Acts 5:14

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And believers - This is the name by which Christians were designated, because one of the main things that distinguished them was that they “belie...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Apostolic Signs and Cures. In the AV Acts 5:12 b - Acts 5:14 are rightly bracketed; the verses are an editorial addition. Acts 5:12 a con...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

believers . believing (ones). App-150. multitudes. Greek. ptethos. women. Compare Acts 1:14 .
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) And believers were the more added to the Lord - Believers: 1. Thos...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) And believers (visible converts), were the more added to 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 (...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Added to the Lord. — Here, probably, the word is used in its definite New Testament sense for the Lord Jesus. Both of men and women. — The menti...
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

And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. (12) And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wr...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A PROPHECY FULFILLED ‘By the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people (… and believers were the more added to th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And believers were the more added to the Lord ,.... That is, to the church, as in Acts 2:47 over which Christ was Lord and head; for they were add...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) Ver. 14. And believers were the more added ] So little lost the...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And of the rest Who were not really converted to Christianity; durst Or presumed; no man to join himself to them As, had it not been for the...
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 Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs a...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This explains the former verse, and helps us against mistaking it, for this wonderful judgment was so far from being a hinderance to the men of the g...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Kingly Rule of God Is Revealed As Present In Great Signs and Wonders (5:12-16). What followed from Satan's failure to cut at the root of the r...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women, insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 5:12-13 . Among the people .— I.e. , the population of Jerusalem. All .—Either all the apostles, the rest being believe...
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

And great fear came upon all the Church. After judgment, revival The case of Ananias served several important ends. I. It bore a very emphat...
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 Prosperity of the Church. Acts 5:12-16
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women,)
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But so much the more were true believers added, because unbelievers kept at a distance.

¹⁴ And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.)

Related Commentaries of Acts 5:14

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Acts 5:14