Acts 5:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. ”

Acts 5:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Without violence - Not by force; not by “binding” them. Compare Matthew 27:2 . The command of the Sanhedrin was sufficient to secure their presence, as they did not intend to refuse to answer fo...
Acts 5:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(8) Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. (8) Tyrants who do not fear God are forced to fear his...
Acts 5:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 5:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

without. Literally not (App-105.) with (App-104.) violence (Greek. bia . here, 21, 35; Acts 24:7 ; Acts 27:41 ). lest . in order that (Greek. hina) .
Acts 5:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Brought them without violence - On receiving the information...
Acts 5:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For they feared the people, &c.— This may seem a surprizing change in the people, considering the eagerness with which they demanded that Christ should be crucified: but if we consider that the...
Acts 5:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Then went the captain with the officers, and brought...
Acts 5:26 - 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 5:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Without violence ... — The scene recalls that of John 7:45 . Here, however, the Apostles set the example of unresisting acquiescence, even though the tide of feeling in their favour was so strong...
Acts 5:26 - 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 5:26 - 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 5:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Acts 5:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then went the captain with the offcers ,.... That is, the captain of the temple, who had the command of it; he went thither attended with the officers and servants of the chief priests, the same tha...
Acts 5:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. Ver. 26. And brought them without violence ] The apostle...
Acts 5:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then went the captain with the officers By the direction of the sanhedrim; and brought them Ου μετα βιας, not by violence; for they feared the people, lest If they had offered any violence in t...
Acts 5:26 - 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 5:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers...
Acts 5:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Brought them without violence; they might, peradventure, think it needless or impossible to bind them against their wills, who had opened the prison, and so miraculously came out: however, anothe...
Acts 5:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them, but without violence, for they feared the people, lest they should be stoned.' The Temple captain clearly recognised the ticklish job the...
Acts 5:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 5:26 - 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 5:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Acts 5:26 - 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 5:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence; for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.
Acts 5:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:13 ; Luke 20:19 ; Luke 20:6 ; Luke 22:2 ; Matthew 14:5 ; Matthew 21:26 ; Matthew 26:5
Acts 5:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...

Acts 5:26 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 5:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:26 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:26 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:26 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:26 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:26 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:26 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:26 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:26 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:26 - Wells of Living Water Commentary