Bible Commentary

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. 30. The God of our fathers raised up Jesus ] As Peter did in Act 3:13, so here the Apostles point out that there is no severance of themselves from the worship of the Covenant God of Israel, but … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:30”

Then Peter and the [other] apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. 29. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said ] The Greek has no word for other. It is quite like the style of the New Testament to say “Peter and the apostles,” and it is not … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:29”

saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us. 28. Did not we straitly command you ] The best authorities have here an affirmative sentence, We straitly charged you. The charge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:28”

And when they had brought them, they set [them] before the council: and the high priest asked them, 27. And when they had brought them ] i.e. to the judgment hall. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Act 5:27-29 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. The accusation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:27”

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 26. without violence ] Nor can we suppose that the Apostles were at all likely to offer resistance, for their examination before the council would afford them an opportunity of proclaiming the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:26”

Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. 25. Then came one and told them ] Better, And there came, &c. The English then is often in such a position taken for an adverb of time. The proceedings were … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:25”

Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. 24. Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple ] The best MSS. have only Now when the captain of the temple. The word which in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:24”

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. 23. The prison truly found we shut ] The word rendered truly is omitted in the best MSS. and the keepers standing without before the doors ] … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:23”

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told, 22. But when the officers came ] The name may imply a military body or it may have been only some of the Levitical guard who were sent. The same word is used (Luk 4:20) of the “minister” of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:22”

And when they heard [that,] they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 21. early in the morning … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Acts 5:21”