Acts baker exegetical commentary on the new testament. Sauls design of pursuing the christians who had fled from jerusalem, to such a distance, and into another jurisdiction, in order to strike a decisive blow against them in this great city, evinces the boldness and energy of his character. In the last segment of our presentation on the book of acts, we left off our discussion with peters quote from joel chapter 2, and how we believe that james and paul saw that prophecy of pentecost in relation to the history of the ekklesia of god. Luke alternates between a picture of the church by itselfand a portrait of the. The story of ananias is to the book of acts what the story of achan is to the. The first trace of a shade upon the bright form of the young church. Probably among the new christians a kind of holy rivalry had sprung up, every one eager to place his means at the disposal of the apostles olshausen.
The title of the book of acts comes from the greek word praxis, a word often used in early christian literature to describe the great deeds of the apostles or other significant believers. A full video version is available with scenery from the pacific nw. William neil, the acts of the apostles, the new century bible commentary. In this part, luke describes how the gospel spread through more countries. Recoveries from sickness, releases out of trouble, are granted, not that we may enjoy the comforts of life, but that god may be honoured with the services of our life. The church has always been strengthened when it catches a vision of the holiness of god and seeks practical holiness in individual lives. Acts 5 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on the.
It is titled acts to emphasize that this book records the acts of. Acts 5 commentary james burton coffman commentaries on. The flourishing state of the church, in the power that went along with the preaching of the gospel v. Book of acts chapter 2, part 2 christogenea internet radio 051020. Concise presentation notes by charles dailey black underlined words match words in the bible text. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles feet. The law forbade strangers to offer dead animals to any god except the lord or at any place except the house of the lord lev. They listened very carefully to what peter and the apostles said in reply. Two successive chapters tell of problems in the church, and both were caused by money. Luke, the author of the gospel of luke, was a doctor and gentile. But a certain man named ananias, with sapphira his wife, sold a possession. Acts 5 commentary matthew henrys complete commentary on. Acts free bible commentary on the book of acts in easy.
Acts 5 commentary commentary critical and explanatory on. We learn from this part how the good news about jesus reached europe. An understandable version of acts translation by william e. Witherington provides some exegetical commentary, although the general reader will have no problem reading the commentary since this is not the main thrust of the book. Acts 5 indepth versebyverse bible study and commentary of acts chapter 5 in plain english. Luke, the author of the book of acts thus presents peter and his first church rather critically. May 30, 2011 this is a paraphrase of the kjv of the book of acts and includes text. This chilling account of the sudden deaths of ananias hebrew, the lord is gracious and sapphira aramaic, beautiful makes us face the fact that god deals with sin, especially church members deceit and lack of integrity. The first volume, the gospel of luke, shows as luke says, all that jesus began to do and teach.
Commentary on the book of acts bible study lessons. Acts 5 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this commentary, filling six volumes, provides an exhaustive look at every verse in the bible. Nkjv new king james version rsv revised standard version. Barnhouse, on the basis of this text, would never let his congregation sing the third stanza of at. Acts of the apostles chapter five objectives in studying this chapter 1 to examine the sin of ananias and sapphira in lying to the holy spirit 2 to note the amazing signs and wonders that were done by the apostles, in which all were healed 3 to consider the apostles response when government seeks to stifle the preaching of the gospel. Explained each chapter of acts in easy understandable language. A chapterbychapter bible study of the book of acts 2 acts the beautiful, amazing, powerful, weak, dysfunctional church table of contents scripture passage page 1.
T he book of acts in the bible, written around 6263 a. The early church shared all things communally chapters 2 and 4. With extensive research and thoughtful chapterbychapter exegesis, bock leads readers through all aspects of the book of actssociological, historical, and theological. William neil, the acts of the apostles, the new century bible commentary grand rapids. Acts chapter 5 coffmans commentary of the new testament. This commentary on acts 5 treats the sin of ananias and sapphira, as well as the second attempt of the sanhedrin to stop the church. Living out their unity with the believers, ananias and his wife sapphira sold real estate see 5. But a certain man in the previous chapter the historian had given an account of. Bock provides a substantive yet highly accessible commentary on acts in this latest addition to the acclaimed becnt series. The verb translated kept back greek, nosphizein occurs rarely in the new testament acts 5. This title accurately reflects the contents of the book, which is a series of vignettes chronicling the lives of key apostles especially peter and paul in. David guzik commentary on acts 5 describes how ananias and sapphira hold back.
Acts 5 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available, this. Comment the word bdelugma gives us vivid picture of gods opinion. The book focuses primarily on the acts of two apostles, peter and paul. It is against this beautiful backdrop that we come to verse 1 of chapter 5 and are introduced to the first recorded hypocrites in the church, ananias and sapphira. For many basic details verse by verse, it still is of good value and often will help on word meaning and. Acts 5 comme tary edited by gle pease ananias and sapphira 1 ow a man named ananias, together with his wife sapphira, also sold a piece of property. The sin and punishment of ananias and sapphira, who, for lying to the holy ghost, were struck dead at the word of peter, acts 5. Joseph a alexander acts commentary 1857, 1866 over pages. The sin and punishment of ananias and sapphira, who, for lying to the holy ghost, were struck dead at the word of peter v.
Book 5 of 12 in the new collegeville bible commentary. Full text of an illustrated commentary on the acts of the apostles see other formats. Spreading the light of gods word into your life thomas nelson, radmacher, earl d. Acts 5 commentary william barclays daily study bible. This commentary on acts 5 treats the sin of ananias and sapphira, as well as the. This commentary is one of the best for cultural background material for reading acts and has been the first off the shelf for me for several years.
He first directs the attention of theophilus to the record of christs life as given in the book of luke, which had also been addressed by the same writer to theophilus. Commentary on the book of acts bible study notes and comments by david e. This work, originally out in 1857, has proved helpful to many, though it is now far out of date as to literature commenting on acts. Acts 5 commentary, one of over 110 bible commentaries freely available. The hypocrisy of ananias and his wife sapphira, and their awful death, 111. And he kept back part of the proceeds, his wife also being aware of. The church was enjoying a time of harmony and a sense of sharing seldom equaled on earth. Dennis hamm stresses the unity between the acts of apostles and the gospel of luke. Yet, it remains an immensely important passage of scripture. Acts chapter 5 the jerusalem church, continued ananias and sapphira 5. In the beginning of chapter 5 luke provides an example that showed the church. Its a picture of a wonderful community of gods people.
It alone presents an extensive picture of early church life and history. Ghost with a lie, at peters rebuke fall down dead, acts 5. Spurgeon in his sixty volumes of the metropolitan tabernacle pulpit anthology twenty centuries of great preaching has no sermon on this text. The whole history must be read in connection with the act of barnabas. With extensive research and thoughtful chapter by chapter exegesis, bock leads readers through all aspects of the book of acts sociological, historical, and theological. Verses 111 the sin of ananias and sapphira was, that they were ambitious of being thought eminent disciples, when they were not. From this prohibition, the jews evidently drew the reasonable conclusion that any meat offered to idols was unclean and offlimitsthat they should not consume it even though they had not participated in its. Luke tells us that ananias with the full knowledge of his wife was keeping part of the money for himself 5.
Now the second volume, acts, will detail jesus continuing work through his apostles that he had chosen and the work of the holy spirit who would be. The book of acts course a, lesson 3 free bible study. The power which accompanied the preaching of the gospel. Verse 5 5 and ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost.
This chapter recounts the tragic fall of ananias and sapphira acts 5. Bible commentary seventhday adventistegw vol 18 pdf. Full text of an illustrated commentary on the acts of the. Book of acts overview insight for living ministries. Acts 5 commentary albert barnes notes on the whole bible. Many great expositors have, however, preferred to understand by all acts 5. Romans chapter 5 verse by verse bible commentary matthew. Adam clarkes bible commentary acts 5 acts 4 acts 6 help fb twitter gr videos gr forums gr youtube. So, the christians became stronger in the faith and more people joined the churches daily. And more than ever believers were added to the lord, multitudes of both men and women.
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