Acts 4:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. ”

Acts 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Boldness - This word properly denotes “openness” or “confidence in speaking.” It stands opposed to “hesitancy,” and to “equivocation” in declaring our sentiments. Here it means that, in spite of...
Acts 4:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and (i) ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (5)...
Acts 4:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Dilemma of the Rulers: their Verdict. The promise of Luke 21:15 is at once literally fulfilled, and the reasoning is given by which the judges felt themselves overborne. It is that Peter and John...
Acts 4:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Now when they saw . And beholding. Greek theoreo. App-133. boldness . outspokenness. Greek. parrhesia. Same word as "freely", in Acts 2:29 . perceived. Greek. katalambano. Compare John...
Acts 4:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. Here may we see an evil conscience; for being destitute of right and reason, they break out into open tyranny, the hatred whereof they had essayed to escape. Therefore, he doth first declar...
Acts 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. The boldness...
Acts 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Unlearned and ignorant men,— Illiterate men, and in private stations of life; αγραμματοι και ιδιωται, men of no education, nor in any public rank of life, as the priests and magistrates were: An...
Acts 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Now...
Acts 4:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Arrest of Peter and John 1-22. Arrest of Peter and John. Peter's speech before the Sanhedrin. The proceedings of the Apostles displeased the authorities, (1) because they taught the people ( Acts...
Acts 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When they saw the boldness of Peter and John. — John, so far as we read, had not spoken, but look and bearing, and, perhaps, unrecorded words, showed that he too shared Peter’s courage. That “boldn...
Acts 4:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Braving Men to Obey God Acts 4:13-22 Do people realize that there is something about us which cannot be accounted for except that we have been with Jesus? Our company always influences us. A ma...
Acts 4:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Opposition to apostolic preaching and work seems to have originated mostly from the influence of the Sadducees. The preaching of the apostles contradicted all the cardinal elements in the Sadducean p...
Acts 4:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. (14) And beho...
Acts 4:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

COMPANIONS OF CHRIST ‘They took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.’ Acts 4:13 The first outbreak of enmity against the disciples, and on their trial men recognised that they had...
Acts 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John ,.... With what courage and intrepidity they stood before them, the presence of mind they had, and the freedom of speech they used, as the word prope...
Acts 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. Ver. 13....
Acts 4:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John Observed with what courage and freedom they spoke, and pleaded their Master's cause, and to what a high degree they extolled him in the very presenc...
Acts 4:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The religious leaders were greatly agitated by the public speaking of the apostles, and the Sadducees particularly, for one of their cardinal doctrines was the denial of any resurrection. They were e...
Acts 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter and John Examined before the Sanhedrim. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6...
Acts 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They were unlearned; not wholly unlearned, but such as were without any polite learning, or more than ordinary education, such as every one amongst them had. Ignorant men; idiots, so the Greek wo...
Acts 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Hearing Before The Sanhedrin (4:1-22).
Acts 4:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:13 . Perceived .—Lit., having perceived from what they saw and heard at the time, or from previous inquiry. It would certainly have been strange if the Sanhedrists, and...
Acts 4:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:1-22 Look at this passage: (1) from the side of the Jewish leaders; (2) from the side of the Apostles. I. On the side of the Jewish leaders there was (1) illiberality; (2) shortsightedness...
Acts 4:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Peter and John were summoned before the priests to give an account for having healed the lame man, and for having preached in the name of Jesus of Nazareth. In the eighth verse we read: Acts 4:8-12...
Acts 4:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:1 . The captain of the temple was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep...
Acts 4:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them. The captain of the temple was an officer of a sort which Luke mentions in the p...
Acts 4:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 4:1 The captain of the temple. Only here and Acts 5:24 , and Luke 22:4 , Luke 22:52 in the plural some have thought that the commander of the Roman garrison of the ca...
Acts 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:27 ; Acts 2:7-12 ; John 18:16 ; John 18:17 ; John 19:26 ; John 7:15 ; John 7:49 ; Luke 22:52-54 ; Luke 22:56-60 ; Matthew 11:25 ; Matthew 26:57 ; Matthew 26:58 ; Matthew...
Acts 4:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Results of a Faithful Testimony Acts 4:13-31 INTRODUCTORY WORDS A real problem presented itself to the rulers of the Jews. They were greatly perturbed by the preaching of the disciples, an...
Acts 4:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Illiterate and uneducated men — Even by such men (though not by such only) hath God in all ages caused his word to be preached before the world.

Acts 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 4:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 4:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 4:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 4:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 4:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 4:13 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Acts 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 4:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 4:13 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Acts 4:13 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Acts 4:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 4:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 4:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 4:13 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 4:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes