Acts 5:20

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Go	πορεύεσθε poreuesthe	G4198	to traverse · verb — present middle or passive deponent imperative, 2nd person plural
stand	σταθέντες stathentes	G2476	to stand (transitively or intransitively) · verb — aorist passive participle, nominative plural masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
speak	λαλεῖτε laleite	G2980	to talk · verb — present active imperative, 2nd person plural
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
temple	ἱερῷ hi'erō	G2411	a sacred place · noun — dative singular neuter
people	λαῷ laō	G2992	a people (in general · noun — dative singular masculine
all	πάντα panta	G3956	all · adjective — accusative plural neuter
words	ῥήματα rhēmata	G4487	an utterance (individually · noun — accusative plural neuter
of	ζωῆς zōēs	G2222	life (literally or figuratively) · noun — genitive singular feminine
this	ταύτης. tautēs	G3778	the he (she or it) · demonstrative pronoun — genitive singular feminine
life	ζωή zōḗ	G2222	life (literally or figuratively)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
1 John 5:11-12 And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Matthew 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what aut…
1 John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have hand…
John 12:50 And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
Jeremiah 36:10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:17-25

Never did any good work go on with any hope of success, but it met with opposition; those that are bent to do mischief cannot be reconciled to those who make it their business to do good. Satan, the destroyer of mankind, ever was, and will be, an adversary to those who are the benefactors of mankind; and it would have been strange if the apostles had gone on thus teaching and healing and had had no check. In these verses we have the malice of hell and the grace of heaven struggling about them, the one to drive them off from this good work, the other to animate them in it, I. The priests were enraged at them, and shut them up in prison, Act 5:17, Act 5:18. Observe, 1. Who their enemies and pe…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:20

all the words of this life--beautiful expression for that Life in the Risen One which was the burden of their preaching!

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:20

All the words of this life - All the doctrines of life eternal, founded on the word, death, and resurrection of Christ Jesus. This is another periphrasis for Gospel. Go to the temple - the most public place, and speak to the people - who come there to worship according to the law, the words of this life - the whole doctrine of salvation from sin and death; and show that the law is fulfilled in the sacrifice of Jesus, and that, by his resurrection, he has brought life and immortality to light.

John Gill on Acts 5:20

Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people,.... They were not delivered out of prison, in order to go and secure themselves from danger; but to go about the work they were called to, to preach the Gospel "in the temple", the place of worship; and a proper place to meet with persons to preach to, being a public place, whither the Jews always resorted; and there they were to stand, and continue with courage and intrepidity, not fearing the reproach and wrath of men, seeing they had both Christ and truth on their side; and there declare it "to the people", the common people, the multitude, even all that came to hear: the Gospel is to be preached to all; the Spirit of God makes it effectual…

Dictionary and topics

Sanhedrim — More correctly Sanhedrin (Gr. synedrion), meaning “a sitting together,” or a “council.” This word (rendered “council,” A.V.) is frequently used in the New Testament (Matt. 5:22; 26:59; Mark 15:1,…
Angels · Communicate the will of God and Christ — Communicate the will of God and Christ
Court · .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO — .COMPOSITION OF, AND MO
Ministers · Should preach: Fully, and without reserve — Should preach: Fully, and without reserve
Prisoners · The apostles — The apostles
Sadducees · Persecute the apostles — Persecute the apostles

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Acts 5:20

Word by word — the Greek

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:17-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:20

John Gill on Acts 5:20

Dictionary and topics

Acts 5:20

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:17-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:20

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:20

John Gill on Acts 5:20

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 5:17-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 5:19-20