Acts 5:35 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. ”

Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ye men of Israel . Men, Israelites. See note on Acts 1:11 . intend . are about. as touching . upon, or in the case of. App-104.
Acts 5:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. What ye intend to do - Τι μελλετε πρασσειν, What ye are about to do: they had already intende...
Acts 5:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as...
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye men of Israel. — We note the more familiar address of a man in high authority as compared with St. Peter’s “Rulers of the people, and elders of Israel” ( Acts 4:8 ). Take heed to yourselves....
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - 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 5:35 - 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 5:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said unto them, ye men of Israel ,.... This he said after the apostles were put out, when the council was by themselves; and he addressed them as "men of Israel"; not as distinct from the priest...
Acts 5:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. Ver. 35. Take heed to yourselves ] Anger is an evil counsellor; do nothing rashly. Alexan...
Acts 5:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then stood up one in the council, a Pharisee And as such believing the immortality of the soul and the resurrection; named Gamaliel He is said to have been the son of good old Simeon, mentioned...
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - 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 5:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A wise and good caution; for he that injures another brings the worse mischief upon himself, both in the sense of having done evil, and in being exposed to the revenging hand of God, whose property v...
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 5:33 . Cut to the heart .—Lit. sawn asunder , torn in pieces, sc . in their hearts. Compare Acts 7:54 —a much stronger expression than that used in Acts 4:2 or Acts 1...
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

When they heard that they were cut to the heart. Cut to the heart The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37 . Used figuratively, it seems to imply a mor...
Acts 5:35 - 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 5:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The counsel of Gamaliel:
Acts 5:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 19:36 ; Acts 22:26 ; Jeremiah 26:19 ; Matthew 27:19

Acts 5:35 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:35 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:35 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:35 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:35 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:35 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:35 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:35 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:35 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:35 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:35 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:35 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:35 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:35 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:35 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:35 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:35 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:35 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:35 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:35 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:35 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge