Acts 4:1

CHAPTER IV.

The priests And Sadducees are incensed at the apostles'

teaching, and put them in prison, 1-3.

The number of those who believed, 4.

The rulers, elders, and scribes call the apostles before them,

and question them concerning their authority to teach, 5-7.

Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, answers, and proclaims Jesus,

8-12.

They are confounded at his discourse and the miracle wrought on

the lame man, yet command them not to preach in the name of

Jesus, 13-18.

Peter and John refuse to obey, 19, 20.

They are farther threatened and dismissed, 21, 22.

They return to their own company, who all join in praise and

prayer to God, 23-30.

God answers, and fills them with the Holy Spirit, 31.

The blessed state of the primitive disciples, 32-35.

The case of Joses, who sells his estate, and brought the money

to the common stock. 36. 37.

NOTES ON CHAP. IV.

Verse Acts 4:1. The priests] These persons had evidenced the most implacable enmity against Christ from the beginning.

The captain of the temple] See this office particularly explained in the note, Luke 22:4, Luke 22:4.

The Sadducees] Whose whole system was now in danger by the preaching of the resurrection of Christ; for they believed not in the immortality of the soul, nor in any future world. These made a common cause with the priests, c., to suppress the evidence of Christ's resurrection, and silence the apostles.