Acts 4:1-4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 4:1-4

We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully carried on, and the powers of darkness appearing against them to put a stop to them. let Christ's servants be ever so resolute, Satan's agents will be spiteful; and therefore, let Satan's agents be ever so spiteful, Christ's servants ought to be resolute. I. The apostles, Peter and John, went on in their work, and did not labour in vain. The Spirit enabled the ministers to do their part, and the people theirs. 1. The preachers... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 4:1-4

4:1-4 While they were speaking to the people, the priests, the superintendent of the Temple and the Sadducees came upon them. They were annoyed because they were teaching the people, and proclaiming, through Jesus, the resurrection from the dead. So they laid hands upon them and put them under arrest until the next day, for by this time it was evening. But many who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. The healing of the lame man had taken place within... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:1

And as they spake unto the people ,.... For though only mention is made of Peter's preaching in the preceding chapter, yet doubtless John preached as well as he; either in turn, or to a part of the people at some distance: and this shows their diligence, faithfulness, and integrity, in the ministration of the word; and it is recorded to their honour, that whilst they were about their master's business, and discharging the duty of their office, the priests, and the captain of the temple,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:2

Being grieved that they taught the people ,.... Any doctrine, and especially that which follows, and which particularly gave uneasiness to the Sadducees, they were exceedingly distressed by it; it pained them to the very heart, and they were filled with wrath and indignation: and preached through, or in Jesus, the resurrection of the dead ; they not only preached the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead in general, but gave an instance and proof of it in the resurrection of Christ,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:3

And they laid hands on them ,.... The Arabic version renders it, "on both"; on Peter and John; seized them by force, and drew them out of the temple: and put them in hold unto the next day ; not in the common public prison, as in Acts 5:18 but they put them into the hands, and under the care and custody of a set of men, to keep and guard them; that they might not go away, until they had an opportunity of bringing them before the sanhedrim, to be examined and punished by them: for it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:4

Howbeit, many of them which heard the word ,.... The doctrine of the Gospel, preached by Peter and John: believed ; the report of it, and in Christ, as risen from the dead, which was the sum and substance of it: and this they did, notwithstanding the opposition made by the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducces, and the violence they used to the apostles; for though they kept their persons in hold, they could not stop the free course of the word, which ran and was... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:1

The priests - These persons had evidenced the most implacable enmity against Christ from the beginning. The captain of the temple - See this office particularly explained in the note on Luke 22:4 ; (note). The Sadducees - Whose whole system was now in danger by the preaching of the resurrection of Christ; for they believed not in the immortality of the soul, nor in any future world. These made a common cause with the priests, etc., to suppress the evidence of Christ's resurrection,... read more

Adam Clarke

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

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 4:1-4

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 4:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:1

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

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

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

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