Acts 5:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. ”

Acts 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And of the rest - Different interpretations have been given of this expression. Lightfoot supposes that by “the rest” are meant the remainder of the 120 disciples of whom Ananias had been one; an...
Acts 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people (g) magnified them. (g) Highly praised them.
Acts 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Apostolic Signs and Cures. In the AV Acts 5:12 b - Acts 5:14 are rightly bracketed; the verses are an editorial addition. Acts 5:12 a connects with Acts 5:15 . In Acts 2:43 we read tha...
Acts 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

no man . no one. Greek. oudeis. join himself. Greek. kollaomai. See note on Luke 15:15 . magnified. Greek. megaluno. Compare Luke 1:46 ; Luke 1:58 .
Acts 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

13. And of other durst no man. This was the second fruit of the miracles, in that these which believed not, being convict with the excellent power of God, dare not despise the apostles, but...
Acts 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And of the rest, durst no man join him self to them - Who were these called the rest, των λοιπων? Dr. Lightfoot think...
Acts 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And of the rest, &c.— That is, the people held them in distant admiration, and presumed not, on any false pretence, to join them, if not truly converted; which yet it appears by the next verse...
Acts 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. And of the rest durst no man join (or 'attach') himself to them - (see the Greek of Luke 10:11 ; Luke 15...
Acts 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Apostles Again Imprisoned 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do ( Acts 5:4 ), but pretending that the money which t...
Acts 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of the rest. — We are left to conjecture who these were who are contrasted with the Apostles on the one side and with the people on the other. Does it mean that the Apostles stood aloof in an isola...
Acts 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Delivered to Testify Acts 5:12-26 While the Holy Spirit works mightily within the Church, He co-operates with it in its outward operations by adding men and women to the Lord. None should b...
Acts 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terribl...
Acts 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (12) And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with on...
Acts 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them ,.... By the rest are meant, either those that were without the church, and those either the profane and persecuting sort, who durst not come nigh t...
Acts 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. Ver. 13. Durst no man join himself ] None of the powerful enemies of the Church durst insinuate (for fear of the...
Acts 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And of the rest Who were not really converted to Christianity; durst Or presumed; no man to join himself to them As, had it not been for the late signal judgment, some hypocrites might have a...
Acts 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certain...
Acts 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they wer...
Acts 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Of the rest; such who were not of the common sort of people, and here seem to be distinguished from them: or, of the rest (more largely) who had not joined themselves to the church, being amazed...
Acts 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Kingly Rule of God Is Revealed As Present In Great Signs and Wonders (5:12-16). What followed from Satan's failure to cut at the root of the revival through Ananias and Sapphira, was an expans...
Acts 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 5:12-13 . Among the people .— I.e. , the population of Jerusalem. All .—Either all the apostles, the rest being believers and unbelievers (Alford, Olshausen, Hackett), o...
Acts 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:3 . Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost. These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to...
Acts 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

And great fear came upon all the Church. After judgment, revival The case of Ananias served several important ends. I. It bore a very emphatic testimony to truth. Falsehood in the world was...
Acts 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 5:1 Ananias (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX . But the name occurs nowhere else. The very co...
Acts 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prosperity of the Church. Acts 5:12-16
Acts 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 17:18 ; 1 Samuel 16:4 ; 1 Samuel 16:5 ; 2 Peter 2:20-22 ; Acts 19:17 ; Acts 2:47 ; Acts 4:21 ; Acts 5:5 ; Isaiah 33:14 ; John 12:42 ; John 19:38 ; John 9:22 ; Luke 12:1 ; Luke 1...
Acts 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

None of the rest — No formalists or hypocrites, durst join themselves — In an outward show only, like Ananias and Sapphira.

Acts 5:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 5:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:13 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:13 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes