Acts 5:31

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 5:26-42

We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel?the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we have here an account of; for in their sufferings there appeared more of a divine power and energy than even in their preaching. Now here we have, I. The seizing of the apostles a second time. We may think, if God designed this, ?Why were they rescued from their first imprisonment?? But this was... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 5:17-32

5:17-32 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 Lord opened the doors of the prison and led them out and said, "Go, stand in the Temple and tell the people all the words of this life." When they heard this they came into the Temple very early and began to teach. When the high priest and those with him arrived, they summoned the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:31

Him hath God exalted with his right hand ,.... Not at his right hand, though he is exalted to it, and is set down at it, but with, or by his right hand; that is, by his power: for being by him raised from the dead, he was exalted to the highest heavens, and placed in human nature at the right hand of God, on the same throne with him, crowned with glory and honour; and having a name above every name, and all power and authority both in heaven and in earth given him, to be a Prince and a... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:31

Him hath God exalted with his right hand - By a supereminent display of his almighty power, for so the right hand of God often means; he has raised him from the dead, and raised his human nature to the throne of his glory. Instead of δεξιᾳ , the right hand, the Codex Bezae has δοξῃ , to glory. A Prince - The leader or director in the way. See the notes on Acts 3:15 , Acts 3:19 . And a Savior - Σωτηρα , A deliverer or preserver. The word σωτηρ comes from σωω to save,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:31

Verse 31 31.Him has God lifted up. Therefore the apostles do signify that whatsoever the wicked do go about, it did not hinder and keep back Christ from fulfilling his function which was enjoined him by his Father. Theright hand of God is taken for his power. Neither is the same metaphor used in this place, which we had before, chapter 2, and which is common elsewhere, when Christ is said to be lift up unto the right hand of the Father; but the meaning of this place is, that Christ, which was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:12-42

The advancing tide. The gospel of God's grace in Jesus Christ crucified and risen again had issued from Jerusalem at the bidding of the Lord. Would it ever stop? would it ever cease to advance? would it ever meet with obstacles sufficiently strong to turn back its current and to arrest its progress? When the flowing tide is hurrying towards the shore, some particular wave is checked by an opposing rock, and is shivered into spray before it can reach the shore. But wait a little and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:17-40

A grand victory for the truth along the whole line; all the positions of the enemy taken. The few hours that were covered by this portion of the history must have been hours charged with confirmation of the faith for the apostles. It is not merely that they are again attacked and again get in the end the victory, but that every position is carried for them by some strong arm invisible. It is not altogether the force of the truth, at least of the truth as spoken and spoken by them; still... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:17-42

Second persecution of the Church. Notice: 1. It was the result of marvelous success. We must expect such opposition when God gives us power among the people. The proud and formal have no liking for that which can be set in contrast with their own inefficiency. 2. It proceeded from the sect of the Sadducees, i.e. the heretical school. The league between the high priest and the scoffers was a sad sign of religious degeneracy. So it is. When religion decays it becomes the food of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:30-32

The cross and the crown. In this address which Peter delivered to the Sanhedrim we have another epitome of the gospel. I. THE LOWEST DEPTH OF EARTHLY SHAME . "Whom ye slew and hanged on a tree" ( Acts 5:30 ). The Son of God was "made a little lower than the angels," even a Son of man, "for the suffering of death" ( Hebrews 2:9 ). He stooped to the level of our humanity, in order that he might "taste death for every man." And he underwent that experience in its most... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 5:31

Did God exalt for hath God exalted, A.V.; remission for forgiveness, A.V. With his right hand ; i.e. by his mighty power, as the instrument of Christ's exaltation. A Prince ( Acts 3:15 , note). Repentance first, "a new heart and a new spirit" ( Ezekiel 36:26 ), and forgiveness next (comp. Acts 2:38 ; Acts 3:19 , etc.). read more

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