Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Acts 5:19
(4) But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
(4) Angels are made servants of the servants of God.
(4) But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,
(4) Angels are made servants of the servants of God.
Verse Acts 5:19. _BUT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - OPENED THE PRISON DOORS_] This was done: 1. To increase the confidence of the apostles, by showing them that they were under the continual care of God; a...
BUT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD - This does not denote any “particular” angel, but simply an angel. The “article” is not used in the original. The word “angel” denotes properly a “messenger,” and particular...
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)...
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...
PRISON. Greek. _phulake,_ the common word for "prison"....
_But the angel of the Lord_ Better, AN _angel by night opened the prison-doors_. As if for a protest against the actions of those who taught that "there was neither angel nor spirit." There is no poss...
ARREST OF THE TWELVE. THEIR MIRACULOUS DELIVERANCE AND THEIR DEFENCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN...
τῆς before ΝΥΚΤῸΣ omitted with אABD. 19. ἌΓΓΕΛΟΣ ΔῈ Κ.Τ.Λ., _but an angel of the Lord by night_, &c. As if for a protest against the actions of those who taught that ‘there was neither angel nor spiri...
_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...
ΔΙΆ ΝΥΚΤΌΣ (G1223; G3571) ночью (BD, 199). ΆΝΟΊΞΑΣ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΆΝΟΊΓΩ (G455) открывать, ΈΞΑΓΑΓΏΝ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΈΞΆΓΩ (G1806) выводить, ΕΊΠΕΝ _aor. ind. act....
IN THE PRISON. Acts 5:17-20 17 But the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, 18 and laid hands on the apost...
19-21. When they were all seized and cast into prison together, the apostles could but expect that they would now feel the entire weight of the wrath which was treasured up against them. (19) "_But an...
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, BUT THE (OR 'AN') ANGEL OF THE LORD BY NIGHT, [not dia (G1223) tees (G3588) nuktos (G3571), as in the R...
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...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
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...
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...
BUT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. — Better, _an angel._ The fact is obviously recorded by St. Luke as supernatural. Those who do not accept that view of it, and yet wish to maintain the general historical ch...
ἄγγελος δὲ Κ.: the narrative must be accepted or rejected as it stands. As Wendt, following Zeller in earlier days, candidly admits, every attempt to explain the narrative by referring the release of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
19._The angel of the Lord. _The Lord brought the apostles out of prison, not because he would rid them quite out of the hands of their enemies, for he suffered them afterwards to be brought back again...
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 THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,.... Or "of God", as the Arabic and Ethiopic versions read, whether Michael, as some have thought, or Gabriel, or what particular angel, is not material to know. However, it...
But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, Ver. 19. _But the angel of the Lord_] There was one Laremoth, chaplain to the Lady Anne of Cleves, a Scot...
_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...
BUT THE ANGEL OF THE LORD BY NIGHT OPENED THE PRISON-DOORS, AND BROUGHT THEM FORTH, AND SAID,...
THE IMPRISONMENT, DELIVERANCE, AND DEFENSE OF THE APOSTLES. Arrest and deliverance:...
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 AT NIGHT AN ANGEL OF THE LORD OPENED THE PRISON DOORS AND BROUGHT THEM OUT, AND SAID, 1. An interesting study can be done on the phrase - "angel of the Lord." In the Old Testament, this phrase of...
But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said, 'OPENED THE PRISON DOORS'-'An angel, whose very existence was denied by the Sadducees who had arrested the ap...
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...
God useth the ministry of angels, though he might otherwise do what pleaseth him. An angel rolled away the stone from the door of the sepulchre. Angels ministered to Christ, MATTHEW 4:11; and are _all...
19-21. When they were all seized and cast into prison together, the apostles could but expect that they would now feel the entire weight of the wrath which was treasured up against them. (19) "_ But a...
Acts 5:19 But G1161 at G1223 night G3571 angel G32 Lord G2962 opened G455 (G5656) prison G5438 doors...
‘But an angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them out, and said, “Go all of you, and take your stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this Life.” ' But...
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...
Acts 5:19. THE ANGEL OF THE LORD. Commentators even of the schools of Meyer, Neander, and Ewald dislike to acknowledge this angelic interference as a historical fact, and seek by various devices to ex...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
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...
AN ANGEL OF THE LORD. God works through angels (Hebrews 1:14)....
_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...
_But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors._ MIRACULOUS INTERPOSITION Observe-- I. That human authority is powerless to oppose the will of God. The king on his throne, the judge on...
_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...
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,...
Acts 12:7; Acts 16:26; Isaiah 61:1; Psalms 105:17; Psalms 146:7;...
By night [δ ι α τ η ς ν υ κ τ ο ς]. More correctly, during this night : dia in the course of. Compare ch. 16 9....
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...