Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:42
42. Ceased not to teach They preached not in dark corners or private rooms merely, but daily in the temple. Jesus Christ That is, Jesus the Messiah. These unsilenceable men, with a persistence that truth and duty alone could justify, ceased not to proclaim to reluctant Israel that the Messiah had come and was yet to come again. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:17-42
V. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN SECOND AND SEVERER PERSECUTION AND RESULTS, 17-42. 1. Imprisonment of Apostles and Arraignment, Acts 5:17-32 . As our history grows, larger events open on us. In the first persecution (Acts 3:1 to Acts 4:22,) two apostles were arrested, and the Sanhedrin from fear or the people had dismissed them with a requirement of silence, which the apostles faithfully promised to disobey. So far from silence, the apostles persisted in miracles and preaching; and after the... read more