Acts 5:29-31, Acts 5:42 NIV

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 5:29

Then Peter, and the other apostles, answered and said ,.... Peter began, as the mouth of the apostles, being the eldest man, and very bold and zealous; and the rest followed, or joined, with him in what he said: we ought to obey God rather than men ; this is said in answer to the charge of disobedience to the orders and commands of the council: men, civil magistrates, and ecclesiastical rulers, are to be obeyed in things which are not repugnant to the will of God; but in things that are,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:30

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus ,.... Not from the dead, though this was true; but called him to the work and office of a Saviour, inverted him with that office, and sent him to perform that work; so that this refers rather to the incarnation of Christ, in consequence of the ancient council and covenant of grace: and this the apostles attribute to God the Father, under the character of "the God of our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob", as in Acts 3:13 , to show that they did not... 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 5:29

We ought to obey God rather than men - The same answer they gave before, Acts 4:19 , founded on the same reason, which still stood good. We have received our commission from God; we dare not lay it down at the desire or command of men. See the note on Acts 4:19 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:30

The God of our fathers raised up Jesus - It was well to introduce this, that the council might at once see that they preached no strange God; and that he who so highly honored the patriarchs, Moses, and the prophets, had yet more highly honored Jesus Christ in raising him from the dead and seating him at his right hand, and proclaiming him as the only giver of salvation and the repentance which leads to it. Whom ye slew - They charge them again with the murder of Christ, as they had done... 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 5:29

Verse 29 29.This is the sum of their answer, It is lawful for them, nay, they ought to prefer God before men. God commandeth us to bear witness of Christ; therefore it is in vain for you to command us to keep silence. But I have declared before in the third chapter, when this sentence taketh place, that we ought rather to obey God than men. God doth set men over us in such sort with power, that he keepeth still his own authority safe and sound. Therefore, we must obey rulers so far, that the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:30

Verse 30 30.The God of our fathers. They descend unto the matter whereof they are to speak, that they may declare that they made small account of the commandment of the priests, not without cause, nor yet unadvisedly. For (as I have already said) the comparison between God and man taketh no place save only when there is some contrariety. Therefore they prove by this, that they are enforced by the fear of God to refuse the commandment of the priests; because God commandeth that which they... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 5:30

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:29

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:30

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:29

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:30

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