Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Acts 5:39
Fighters against God. — It is interesting to note the recurrence of the same phrase in the reasoning of the Pharisees who took St. Paul’s part in Acts 23:9.
Fighters against God. — It is interesting to note the recurrence of the same phrase in the reasoning of the Pharisees who took St. Paul’s part in Acts 23:9.
ACTS 5:38-39 The Western text has, as Lake and Cadbury admit, “a vigorous and attractive paraphrase,” which Rendel Harris was tempted to regard as possibly original. 144 In the following translation...
ACTS 5:39 auvtou,j {A} The expansion in D, ou;te u`mei/j ou;te basilei/j ou;te tu,rannoi\ avpe,cesqe ou=n avpo. tw/n avnqrw,pwn tou,twn (similarly 614 1108 1611 2138 syrh with * copG67), doubtless sh...
Verse 39. _BUT IF IT BE OF GOD, YE CANNOT OVERTHROW IT_] Because his counsel cannot fail; and his work cannot be counteracted. If he be determined that this doctrine shall prevail, it is vain for us t...
BUT IF IT BE OF GOD - If God is the “author” of this religion. From this it seems that Gamaliel supposed that it was at least possible that this religion was divine. He evinced a far more candid mind...
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)...
When they heard this they were torn with vexation and planned to destroy them. But a certain Pharisee called Gamaliel stood up in the Sanhedrin, a teacher of the law held in honour by all the people,...
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-fighte...
_but if it be of God_ The verb is not in the same mood as in the previous clause, and had the construction been in classical Greek, it might have indicated some opinion on Gamaliel's part of the truth...
ΔΥΝΉΣΕΣΘΕ with אBCDE. _Vulg_. ‘poteritis.’ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ for αὐτό with אABCDE. _Vulg_. ‘illud.’ 39. ΟΥ̓ ΔΥΝΉΣΕΣΘΕ ΚΑΤΑΛΥ͂ΣΑΙ ΑΥ̓ΤΟΎΣ, _ye will not be able to overthrow them_. ΜΉΠΟΤΕ, _lest haply_. The co...
EFFECT OF THE APOSTLES’ DEFENCE. COUNSEL OF GAMALIEL. RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT CONDUCT OF THE TWELVE...
_TRUTH CUTS TO THE HEART ACTS 5:33-42:_ Even those that will not receive truth may be cut to the heart by truth. When the accusers of the apostles heard the resurrection message they wanted to kill th...
ΕΊ (G1487) если. Используется в _conj._ 1 типа, в котором условие считается истинным. Об условии здесь _см._ BG, 104-5; NSV, 169-70; VA, 310; Barrett, ΔΥΝΉΣΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. pass. (dep.) от_ ΔΎΝΑΜΑΙ (G...
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 34...
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. BUT IF IT BE OF GOD, YE CANNOT OVERTHROW IT - rather, 'ye shall not be able to overthrow it,' [the fu...
36 The fact that this Theudas is not mentioned in profane literature is no reason for doubting the truthfulness and accuracy of the narrative. Josephus, in his Antiquities, hints at many disturbances...
5:39 lest (a-16) See Notes, Matthew 5:25 ; Mark 4:12 ....
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...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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...
CHAPTER 12 GAMALIEL AND HIS PRUDENT ADVICE. Acts 5:38 WE have set forth in these verses an incident in the second appearance before the council of the Apostle Peter and the other Apostles, conspicuo...
ἐάν … εἰ δὲ : it has sometimes been thought that the change of mood from subjunctive to indicative, “but if it is of God,” as if indicating that the second supposition were the more probable (_cf._ Ga...
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...
Gamaliel's Counsel Peter's words accusing the council of murdering Jesus enraged them to the point of being prepared to murder the apostles as well. But they could take no such action without the sup...
Time, and the evident success of Christ's Church, prove it to be of God. No violence of the Jews, no persecution of heathen princes, no attempts of domestic adversaries, heretics, schismatics, or evil...
DIVINE INTERVENTION 33-42. Now they reach a grand culmination. The Preachers in charge and the official board are signally defeated, _“cut through,”_ so they are counseling to kill the apostles. They...
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...
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...
BUT IF IT BE OF GOD,.... If it is according to the counsel of his will; if it is a scheme of his forming, and a work to which he has called these men, and they proceed in it on good principles, and wi...
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. Ver. 39. _Ye cannot overthrow it_] Neither you, nor kings and tyrants to help you; so one ancient Greek...
_And now I say unto you_ I, therefore, with regard to the present affair, give it as my most serious and deliberate advice; _Refrain from these men, and let them alone_ In a cause which is manifestly...
Gamaliel's suggestion and the result:...
BUT IF IT BE OF GOD, YE CANNOT OVERTHROW IT, LEST HAPLY YE BE FOUND EVEN TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD....
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...
BUT IF IT IS OF GOD, YOU CANNOT OVERTHROW IT-LEST YOU EVEN BE FOUND TO FIGHT AGAINST GOD. " 1. BUT - If this IS from God - 1. You can't win the battle. 2. Killing them will not stop the will of God...
but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God. Points to Note: As we read these verses we should remember that they are an accurat...
34-42 The Lord still has all hearts in his hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense tells us to be cautious, while experience and...
The other part of the dilemma. _The counsel of the Lord, that shall stand,_ PROVERBS 19:21 ISAIAH 46:10; and it must needs be so, for all power is his, in whom we live and move, ACTS 17:28. FIGHT AGAI...
Tertullian To Scapula We who are without fear ourselves are not seeking to frighten you, but we would save all men if possible by warning them not to fight with God.[8] Acts of Saint Philip the Apos...
Acts 5:39 but G1161 if G1487 is G2076 (G5748) of G1537 God G2316 cannot G3756 G1410 (G573
“And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown, but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; lest...
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 5:38-39. AND NOW I SAY INTO YOU. Gamaliel's words could be paraphrased thus: ‘Is this work a Divine one? does it emanate from God? If not, it will come to nothing, like those examples of impostur...
BUT IF IT IS OF GOD (ε δε εκ θεου εστιν). The second alternative is a condition of the first class, determined as fulfilled, ε with the present indicative. By the use of this idiom Gamaliel does put...
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...
BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO. Good advice! (1) Think! (2) Impostors will fail. (3) You cannot defeat God! [Theudas and Judas were well known to the Council, but we cannot accurately identify th...
_And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone._ THE WITNESS OF HISTORY TO CHRISTIANITY 1. Christianity was on trial before the Jewish Sanhedrin. It had then no history. Now it h...
_When they heard that they were cut to the heart._ CUT TO THE HEART The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lace...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:33. CUT TO THE HEART.—Lit. _sawn asunder_, torn in pieces, _sc_. in their hearts. Compare Acts 7:54—a much stronger expression than that used in Acts 4:2 or...
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 Corinthians 1:25; 1 Corinthians 10:22; 1 Kings 12:24; 2 Kings 19:22;...
To fight against God [θ ε ο μ α χ ο ι]. Lit., to be God - fighters....