Stopped their ears (συνεσχον τα ωτα αυτων). Second aorist active of συνεχω, to hold together. They held their ears together with t…

Then they cried out. That is, probably, the people, not the members of the council. It is evident he was put to death in a popula…

Ran upon him with one accord.—The violence reported presents a singular contrast to the general observance of the forms o…

There is a progression in Luke’s portrayals of the trial scenes of 4: 1ff., 5:17ff., and here, with the first ending in threatenings (4:17, 21), th…

Crying with a loud voice. This was either a vain show of zeal, as hypocrites are almost always spurred on by ambition to break out into un…

Then they cried out with a loud voice
These were not the sanhedrim, but the common people; the Ethiopic version read…

Nothing is as comforting to dying saints, or as encouraging to suffering saints, as seeing Jesus at the right hand of God. Blessed be God, by faith…