John Bengel Commentary - Acts 5:15 - 5:15

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John Bengel Commentary - Acts 5:15 - 5:15


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Act 5:15. Ὥστε, insomuch that) This depends on Act 5:12, at the beginning [“And they were all-women,” in Act 5:14, being a parenthesis].-κατὰ τὰς πλατείας, into, or along the streets) [secundum plateas]. The preposition has a distributive sense without the article, Act 5:42, κατʼ οἶκον, house by house: not with the article, ch. Act 8:3, “Entering into the houses,” κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους.-κλινῶν καὶ κραββάτων) A couch, κλινὴ, is more costly: a pallet, κράββατος, more humble.-Πέτρου, of Peter) He, who had denied Jesus, was now the more on that account conspicuous in faith.-αὐτῶν, of them) See the App. Crit., Ed ii., on this passage, as to the addition, and they were delivered from their infirmity.[41] The force of this clause is virtually contained in verses 12 and 16.

[41] Ee add καὶ ῥύσθωσιν ἀπὸ πασης ἀσθενείας ἦς εἶχον. D has ἀπηλλάσσοντο γὰρ ἀπὸ πάσης ἀσθενείας ὡς εἷχεν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν: d somewhat similar. Lucif. 201 has et liberabantur ab infirmitate suá: and so the oldest MS. of Vulg., viz. Amiat., also others, inserting ‘omnes.’-E. and T.

[16. Πέριξ, round about) The success of the Gospel cause advances continually to greater distances and more widely.-V. g.]-ἅπαντες, all) There was now no ἀπότευγμα, failure, no abortive attempt to work miracles, as before: Mat 17:16, The man having the lunatic son, “I brought him to Thy disciples, and they could not cure him.”