“ For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. ”
For ... - This is given as a reason why they should obey God rather than man. They had had so clear evidence that God had sent the Messiah, and they had received a direct and solemn command Mark...
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...
but . not. As Acts 4:17 . have seen and heard . saw (Greek. eidon. App-133.) and heard.
20. For we cannot Many things which are found out by hearing and seeing may, yea, ought to be concealed, when as the question is concerning the redeeming of peace. For this is a point of dis...
DISCOURSE: 1749 CONTEST BETWEEN PREJUDICE AND RELIGION Acts 4:18-20 . And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered and...
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Who can fail to observe here a rare union of sober, respectfu...
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...
We cannot but speak... — The pronoun is emphatic: “we, for our part”... The question at issue was one of bearing witness, and that witness they had received a special command to bear ( Acts 1:8 ).
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...
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...
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...
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 th...
For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. Ver. 20. For we cannot but speak ] As Croesus' dumb son did for his father, a Strong affections if they find no vent, the heart...
Peter and John Feeling themselves animated in this arduous circumstance with a courageous zeal, which would not permit them to be silent, lest that silence should be interpreted as a promise to qui...
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...
The Resolution of Peter and John. 15 But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselv...
We cannot but speak; in a moral, not in a physical sense; they could not restrain speaking, because of the necessity which was laid upon them, and the woe which would have befallen them, if they ha...
The Hearing Before The Sanhedrin (4:1-22).
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 4:1-22 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...
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 4:1 . 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...
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...
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...
The resolution announced to Peter and John:
1 Corinthians 9:16 ; 1 Corinthians 9:17 ; 1 John 1:1-3 ; 2 Samuel 23:2 ; Acts 1:22 ; Acts 1:8 ; Acts 10:39-41 ; Acts 17:16 ; Acts 17:17 ; Acts 18:5 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 2:4 ; Acts 22:15 ;...
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...