Acts 4:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. ”

• Acts 4:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Being grieved - The word thus translated occurs in only one other place in the New Testament Acts 16:18 . It implies more than simple sorrow; it was a mingled emotion of indignation and anger. T...

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• Acts 4:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proceedings before the Sanhedrin. Acts 4:1-4 . Peter's speech seems to have reached its conclusion, but Acts 4:1 says it was interrupted by the arrival of persons representing the Sanhedrin and...

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• Acts 4:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  grieved . exasperated. Greek. diaponeomai. Only here, and Acts 16:18 . that . because. Greek. dia. App-104. Acts 4:2 . preached. Greek. katangello. App-121. through . in. Greek. en ....

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• Acts 4:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Being grieved - Διαπονουμενοι, They were thoroughly fatigued with the continuance of this preachi...

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• Acts 4:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, &c.— These three kinds of men,on different accounts, were prejudiced against the apostles. The priests were offended, because...

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• Acts 4:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection fr...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Being grieved. — The verb is one which expresses something like an intensity of trouble and vexation. (Comp. Acts 16:18 .) Preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. — Literally, p...

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• Acts 4:2 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Name above Every Name Acts 4:1-12 The Sadducees are particularly mentioned, because they were the agnostics of the age, and had no belief in the unseen and eternal. The fact of our Lord's r...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, (2) Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurre...

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• Acts 4:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  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 p...

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• Acts 4:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Ver. 2. Being grieved ] Being sick of the devil's disease, as Moab was, Numbers 22:3,4 "fre...

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• Acts 4:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And as they Namely, Peter and John; spake unto the people The multitude, who had assembled in the temple, upon occasion of the miraculous cure of the lame man, as related in the preceding chapter...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Peter and John Imprisoned.       1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came...

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• Acts 4:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Being grieved; or angry to such a degree that it was a great trouble to them. The doctrine of the resurrection alone could not but vex the Sadducees, who denied it; but it did more afflict them,...

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• Acts 4:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrect...

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• Acts 4:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 4:1 . As they spake .—Lit., they , the apostles, either Peter for John or John with Peter speaking . The discourse was probably interrupted after the utterance of the pre...

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• Acts 4:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Acts 4:1-2 In this verse we find, in simple words, the true philosophy of all persecution. I. The authorities were offended because the Apostles taught. (1) They considered that the Apostles were...

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• Acts 4:2 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  Acts 4:1-44 . And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - 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...

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• Acts 4:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Acts Chapter 4 Peter and John before the Council of the Jews. The arrest of the apostles:

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• Acts 4:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:12-20 ; 1 Corinthians 15:23 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:13 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:14 ; 2 Corinthians 4:13 ; 2 Corinthians 4:14 ; Acts 10:40-43 ; Acts 13:45 ; Acts 17:18 ; Acts 17:31 ;...

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• Acts 4:2 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  Fighting Against God Acts 4:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fourth chapter of Acts continues the account of the third chapter, bringing to a climax the healing of the lame man. The rulers and elde...

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• Acts 4:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The priests being grieved — That the name of Jesus was preached to the people; especially they were offended at the doctrine of his resurrection; for as they had put him to death, his rising again...

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