Vincent Word Studies - Acts 4:1

Vincent Word Studies - Acts 4:1 - 4:1

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Vincent Word Studies - Acts 4:1 - 4:1

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4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:7 - 4:7
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:15 - 4:15
4:17 - 4:17
4:18 - 4:18
4:21 - 4:21
4:24 - 4:24
4:25 - 4:25
4:27 - 4:27
4:28 - 4:28
4:32 - 4:32
4:33 - 4:33
4:37 - 4:37

Captain of the temple

It was the duty of the Levites to keep guard at the gates of the temple, in order to prevent the unclean from entering. To them the duties of the temple-police were entrusted, under the command of an official known in the New Testament as “the captain of the temple,” but in Jewish writings chiefly as “the man of the temple mount.” Josephus speaks of him as a person of such consequence as to be sent, along with the high-priest, prisoner to Rome.

Came upon (ἐπέστησαν)

Or stood by them, suddenly. Compare Luk 24:4; Act 22:20; Act 23:11. Of dreams or visions, to appear to.