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But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to take the apostles out a little while.
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Commentators unanimously identify Gamaliel as a highly esteemed Pharisee and 'doctor of the law.' He was the grandson of the famous Rabbi Hillel and the teacher of the future Apostle Paul. This immense reputation, held by 'all the people,' gave his words significant weight in the Sanhedrin, allowing him to pause the council's rush to judgment.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then stood there up one. He rose, as is usual in deliberative assemblies, to speak.
In the council. In the Sanhed…
Gamaliel (Γαμαλιηλ). The grandson of Hillel, teacher of Paul (Acts 22:3), later president of the Sanhedrin, and the fi…
19th Century
Anglican
A Pharisee, named Gamaliel.—We encounter here one of the heroes of Rabbinic history. The part he now played in the opening of the …
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The “Pharisees” (GK 5757) represent the continuation of the ancient Hasidim, that group of “pious ones” in Israel who, during the Seleucid oppressi…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then stood there up one in the council Or "in the sanhedrim", which the high priest has called together; this phrase…
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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…
