Cselekedetek 4:16

Biblia Karoli Gaspar

Mit cselekedjünk ez emberekkel? Mert hogy nyilvánvaló csoda lõn általok, mindazoknak, kik Jeruzsálemben laknak, tudtokra van, és el nem tagadhatjuk.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

What: John 11:47, John 11:48, John 12:18

a notable: Acts 3:9, Acts 3:10, Daniel 8:5, Daniel 8:8, Matthew 27:16

and we: Acts 6:10, Luke 6:10, Luke 6:11, Luke 21:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 37:20 - and we Exodus 8:19 - This is Numbers 23:23 - What hath 1 Kings 12:26 - Now shall 1 Kings 18:39 - The Lord 2 Kings 1:11 - Again Psalms 62:4 - consult Psalms 109:27 - General Matthew 20:7 - Because Matthew 21:16 - Hearest Luke 19:39 - rebuke John 3:2 - for John 12:19 - Perceive John 14:12 - the Acts 4:14 - they Acts 5:24 - they Acts 26:26 - this thing

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Saying, what shall we do to these men?.... Whether they should punish them by scourging them, or detain them longer in custody, or commit them to prison, or dismiss them:

for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them: they were convicted that a miracle was wrought; that it was a clear case, a well known thing, of which there was no room to doubt, and that it was done by the apostles; but this was not all the difficulty, had it been a thing only within their knowledge, and which they could have concealed, it would have given them no uneasiness; but, as they observe,

it is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem: for the man having been so long lame, and had lain so long at the temple, where all the inhabitants frequently went, he was known and took notice of by them; and his cure being wrought so openly, and in such a miraculous way, it was the common talk of the city: so that there was no smothering it:

and we cannot deny it; the fact is so certain and evident; nor hide it, as the Ethiopic version renders it, it being so notorious and public.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

What shall we do to these men? - The object which they had in view was evidently to prevent their preaching. The miracle was performed, and it was believed by the people to have been made. This they could not expect to be able successfully to deny. Their only object, therefore, was to prevent the apostles from making the use which they saw they would to convince the people that Jesus was the Messiah. The question was, in what way they should prevent this; whether by putting them to death, by imprisoning them, or by scourging them; or whether by simply exerting theft authority and forbidding them. From the former they were deterred, doubtless, by fear of the multitude; and they therefore adopted the latter, and seemed to suppose that the mere exertion of their authority would be sufficient to deter them from this in future.

The council - Greek: The “Sanhedrin.” This body was composed of 71 or 72 persons, and was entrusted with the principal affairs of the nation. It was a body of vast influence and power, and hence they supposed that their command might be sufficient to restrain ignorant Galileans from speaking. Before this same body, and probably the same men, our Saviour was arraigned, and by them condemned before he was delivered to the Roman governor, Matthew 26:59, etc. And before this same body, and in the presence of the same men, Peter had just before denied his Lord, Matthew 26:70, etc. The fact that the disciples had fled on a former occasion, and that Peter had denied his Saviour, may hate operated to induce them to believe that they would be terrified by their threats, and deterred from preaching publicly in the name of Jesus.

A notable miracle - A known, undeniable miracle.

That it spread - That the knowledge of it may not spread among them any further.

Let us straitly threaten them - Greek: “Let us threaten them with a threat.” This is a “Hebraism” expressing intensity, certainty, etc. The threat was a command Acts 4:18 not to teach, implying their displeasure if they did do it. This threat, however, was not effectual. On the next occasion, which occurred soon after Acts 5:40, they added beating to their threats in order to deter them from preaching in the name of Jesus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 4:16. A notable miracle hath been done — A miracle has been wrought, and this miracle is known, and acknowledged to be such; all Jerusalem knew that he was lame-lame from his birth, and that he had long begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple; and now all Jerusalem knew that he was healed; and there was no means by which such a self-evident fact could be disproved.