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Acts 4:24

Acts 4:24
And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And when they heard that,.... The whole of the report the apostles made; and which they heard with patience, and without making any unworthy reflections upon the sanhedrim; and being, on the one hand,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

They lifted up their voice - To lift up the voice, among the Hebrews, was a phrase denoting either an “address” to the people Jdg 9:7, or a phrase expressive of “weeping” Gen 29:11; Jdg 2:4; Rth 1:9;…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Lord, thou art God - Δεσποτα, συ ὁ Θεος, Thou God art the sovereign Lord. Thy rule is universal, and thy power unlimited; for thou hast the heaven and its glories, the earth and the sea, and their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 4:23-31

We hear no more at present of the chief priests, what they did when they had dismissed Peter and John, but are to attend those two witnesses. And here we have,

I. Their return to their brethren, the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And when they heard that(better it)] The Greek = and having heard.

they lift up their voice to God with one accord, and said The words of the prayer which follows have so direct a reference to the…