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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:2

Being grieved - Διαπονουμενοι , They were thoroughly fatigued with the continuance of this preaching; their minds suffered more labor, through vexation at the success of the apostles, than the bodies of the apostles did in their fatiguing exercise of preaching during the whole day. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:4

The number - was about five thousand - That is, as I understand the passage, the one hundred and twenty which were converted before pentecost, the three thousand converted at pentecost, and one thousand eight hundred and eighty converted since the conversion of the three thousand; making in the whole five thousand, or ὡσει about that number: there might have been more or less; the historian does not fix the number absolutely. A goodly flock in one city, as the commencement of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:5

Their rulers, and elders, and scribes - Those with the high priest Annas formed the Sanhedrin, or grand council of the Jews. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:1

Verse 1 1.And as they spoke Hereby it appeareth how watchful the wicked be, because they are always ready at an inch to stop the mouth of the servants of Christ. And, undoubt edly, they came together, as it were, to quench some great fire; which thing Luke signifieth, when as he saith that the ruler or captain of the temple came also; and he addeth, moreover, that they took it grievously that the apostles did teach. Therefore, they came not upon them by chance, but of set purpose, that,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:4

Verse 4 4.And many of them which heard The apostles are put in prison, but the force of their preaching is spread far and wide, and the course thereof is at liberty. Of which thing Paul boasteth very much, that the Word of God is not bound with him, (2 Timothy 2:9.) And here we see that Satan and the wicked have liberty granted them to rage against the children of God; yet can they not (maugre their heads (203)) prevail, but that God doth further and promote the kingdom of his Son; Christ doth... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:5

Verse 5 5.It is a thing worthy to be noted in this place, that the wicked do omit no subtilty that they may blot out the gospel and the name of Christ, and yet do they not obtain that which they hoped for; because God doth make their counsels frustrate. For they make an assembly, wherein they do all things so tyrannously, that yet, notwithstanding, lust beareth a show of right, and liberty is driven far away, and at length the truth may seem to be condemned by good right. But the Lord bringeth... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1

The captain of the temple. Only here and Acts 5:24 , and Luke 22:4 , Luke 22:52 in the plural some have thought that the commander of the Roman garrison of the castle of Antonia is here meant. But as the scene is laid in the court of the temple, this is very improbable. Josephus ('Ant. Jud.,' 20, Luke 6:2 ) speaks of an officer apparently of the temple, who was called ὁ στρατηγός , and was certainly a Jew by his name Ananus, and being, as Josephus relates farther ('Bell... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-4

The first persecution. I. THE GROUND OF IT . 1. Religious intolerance— "the priests." 2. Political animosity —" the captain of the temple." A representative of Rome, alarmed by the crowd and fearing popular tumult. 3. Rationalistic unbelief— "the Sadducees." The troubles of the Church are thus foreshadowed, proceeding from the three different sources which will always unite against the truth. Against two facts they rose up: the people were taught; the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-21

Truth from the tribunal. The principles which are illustrated or suggested here are— I. THAT MEN IN THE HIGHEST RELIGIOUS POSITION MAY BE ALL WRONG IN THEIR THEOLOGY . The priests were grieved that the apostles taught the people that which we know to have been God's own truth ( Acts 4:2 ). In every age since then, the teaching of pure doctrine has been a veritable grief to those who have been regarded by many as the religious authorities of the land. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-22

Christ's servants before the tribunal. I. THEIR APPREHENSION . Its causes. 1. The jealousy of those in ecclesiastical power. Caste, privilege, and established professions are ever jealous of popular influence. It is ill for learning and for religion when they come to be identified with the interests of a class. But neither can be shut up to the few. Light and truth are the common property of all, as there is no function higher than that of the genuine teacher of religion, so... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:1-22

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