Acts 5

Acts 5:3

PEter,] to whom the fraude was divinely revealed To lie,] or to deceave the Spirit; because that the consecration might bee by a motion of the spirit, and he had not truely obeyed it. Or it was dissimulate as proceeding from pure Charity a worke of the Holy Ghost, being nothing but hypocrisie: and the declaration thereof was made before the Apostles, Ministers of the Holy Ghost, and enlightned by him, to take notice of the fraude, and to be judges of the misdeed.

Acts 5:4

Whiles it remained,] this possession before it was sold was th〈…〉e: and after it was sold the price thereof was likewise thine, if thou hadst not consecrated it. But after the consecration, thou hadst no more any right at all to it; it was Gods and therefore thou hast committed sacriledge.

Acts 5:6

The young men,] which were in the companie.

Acts 5:9

To tempt,] to make a prophane tryall, whither he knew your fraud or no, and knowing of it, whither he would punish it Are at the doore,] returning from burying thy husband.

Acts 5:12

They were all,] had their appointed place there to preach to the people.

Acts 5:13

Of the rest,] this as it seemes ought to bee understood of other Doctors, who were also very frequently in the Church.

Acts 5:15

The shadow,] not that there was any vertue inherent to the Apostles bodies, nor much lesse to their shadow or garments: but to shew a most fervent saith though very simple and ignorant, to which God according as he pleased granted his grace and power, though there ought no consequence to be drawne thence. See Matth. 9. 21. and 15. 36. Acts 19:17.

Acts 5:17

Of the Sadduees,] See upon Acts 4:1.

Acts 5:20

Of this life, namely of this saving doctrine, which bringeth life to them that beleeve.

Acts 5:28

To bring,] to cause the people to rise, and revenge his death upon us.

Acts 5:32

The Holy Ghost,] by his gifts and miraculous effects, which accompanie our Doctrine.

Acts 5:36

Theudas,] a famous impostor, who lived it should seeme in the dayes of Herod the great: and is not mentioned in the Histories: but there is another spoken off, of the same name: who lived some time after that.

Acts 5:37

Judas,] called by Historians Ganlanite, that is to say borne at Golan in Bashan, but here is called Galilean, because hee raised his tumult in Galilee: by reason of the second taxation made by Cyrenius, after the first made by Augustus himself, Luke 2:2.

Acts 5:38

For if this,] not that wee ought to judge of a doctrine or Religion by the lastingnesse of it, or any other favourably events, which God sometimes grants to the worst of them according to his secret judgements. But he seemes only to disswade them from the violent and unlawfull ones: and remit all things to Gods providence, who by many other examples having shewed his judgements upon the false Prophets that were amongst his people: it was to bee hoped that in this case also he might doe the like, if so be it were disallowed by him.

Acts 5:40

Beaten them,] which was a kinde of punishment, which the Romans suffered the Iewes to inflict in their Synagogues, but not openly. See Matthew 10. 17. and 33, 34. Acts 22:5. 2 Cor. 11, 24.