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Seeing the man who was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it.
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The Unanswerable Fact
Commentators unanimously highlight that the presence of the healed man was an undeniable, irrefutable fact. The Sanhedrin, faced with a man they knew had been lame for over 40 years now standing perfectly healthy before them, 'could say nothing against it.' This public, clear miracle served as concrete proof of the power in Jesus' name, silencing all immediate opposition.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They could say nothing. The presence of the man who was healed was an unanswerable fact proving the truth of what the apostles alleged. Th…
They could say nothing against it (ουδεν ειχον αντειπειν). Imperfect again, they kept on having nothing to say against it. The lam…
19th Century
Anglican
They could say nothing against it.—Literally, they had nothing to say against it.
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Baptist
Converts shut the mouths of adversaries. The good done by the gospel will always be a dumbfounding argument to the ungodly.
While literacy was high among Jews of the first century, theological disputations required rabbinic training. Since the common people had not had s…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And beholding the man which was healed. Who either was taken into custody, and brought before the sanhedrim, along with t…
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Peter, being filled with the Holy Ghost, wanted everyone to understand that the miracle had been performed by the name, or power, of Jesus of Nazar…