Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 4:4
the number of the men—or males, exclusive of women; though the word sometimes includes both.
about five thousand—and this in Jerusalem, where the means of detecting the imposture or crushing the fanaticism, if such it had been, were within everyone's reach, and where there was every inducement to sift it to the bottom.
Acts 4:1-12
PETER AND JOHN BEFORE THE SAMHEDRIM. (Acts 4:1-13)
the captain—of the Levitical guard.
of the temple—annoyed at the disturbance created around it.
and the Sadducees—who "say that there is no resurrection" (Acts 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Acts 4:4:
Jeremiah 16:16
Acts 4:1-12
Acts 5:27-28
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