See Acts 4:3.
The common prison - The public prison; or the prison for the keeping of common and notorious offenders.
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...
common . public. Greek. demosios. Only here, Acts 16:37 ; Acts 18:28 ; Acts 20:20 . prison. Same as "hold" in Acts 4:3 .
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...
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...
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 (...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees ] see on Matthew 3:7 ; Acts 4:1 .
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Apostles Imprisoned; The Apostles Released by an Angel; The Disappointment of the Council....
‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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 (...
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 Imprisonment, Deliverance, and Defense of the Apostles. Arrest and deliverance:
and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
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
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.