Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. • Then gathered the Chief Priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him; and the Romans shall come, and take away both our place and nation, John xi. 47, 48. VER. 17. ̓Αλλ ̓ ἵνα μὴ ἐπὶ πλεῖον διανεμηθῇ εἰς τὸν λαὸν, ἀπειλῆ ἀπειλησώμεθα αὐτοῖς μηκέτι λαλεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τούτῳ μηδενὶ ἀνθρώπων. But that it spread no further among the people, b let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. a See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 13. b Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever! That this is a rebellious | people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things: speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us, Isa. xxx. 8-11. But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not, Amos ii. 12. VER. 18. Καὶ καλέσαντες αὐτοὺς, παρήγγειλαν αὐτ τοῖς τὸ καθόλου μὴ φθέγγεσθαι μηδὲ διδάσκειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Ἰησοῦ. And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. VER. 19. Ο δὲ Πέτρος καὶ Ἰωάννης ἀποκριθέντες πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπον· Εἰ δικαιόν ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὑμῶν ἀκούειν μᾶλλον ἢ τοῦ Θεοῦ, κρίνατε. a But Peter and John answered and A. D. 33. b Commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God, 2 Cor. iv. 2. For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, Gal. i. 10. c See on chap. v. ver. 29. VER. 20. Οὐ δυνάμεθα γὰρ ἡμεῖς, ἃ εἴδομεν καὶ ἠκούσαμεν, μὴ λαλεῖν. a For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. a For though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of : for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is unto me if I preach not the Gospel. For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is committed unto me, 1 Cor. ix. 16, 17. See also on Matt. x. ver. 5. clause 1. b See on Luke xxiv. ver. 48. VER. 21. Οἱ δέ προσαπειλησάμενοι ἀπέλυσαν αὐτ τοὺς, μηδὲν εὑρίσκοντες τὸ, πῶς κολάσωνται αὐτοῦς, διὰ τὸν λαόν· ὅτι πάντες ἐδόξαζον τὸν Θεὸν ἐπὶ τῷ γεγονότι. So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. a See on Matt. xiv. ver. 5. clause 1. b See on Matt. ix. ver, 8. VER. 24. said unto them, bWhether it be right in Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες, ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἦραν φωνὴ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ εἶπον· Δέσποτα, σὺ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς· the sight of God c to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. a See on Matt. x. ver 28. clause 1. : a And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth, 2 Kings xix. 15. Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lorr God, even thou | only, 19. Thou, even thou, art LonD alone thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee, Neh. ix. 6. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God; Which made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that therein is ; which keepeth truth for ever, Psal. cxlvi. 5, 6. I, even I, am he that conformeth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the LORD thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth, Isa. li. 12, 13. But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion, Jer. x. 10-12. Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched-out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee, xxxii. 16, 17. VER. 25. A. D. 33. Ὁ διὰ στόματος Δαβὶδ τοῦ παιδός σου εἰπών· Ινατί ἐφρύαξαν ἔθνη, καὶ λαοὶ ἐμε λέτησαν κενά ; a Who by the mouth of thy servant David b hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? a See on chap. ii. ver. 30. clause 1. b See on Matt. x. ver. 20. clause 1. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? Psal. c ii. 1. VER. 26. Παρέστησαν οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ κατὰ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. the rulers were gathered together, against a The kings of the earth stood up, and the Lord, and against his Christ. a The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together against the LORD, and against his Anointed, saying, Psal. ii. 2. VER. 27. ἅγιον παῖδά σου Ἰησοῦν, ὃν ἔχρισας, Ἡρώδης Συνήχθησαν γὰρ ἐπ ̓ ἀληθείας ἐπὶ τὸν τε και Πόντιος Πιλάτος, σὺν ἔθνεσι, καὶ λαοῖς Ἰσραὴλ, For of a truth against thy a holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both c Herod and d Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and the people of Israel were gathered together. a See on Mark i. ver. 24. clause 2. b See on Luke iv. ver. 18. clause 2. c When Herod the king had heard these things he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the Chief Priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born, Matt. ii. 3, 4. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men, 16. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee, Luke xiii. 31. And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and Καὶ τὰ νῦν, Κύριε, ἔπιδε ἐπὶ τὰς ἀπειλὰς | αὐτῶν, καὶ δὸς τοῖς δούλοις σου μετὰ παρῥησίας πάσης λαλεῖν τὸν λόγον σου, a And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: band grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, A. D. 33. grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands, Acts xiv.3. And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing, and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God, xix. 8. Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the Gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds; that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak, Eph. vi. 18-20. And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much fear, Phil. i. 14. But even after that more bold to speak the word without we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at swer no man stood with me, but all VER. 30. a Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the word of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste Ἐν τῷ τὴν χεῖρά σου ἐκτείνειν σε εἰς ἴαall the nations, and their countries, σιν, καὶ σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα γίνεσθαι διὰ τοῦ And have cast their gods into the fre: ὀνόματος τοῦ ἁγίου παιδός σου Ἰησοῦ. for they were no gods, but the work of By stretching forth thine hand to heal; men's hands, wood and stone; there-a and that signs and wonders may be done fore they have destroyed them. Now, by the name of thy b holy child Jesus. therefore, O LORD our God, save us a See on Matt. x. ver. 8. clause 1. from his hand, that all the kingdoms b See on Mark i. ver. 24. clause 2. of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only, Isa. xxxvii. 17-20. VER. 31. Καὶ δεηθέντων αὐτῶν ἐσαλεύθη ὁ τόπος i₫ hoav ovvnyμévoi• nai érλho Ono av ἅπαντες Πνεύματος ἁγίου, καὶ ἐλάλουν τὸν λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ μετὰ παῤῥησίας. A. D. 33. ACTS IV. 31-37.-v. 1-4. And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together, and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, band they spake the word of God with boldness. a See on ver. 29. See on chap. iii. ver. 29. clause 2. VER. 32. Τοῦ δὲ πλήθους τῶν πιστευσάντων ἦν ἡ καρδία καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ μία· καὶ οὐδὲ εἷς τι τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ ἔλεγεν ἴδιον εἶναι, ἀλλ ̓ ἦν αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κοινά. * And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: b neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. a See on John xvii. ver. 11. clause 6. and Mark ix. ver. 50. clause 3. b And all that believed were together, and had all things common and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need, Acts ii. 44, 45. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐνδεής τις ὑπῆρχεν ἐν αὐτοῖς· ὅσοι γὰρ κτήτορες χωρίων ἡ οἰκιῶν ὑπῆρχαν, πωλοῦντες ἔφερον τὰς τιμὰς τῶν πιπρασκομένων, VER. 36. A. D. 33. But Peter said, Ananius, a why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Neither was there any among them that Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the lacked: for as many as were possessors of price of the land? lands or houses sold them, and brought * Or, to deceive. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? a Thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. A. D. 33. | Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye vi. 19. a That which is born of the Spirit is spirit, John iii. 6. Compared withFor whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith, 1 John v. 4. As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them, Acts xiii. 2. Compared with-And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron, Heb. v. 4. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest, Matt. ix. 38. Compared with-So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, de-eth up the dead, and quickeneth them, parted unto Seleucia; and from thence John v. 21. Compared with-It is the they sailed to Cyprus, Acts xiii. 4. Spirit that quickeneth, vi. 63. And it was revealed unto him Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, by the Holy Ghost, that he should not the Holy One of Israel; I am the see death before he had seen the LORD thy God which teacheth thee Lord's Christ, Luke ii. 26. Compared to profit, which leadeth thee by the with-Then took he him up in his way that thou shouldest go, Isa. xlviii. arms, and blessed God, and said, 17. Compared with-For as many as Lord, now lettest thou thy servant de- are led by the Spirit of God, they are part in peace, according to thy word, the sons of God, Rom. viii, 14. ver. 28, 29. All Scripture is And there are diversities of operagiven by inspiration of God, and is tions; but it is the same God which profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for worketh all in all, 1 Cor. xii. 6. Comcorrection, for instruction in righteous-pared with-But all these worketh that ness, 2 Tim. iii. 16. Compared with- one and the self-same Spirit, dividing For the prophecy came not in old time to every man severally as he will, by the will of man: but holy men of ver. 11. God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost, 2 Pet. i. 21. It is written in the prophets, And they shall VER. 5. ̓Ακούων δὲ ̓Ανανίας τοὺς λόγους τού τους, πεσὼν ἐξέψυξε· καὶ ἐγένετο φόβος μέγας ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς ἀκούοντας ταῦτα. down, and gave up the ghost: and great And Ananias, hearing these words, fell fear came on all them that heard these things. Εγένετο δὲ ὡς ὡρῶν τριῶν διάστημα, Compared with What! know ye not καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ, μὴ εἰδυῖα τὸ γεγονὸς, that your body is the temple of the | εἰσῆλθεν. |
