Hechos 4:1-34 RVA

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:29

Look upon for behold, A.V.; to speak thy word with all boldness for that with all boldness they may speak thy word, A.V. Lord . This time κύριε (Kyrie), the word in the LXX . for Jehovah, and the special designation of Jesus Christ ( Acts 2:36 , etc.), but here applied to God the Father. Look upon ; a more forcible rendering than the A.V. Look upon, for the purpose of frustrating and punishing. The only other place in the New Testament where the word ( ἑπείδειν )... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:30

While thou stretchest for by stretching, A.V.; thy for thine, A.V.; through for by, A.V.; Servant for child, A.V., as in Acts 4:27 and Acts 3:13 , Acts 3:26 . While thou stretchest , etc. The A.V. seems preferable. It was the fact that, while they preached the Word of God, the Lord confirmed the Word with signs following, which gave them such superhuman courage to persevere in the face of death and bonds. And this was God s method and means of encouraging them. And... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:31

Wherein they were gathered for when they were assembled, A.V. When they had prayed . When they had finished the preceding prayer. The place was shaken , perhaps by a mighty wind, as in Acts 2:2 . The word σαλεύεσθαι is properly used of ships or of the sea agitated and tossed by the wind; so Matthew 11:7 , "A reed shaken by the wind." But it is also applied to the rocking caused by an earthquake ( Acts 16:26 ), which maybe the kind of shaking here meant. In this fresh... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

Soul for of one soul, A.V. ; and not one of them said for neither said any of them, A.V. The great increase in the number of believers had been recorded in Acts 4:4 . And the state of public feeling alluded to in Acts 4:21 makes it likely that yet more may have been converted to the faith. This was very important, no doubt; but it was scarcely less so that this great multitude were one in heart and soul, closely united in the bonds of Christian fellowship and love. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

Christian communism. "And the multitude of them that believed," etc. The Bible not a book of politics or earthly legislation. Danger of misapplying its teaching, by forgetting that it does not dictate formal rules and creeds, but describes the working out of great principles. The social problem of human history—reconciliation of individual advancement with social and organic progress; failure of all merely human attempts; danger of men's experiments; despondency; revolution; selfishness of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

Nothing our own. "The chief way in which at that time a member of the Church could express his unshaken devotion to the common cause, or his willingness to sacrifice to the last penny for the common weal, was by placing his realized capital at the disposal of the brotherhood. The endangered position of the little community (through the enmity of the Sadducean party) thus tended to inflame the fervor of its charity, and gave a new impetus to that common relief fund which had been started at... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

The host of God drawing together in readiness for action. I. A COMMON SPIRIT in the believing multitude. 1. The spirit of faith. 2. Of self-sacrifice. 3. Of fellowship. 4. Of service. They were of one heart and soul to speak and work for the new kingdom. II. A COMMUNITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY . The simple and natural expression of the common spirit. Not the modern communism, or anything like it, for that is man's experiment to better himself; but the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

A novel unanimity. It is safe to say that this verse marks one of the world's largest moral strides of progress. It is a landmark in itself, of widest significance. It is a moral landmark of deepest and most grateful omen. Travel through the whole history of the Old Testament, and you come to no spot that can show a sight like this. The nearest approach to it some finger-post prophetic, prophetic of nothing else than this. From this landmark the world has confessedly traveled on again... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

Church unity. We speak in these dark days of unity in Christ, of brotherly love, of the communion of saints. But what do we see when we look around at the multitude of them that believe? We see some forty or fifty denominations of Christians, all keeping apart from one another, not willing to meet together, to pray together, or to receive the Holy Communion together. These different bodies are constantly at different degrees of strife with each other; sometimes waging actual war one... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

A glimpse of ideal social life. Of life, that is, in the idea of the God of love. Such glimpses are given doubtless to stimulate our faith and our aspiration; and withdrawn because struggle, not perfect attainment, is the condition of actual life. I. SOCIAL UNITY . It rested on a common faith, a common ideal, a common sentiment. Union with God is the only basis of human social union. Here, from the depths of the spirit-life, this principle was for a brief space brought to light.... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:29

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:30

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:31

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-35

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 4:32-37

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