEALED STANDING WITH THEM, THEY COULD SAY NOTHING AGAINST IT....
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 SEEING THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN HEALED STANDING WITH THEM, THEY COULD SAY NOTHING AGAINST IT. 1. What can you say? The healed man is standing there. 2. They could not deny the healing event. 3. The...
And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. 'STANDING WITH THEM'-'That the cripple had been cured was evident; he stood before them as. witness to the fa...
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...
STANDING; whereas, before he was either carried, or was forced to lay down. THEY COULD SAY NOTHING AGAINST IT; they could not deny but that it was a good deed, and that it was miraculously done....
Acts 4:14 And G1161 seeing G991 (G5723) man G444 healed G2323 (G5772) standing G2476 (G5761) with...
‘And seeing the man that was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.' They now found themselves in a quandary. On the one hand they saw the man who had been healed standing among...
THE HEARING BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (4:1-22)....
Acts 4:14. STANDING WITH THEM. The attitude of the healed one is mentioned with emphasis. No longer the cripple who had never walked or stood, and who by compassionate friends had been carried daily a...
_Judgment of the Sanhedrim_, 13-18. Astonishment of Sanhedrists at the ability of Peter's reply. They remember the two apostles were companions of Jesus, and then consult privately together. They see...
THEY COULD SAY NOTHING AGAINST IT (ουδεν ειχον αντειπειν). Imperfect again, they kept on having nothing to say against it. The lame man was standing there before their eyes in proof of what Peter h...
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)...
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...
ORDINARY MEN OF NO EDUCATION, As all Jews, they had been educated in the synagogue schools, but had not attended the "theological schools" of the teachers of the Law. COMPANIONS OF JESUS. They had thr...
_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...
_And beholding the man which was healed … they could say nothing against it._ PRACTICAL TESTIMONY TO CHRISTIANITY “Have you ever heard the gospel before?” asked an Englishman at Ningpo of a respectab...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 4:13. PERCEIVED.—Lit., _having perceived_ from what they saw and heard at the time, or from previous inquiry. It would certainly have been strange if the Sanhedrists, and in pa...
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 19:36; Acts 3:8; Acts 4:10; Acts 4:16; Acts 4:21...
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...