“ Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. ”
In the temple - In a public and conspicuous place. In this way there would be a most striking exhibition of their boldness; a proof that “God” had delivered them, and a manifestation of their pur...
(5) Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the (i) words of this life. (5) God therefore delivers his own, so that they may more vigorously provoke his enemies. (i) Words by which the...
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...
speak. App-121. temple. See Acts 2:46 . the words, &c. . these words of life. Figure of speech Hypallage. App-6. words. Greek. rhema. See note on Mark 9:32 . life. App-170. The...
20. Speak in the temple. This is the end of their deliverance, that they employ themselves stoutly in preaching the gospel, and provoke their enemies courageously, until they die valiantly....
DISCOURSE: 1753 THE DUTY OF MINISTERS Acts 5:20 . Go stand, and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life [Note: A little sketch given extemporaneously to a young friend.]....
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. All the words of this life - All the doctrines of life eternal, founded on the word, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesu...
All the words of this life.— The whole doctrine of life. Heylin—"that glorious gospel with which you are "charged, on which the eternal life of man so evidently depends, and by which alone their...
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Beautiful expression of that life in th...
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...
All the words of this life. — The use of the demonstrative pronoun is significant. The “life in Christ” which the Apostles preach is that eternal life which consists in knowing God ( John 17:1 ), a...
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...
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people ,.... They were not delivered out of prison, in order to go and secure themselves from danger; but to go about the work they were called to, to preach...
Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. Ver. 20. Stand and speak ] Stand close to the work, stir not a foot, start not a hair's breadth.
But the angel of the Lord opened the prison doors In spite of all the locks and bars that were upon them, and without giving any alarm to the keepers, or any of the other prisoners; and brought th...
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,...
Stand; the word implies courage and stedfastness of mind, as well as such a posture of the body. All the words; without preferring some acceptable truths before others more ungrateful, if necessa...
The Second Arrest. The Kingly Rule of God Is Revealed By The Opening of Prison Doors (5:17-24). In view of the fact that the Apostles were openly defying the stricture of the previous council, and...
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:
1 John 1:1-3 ; 1 John 5:11 ; 1 John 5:12 ; Acts 11:14 ; Exodus 24:3 ; Isaiah 58:1 ; Jeremiah 19:14 ; Jeremiah 19:15 ; Jeremiah 20:2 ; Jeremiah 20:3 ; Jeremiah 22:1 ; Jeremiah 22:2 ; Jere...
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...
The words of this — That is, these words of life: words which show the way to life everlasting.