Acts 5:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, ”

Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

before . In. App-104. asked. See note on Acts 1:6 .
Acts 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,
Acts 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked t...
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Folly of Fighting against God Acts 5:27-42 The high priest and his party could not forget the imprecation of Matthew 27:25 . It haunted them. Compare Peter's description of the Cross as the t...
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - 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 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when they had brought them ,.... From the temple, to the place where the sanhedrim sat, which, by this, seems to have been not in the room Gazith, nor in the shops, which were both in the temple...
Acts 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, Ver. 27. They set them before the council ] Where the high priest might well have done, as the...
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - 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 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

When they are about to do the greatest injuries, they pretend to right; and will not judge them, without giving them leave to answer for themselves.
Acts 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Arrest And Second Appearance Before the Sanhedrin (5:26-40). Having previously receive their official warning not to preach in the name of Jesus the second appearance before the tribunal...
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - 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 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. The accusation this time is simply that the apostles had not complied with the former judgment--they were guilty of contempt of co...
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The arraignment of the apostles:
Acts 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 22:30 ; Acts 23:1 ; Acts 4:7 ; Acts 6:12 ; Luke 22:66
Acts 5:27 - 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 5:27 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:27 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:27 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:27 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:27 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:27 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:27 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:27 - Wells of Living Water Commentary