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FOUND WE SHUT - It had not been broken open; and there was therefore
clear proof that they had been delivered by the interposition of God.
Nor could they have been released by the guard, for they were...
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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 ...
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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...
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TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
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But the high priest and his party (the local sect of the Sadducees)
were filled with envy, and they laid hands on the apostles and put
them under public arrest. But through the night the angel of the...
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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....
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_The prison truly found we shut_ The word rendered _truly_is omitted
in the best MSS.
_and the keepers standing without before the doors_ The best MSS.
read, _and the keepers standing at the doors_....
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μὲν omitted with אABD.
ἔξω omitted with אABDEP. It is not represented in _Vulg_.
ἘΠῚ for πρὸ with אABD. _Vulg_. has ‘ante.’
23. ΤΟῪΣ ΦΎΛΑΚΑΣ, _the guards_, who were of course
unconscious that their...
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ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE
BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
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_THE POWER OF A PURIFIED CHURCH ACTS 5:12-25:_ During this period of
progress for the church miracles were worked by the apostles. The
people were fearful of the apostles. Amazingly, the result was gr...
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ΕΫΡΟΜΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 5:10.
ΚΕΚΛΕΙΣΜΈΝΟΝ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΚΛΕΊΩ
(G2808) закрывать, запирать, замыкать.
_Perf._ подчеркивает, что она была прочно
заперта (RWP).
ΆΣΦΑΛΕΊ _q._...
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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...
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See notes on verse 22...
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Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the
keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we
found no man within.
SAYING, THE PRISON [TRULY] FOUND WE SHUT W...
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14 The fear of the drawn sword in the King's hand will repress evil
and rebellion. The prayer of the disciples, after the threats of the
Sanhedrin, seems to have been abundantly answered. Not only was...
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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...
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Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel.
17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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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...
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ἐν πάσῃ ἀσφαλείᾳ, “in all safety,” R.V. (not
_cum omni diligentia_, Vulgate); “in omni firmitate,” Flor.; in
LXX generally μετά with genitive; _cf._ 2Ma 3:22; 2Ma 15:1,
μετὰ πάσης ἀσφ. The Vulgate is...
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DELIVERED TO TESTIFY
Acts 5:12-26
While the Holy Spirit works mightily _within_ the Church, He
co-operates with it in its _outward_ operations by adding men and
women to the Lord. None should be adde...
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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...
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The Apostles Imprisoned
Seeing the high regard the apostles were held in by the people and
knowing the number being added to the church moved the high priest and
the Sadducees to jealousy. They caused...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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SAYING, THE PRISON TRULY FOUND WE SHUT WITH ALL SAFETY,.... Locked,
barred and bolted;
AND THE KEEPERS STANDING WITHOUT BEFORE THE DOORS; both inner and
outer in their proper places, diligently disch...
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Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the
keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we
found no man within.
Ver. 23. _We found no man within_] This migh...
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_But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors_ In spite of all
the locks and bars that were upon them, and without giving any alarm
to the keepers, or any of the other prisoners; _and brought the...
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The Sadducees receive a surprise:...
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SAYING, THE PRISON, TRULY, FOUND WE SHUT WITH ALL SAFETY, AND THE
KEEPERS STANDING WITHOUT BEFORE THE DOORS; BUT WHEN WE HAD OPENED, WE
FOUND NO MAN WITHIN....
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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...
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BUT WHEN THE OFFICERS CAME AND DID NOT FIND THEM IN THE PRISON, THEY
RETURNED AND REPORTED,
23 SAYING, " INDEED WE FOUND THE PRISON SHUT SECURELY, AND THE GUARDS
STANDING OUTSIDE BEFORE THE DOORS; BU...
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saying, The prison-house we found shut in all safety, and the keepers
standing at the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.
'SHUT IN ALL SAFETY'-'securely locked up' (Gspd) 'Every pr...
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17-25 There is no prison so dark, so strong, but God can visit his
people in it, and, if he pleases, fetch them out. Recoveries from
sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may en...
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All means imaginable were used to secure their prisoners; but when God
will deliver, what can keep them? When God will work, who can hinder?
JOB 11:10. It is strange, that so great evidence of the inn...
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Acts 5:23 saying G3004 (G5723) G3754 Indeed G3303 found G2147 (G5627)
prison G1201 shut G2808 ...
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‘But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they
returned, and told, saying, “The prison-house we found shut in all
safety, and the keepers standing at the doors, but when we had o...
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THE SECOND ARREST. THE KINGLY RULE OF GOD IS REVEALED BY THE OPENING
OF PRISON DOORS (5:17-24).
In view of the fact that the Apostles were openly defying the
stricture of the previous council, and wer...
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Acts 5:23. THE PRISON TRULY FOUND WE SHUT WITH ALL SAFETY. We have
here the report of the guard who were sent by the high priest to fetch
the accused from their place of confinement. They found the pr...
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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...
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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...
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22-23. WE FOUND IT LOCKED UP TIGHT. They cannot explain why the
apostles were not in the prison....
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_And when they heard that they entered into the temple … But the
high priest … called the council together._
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH
The contrast is very graphic. The apostles...
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_Then the high priest rose up._
VAIN EFFORTS TO OPPOSE THE GOSPEL
I. The effort in this case; by the imprisonment of the leaders of the
gospel (Acts 5:17). The whole Jewish authority was in oppositi...
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_CRITICAL REMARKS_
Acts 5:17. THE HIGH PRIEST.—Annas, as in Acts 4:6.
INDIGNATION.—Not envy or jealousy (R.V.), but hot, angry zeal.
Acts 5:19. Not THE but AN ANGEL OF THE LORD; _i.e._, sent by the L...
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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...
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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,...
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Acts 5:19; Daniel 3:11; Daniel 6:22; John 8:59; Lamentations 3:37;...
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THE TRIALS AND TRIUMPHS OF APOSTOLIC TESTIMONY
Acts 5:17
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
Those were momentous days. On the part of the Apostles they were days
of continued testimony, God working with miracles an...
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We found the prison shut — The angel probably had shut the doors
again....