Acts 5:18

The common prison - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders.

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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, ex...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

common . public. Greek. demosios. Only here, Acts 16:37 ; Acts 18:28 ; Acts 20:20 . prison. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 (...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees ] see on Matthew 3:7 ; Acts 4:1 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
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...
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 t...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 thei...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
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 qu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Acts 4:3 .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 hand...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
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...
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 w...
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 (...
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 L...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Imprisonment, Deliverance, and Defense of the Apostles. Arrest and deliverance:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
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 wer...

¹⁸ And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

Related Commentaries of Acts 5:18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 5:18