It appears they are afraid to even utter the name of Jesus. They remind Peter, and the others, that they had been commanded of them not to preach and teach in this name. “Teach”: The gospel of Jesus Christ (see notes on 2:14-40 4:12-13). They know they are guilty of having crucified Jesus.Īcts 5:28 “Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.” We see here, the fear that has gripped these rulers in the temple. These people had tasted of the power of the true God they were not about to let this handful of officers destroy Peter and the other apostles.Īcts 5:27 “And when they had brought them, they set before the council: and the high priest asked them,” Remember, that many of these followers had been healed by the shadow of Peter falling on them. We see here, that the captain and his officers are afraid of what these followers of Jesus might do, if they take Peter and the other apostles. They would have expected them to run to safety, not to come into the temple.Īcts 5:26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned.” The very last place these rulers of the temple thought they would find these apostles would be in the temple teaching. These rulers were concerned about this spreading to the people and making them more certain that these apostles were of the true God.Īcts 5:25 “Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.” The door was still locked, the guards were still on duty, and yet the imprisoned apostles had disappeared.Īcts 5:24 “Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.” These officers have an amazing tale to tell these rulers. Little did this council know that these apostles were right that minute preaching and teaching.Īcts 5:22-23 “But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned, and told,” “Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within.” They were going to bring them before the council to be sentenced. These priests and council had planned to punish them. It appears these people did not know that God had sent an angel to release them. It functioned both as the high court and legislative body of the Jews (see the note on 23:6). But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.”īoth “council” and “senate” refer to the Jewish Sanhedrin. Those who believe in their heart and confess with their mouth the Lord Jesus shall inherit eternal life.Īcts 5:21 “And when they heard, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. They were to teach that all should repent of their sins, and be baptized. They were to go back to the temple where they were taken before and preach the good news of the gospel. They were not released so that they might run and hide, but that they might carry the message of life to all. Jesus Christ came into this world to provide abundant and eternal life to spiritually dead people (John 1:4 11:25 1 John 5:20). “All the words of this life”: The gospel (Phil. This angel of the Lord was a ministering spirit sent by the Lord to release them from prison.Īcts 5:20 “Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.” “The angel of the Lord”: This person should not be confused with “the angel of the Lord” in the Old Testament. This common prison just means that they were put in with the thieves and other dangerous criminals.Īcts 5:19 “But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said,” These leaders of the temple felt to protect their position in the temple and to keep worship in the temple the only worship services going on, they would lock these men of God up. Jealousy has no place in the kingdom of God.Īcts 5:18 “And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.” This is a little like some churches now that get upset when some other church starts having converts. They knew that they did not have the power to heal people, and they felt that people would stop coming to the temple and would follow these apostles instead. This high priest and these Sadducees could not deny that the miracles were done. Here the title could refer to Annas (4:6), or Caiaphas. Acts 5:17 “Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,”
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