Acts 5:22

But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told,

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
But	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
when	παραγενόμενοι paragenomenoi	G3854	to become near · verb — second aorist middle deponent participle, nominative plural masculine
officers	ὑπηρέται hupēretai	G5257	an under-oarsman · noun — nominative plural masculine
came	παραγίνομαι paragínomai	G3854	to become near
and	δὲ de	G1161	but · conjunction
found	εὗρον heuron	G2147	to find (literally or figuratively) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
them	αὐτοὺς autous	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — accusative plural masculine
not	οὐχ ouch	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
prison	φυλακῇ. phulakēa	G5438	a guarding or (concretely · noun — dative singular feminine
returned	ἀναστρέψαντες anastrepsantes	G390	to overturn · verb — aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine
and	δέ dé	G1161	but
told	ἀπήγγειλαν apēngeilan	G518	to announce · verb — aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural

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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 5:21

entered into the temple, &c.--How self-possessed! the indwelling Spirit raising them above fear. called . . . all the senate, &c.--an unusually general convention, though hastily summoned.

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:21

Called the council together - Συνεδριον The sanhedrin, all the senate; την γερουσιαν, the elders, or what we would call the aldermen. How these differed from the πρεσβυτεριον, presbytery, if they did differ, is not now known.

John Gill on Acts 5:22

But when the officers came,.... The Arabic version adds, "to it"; that is, to the prison; and found them not in the prison. The Vulgate Latin version reads, "the prison being opened they found them not"; when they came to the prison, they opened the doors of it, or the keepers for them; for though the angel had opened them for the apostles, yet he shut them again, as he brought them out; for these men found the doors shut, as the following verse shows, and who upon opening them and searching the prison, for the apostles, could find none of them in it; wherefore they returned; the Arabic version reads, "to them"; to the sanhedrim: and told; that is, them, as both the Arabic and Ethiopic ver…

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The Church Fathers

It is well ordered that the information was not brought to them at once, but they are first utterly at a loss what to think, that when they have considered it well and seen that there is a Divine Power in the case, then they may learn the whole state of the case.
— John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 13

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Dictionary and topics

Officer — It is obvious that most, if not all, of the Hebrew words rendered “officer” are either of an indefinite character or are synonymous terms for functionaries known under other and more specific names,…
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,…
High Priest, The · Duties of: Presiding in the superior court — Duties of: Presiding in the superior court
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 5:22

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Matthew Henry on Acts 5:17-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:21

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:21

John Gill on Acts 5:22

The Church Fathers

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Acts 5:22

Word by word — the Greek

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:17-25

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:21

Adam Clarke on Acts 5:21

John Gill on Acts 5:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Acts 5:17-26

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Acts 5:19-20