Gamaliel (Γαμαλιηλ). The grandson of Hillel, teacher of Paul (Acts 22:3), later president of the Sanhedrin, and the fi…

Then stood there up one. He rose, as is usual in deliberative assemblies, to speak.

In the council. In the Sanhed…

A Pharisee, named Gamaliel.—We encounter here one of the heroes of Rabbinic history. The part he now played in the opening of the …

The “Pharisees” (GK 5757) represent the continuation of the ancient Hasidim, that group of “pious ones” in Israel who, during the Seleucid oppressi…

Luke now shows how God brought to nothing the fury of the wicked. They were resolved to put the apostles to death; Gamaliel stands up among them to…

Then stood there up one in the council
Or "in the sanhedrim", which the high priest has called together; this phrase…

The Lord still has all hearts in His hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense…