Acts 5:26

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

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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 prese...
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) T...
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

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....
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 th...
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 Chris...
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. Th...
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

Without violence ... — The scene recalls that of John 7:45 . Here, however, the Apostles set the example of unresisting acquiescence, even though...
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

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 office...
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...
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 p...
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 Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel....
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 pri...
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 Templ...
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...
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 Biblical Illustrator

And when they heard that they entered into the temple … But the high priest … called the council together. The characteristics of opposition to t...
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...
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
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...

²⁶ Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.

Related Commentaries of Acts 5:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 5:26