“ And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. ”
The common prison - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders.
A Hostile Encounter with the Jewish Authorities. This account closely resembles that in ch. 4; the imprisonment is at the hands of the same men, extends over one night, and Peter's two declarations...
common . public. Greek. demosios. Only here, Acts 16:37 ; Acts 18:28 ; Acts 20:20 . prison. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3 .
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Put them in the common prison - It being too late in the evening to bring them to a hearing. To this verse the Codex Bezae add...
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. And laid [their] hands on the apostles, х autoon ( G846 ) is an ill-supported addition to the text], "and put them...
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...
Put them in the common prison. — The word is the same as the “ward “of Acts 4:3 . The addition of the word “common” or “public” perhaps indicates a greater severity of treatment. They were not mer...
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...
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...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the c...
And laid their hands on the apostles ,.... That is, laid hold on them, and took them, and carried them away; at least their servants did so, by their orders: and put them in the common prison ; wh...
And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. Ver. 18. Put them in the common prison ] Bocardo (when the good bishops were there in Queen Mary's days) was called a coll...
Then the high-priest rose up Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; for they that are bent to do evil cannot be reconciled to them who make it their bus...
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...
The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council. 17 Then the high priest rose up,...
See Acts 4:3 .
‘But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy, and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public ward.'...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 5:17 . The high priest .—Annas, as in Acts 4:6 . Indignation .—Not envy or jealousy (R.V.), but hot, angry zeal. Acts 5:19 . Not the but an Angel of the Lord ; i.e....
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...
Then the high priest rose up. Vain efforts to oppose the gospel I. The effort in this case; by the imprisonment of the leaders of the gospel ( Acts 5:17-18 ). The whole Jewish authority was in...
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...
The Imprisonment, Deliverance, and Defense of the Apostles. Arrest and deliverance:
2 Corinthians 11:23 ; Acts 12:5-7 ; Acts 16:23-27 ; Acts 4:3 ; Acts 8:3 ; Hebrews 11:36 ; Luke 21:12 ; Revelation 2:10
The Trials and Triumphs of Apostolic Testimony Acts 5:17-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Those were momentous days. On the part of the Apostles they were days of continued testimony, God working with mi...