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Commentaries on Acts 5:38

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And now I say unto you,.... This is the sum of my advice upon the observation of these and other instances: refrain from these men, and let them alone; keep your hands off of them, do not attempt to take away their lives, but dismiss them quietly, nor go about to hinder them, in what they are concerned: for if this counsel, or this work be of men; if the doctrine these men preach is an human...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. The sin and punishment of Ananias and Sapphira, who, for lying to the Holy Ghost, were struck dead at the word of Peter, ver. 1-11. II. The flourishing state of the church, in the power that went along with the preaching of the gospel, ver. 12-16. III. The imprisonment of the apostles, and their miraculous discharge out of prison, with fresh orders to go on to preach...