Acts 5:11 - Adam Clarke

Acts 5:11

9 Then Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together ^ato test the Spirit of the Lord? Look, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”

10 ^aThen immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. And the young men came in and found her dead, and carrying her out, buried her by her husband.

11 ^aSo great fear came upon all the church and upon all who heard these things.

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12 And ^athrough the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. ^bAnd they were all with one accord in Solomon’s Porch.

13 Yet ^anone of the rest dared join them, ^bbut the people esteemed them highly.

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Adam Clarke

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Acts 5:11

Great fear came upon all the Church - This judgment answered the end for which it was inflicted; a deeply religious fear occupied every mind, and hypocrisy and deception were banished from this holy assembly. On the word Church, see the observations at the end of Matthew 16 (note). It has been properly observed that we have in this place a native specimen of a New Testament Church:

1.Called by the Gospel;

2.grafted into Christ by baptism;

3.animated by love;

4.united by all kinds of fellowship;

5.and disciplined by the exemplary punishment of hypocrites.

See Dodd.

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