Acts 4:32

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Acts 4:1-37

Chapter 4Now as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead ( Acts 4:1-2 ).The Sadducees, who were the spiritual leaders in those days . . . the priesthood was mostly made up of Sadducees . . . the Sadducees did not believe in the resurrection, in angels, or in spirits. So they were very upset over the preaching of the resurrection.... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Acts 4:1-37

Acts 4:1 . The captain of the temple was the captain of the watch, and saw that the levites performed their duty day and night. He beat them and set fire to their garments, if he found them asleep on their post. Hence the phrase, Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments. Revelation 16:15. Acts 4:3 . They laid hands on them, and put them in hold. Confined them, it would seem, in a place in the temple, used for that purpose. In the next chapter we find the apostles again... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 4:23-37

Acts 4:23-37And being let go, they went to their own company.Being let goWe do not know what we or other people are until the restraint is taken off. We call ourselves free, but there is not an absolutely free man in the universe. We have the liberty of law. We have the freedom of a theocracy. “The Lord reigneth,” and He would reign to no purpose if He did not restrain every creature, and restrain with singular meaning and graciousness the creature who bears His own image.I. Good restraints.1.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Acts 4:32

Acts 4:32And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.Unity among Christians to be desiredMelancthon mourned in his day the divisions among Protestants, and sought to bring Protestants together by the parable of the war between the wolves and the dogs. The wolves were somewhat afraid, for the dogs were many and strong, and therefore they sent out a spy to observe them. On his return, the scout said, “It is true the dogs are many, but there are not many mastiffs... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Acts 4:32

32 And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. Ver. 32. Were of one heart ] In primitiva Ecclesia, saith Tertullian, Christiani animo animaque inter se miscebantur, et omnia praeter uxores, indiscreta habebant. Sed fraternitas omnis hodie extincta est, et unanimitas primitiva non tantum diminuta (de quo Cyprianus suis temporibus queritur) sed e... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Acts 4:32

the multitude: Acts 1:14, Acts 2:1, Acts 5:12, 2 Chronicles 30:12, Jeremiah 32:39, Ezekiel 11:19, Ezekiel 11:20, John 17:11, John 17:21-Isaiah :, Romans 12:5, Romans 15:5, Romans 15:6, 1 Corinthians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 12:12-2 Chronicles :, 2 Corinthians 13:11, Ephesians 4:2-Joshua :, Philippians 1:27, Philippians 2:1, Philippians 2:2, 1 Peter 3:8 ought: Acts 2:44-1 Corinthians :, 1 Chronicles 29:14-Nehemiah :, Luke 16:10-2 Kings :, 1 Peter 4:11 Reciprocal: Exodus 36:29 - coupled Leviticus... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 4:32

And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.And the multitude of them that believed — Every individual person were of one heart and one soul - Their love, their hopes, their passions joined: and not so much as one - In so great a multitude: this was a necessary consequence of that union of heart; said that aught of the things which he had was his own -... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:32

32. One heart… one soul It is the outpouring of the Spirit, melting every heart in Christian love, which produces oneness. And that same melting of heart causes the stream of benevolence to flow. Said… his own The very term said implies that the law of property still remained while the surrender was in language and spirit. When men have virtually surrendered their lives, and are calmly standing in hourly danger of losing all earthly things, it is not so difficult to hold their property... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 4:32-37

5. Second Repose Period Community of Goods , Acts 4:32-37 . The heart of the Church, confirmed by trial, is now expanded still more largely with the spirit of Christian liberality described in Acts 2:44-47. The laws of property are not founded in sin, but belong to the primitive nature of man. But, inasmuch as a rightful self-love remains after selfishness is purified away, so, even when the rights of ownership are undisturbed, property may in the spirit of a perfect liberality be so... read more

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