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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 4:15-22

We have here the issue of the trial of Peter and John before the council. They came off now with flying colours, because they must be trained up to sufferings by degrees, and by less trials be prepared for greater. They now but run with the footmen; hereafter we shall have them contending with horses, Jer. 12:5. I. Here is the consultation and resolution of the court about this matter, and their proceeding thereupon. 1. The prisoners were ordered to withdraw (Acts 4:15): They commanded them to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 4:13-22

4:13-22 When they saw how boldly Peter and John spoke, and when they had grasped the fact that they were men with no special knowledge and no special qualifications, they were amazed; and they recognized them for men who had been in the company of Jesus. So, as they looked at the man who was cured and who was standing with them, they could find no charge to make. They ordered them to leave the Sandhedrin, and they discussed with each other, "What are we to do with these men? For, that,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:15

But when they had commanded them ,.... That is, when the sanhedrim had ordered the apostles; or "commanded that both", as the Arabic version reads, both Peter and John; and, it may be, the man that was healed too: to go aside out of the council ; or place where the council, or sanhedrim sat; which, whether it was in the chamber "Gazith", in the temple where they used to sit F7 Misn. Sanhedrin, c. 10. sect. 2. & Middot. c. 5. sect. 3. , or in the shops, or in the city, whither... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:16

Saying, what shall we do to these men ?.... Whether they should punish them by scourging them, or detain them longer in custody, or commit them to prison, or dismiss them: for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them : they were convicted that a miracle was wrought; that it was a clear case, a well known thing, of which there was no room to doubt, and that it was done by the apostles; but this was not all the difficulty, had it been a thing only within their knowledge, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:17

But that it spread no further among the people ,.... Meaning not in Jerusalem; for the fame of this miracle was spread among all the inhabitants of that city; but in other parts of the nation: let us straitly threaten them ; or "in threatening threaten them"; that is, severely threaten them with imprisonment, or with the scourging of forty stripes save one, or with death itself. That they speak henceforth to no man in this name ; which through indignation and contempt they do not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:18

And they called them ,.... From the apartment where they were; or ordered their servants to call them in to them: and commanded them not to speak at all ; either privately or publicly, in the ministry of the word, or in working of miracles, in the city, or in the country: nor teach in the name of Jesus ; any doctrine whatever; or "the name of Jesus", as the Arabic version reads; that is, the doctrine of Jesus, that which respects his person, his carnation, his offices, his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:19

But Peter and John answered and said unto them ,.... With great boldness and courage, and without any fear of man, but in the true fear of God whether it be right in the sight of God ; who is omniscient, and sees, and knows all things, all the actions of men, and the springs of them; who is holy, just, and true, and sits and judges among the gods, that which is right: to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye : it is not denied that magistrates are to be hearkened to, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:20

For we cannot but speak ,.... It was not physically, but morally impossible; or it was not lawful, and therefore they would not speak any other, and they could not avoid speaking, say they, the things which we have seen and heard ; as the miracles and doctrines of Christ, his resurrection from the dead, of which they were eye and ear witnesses. This shows their great fidelity and integrity, their inviolable attachment to Christ, and their fearlessness of the displeasure and wrath of men. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:21

So when they had further threatened them ,.... Either repeated the same, as before; or added some more severe ones, to terrify them, if possible; not being able to answer their arguments, or invalidate their reasoning: they let them go ; they did not acquit them as innocent persons, but dismissed them from custody: finding nothing how they might punish them ; not being able, though they sought most diligently for it, to fix anything upon them, which might be a cause, or occasion, or... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:16

A notable miracle hath been done - A miracle has been wrought, and this miracle is known, and acknowledged to be such; all Jerusalem knew that he was lame - lame from his birth, and that he had long begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and now all Jerusalem knew that he was healed; and there was no means by which such a self-evident fact could be disproved. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Acts 4:15-22

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Acts 4:13-22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Acts 4:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:16

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