Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
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Gill's Exposition
And said unto them, ye men of Israel,.... This he said after the apostles were put out, when the council was by themselves; and he addressed them as "men of Israel"; not as distinct from the priests…
Barnes' Notes
Then stood there up one - He rose, as is usual in deliberative assemblies, to speak. In the council - In the Sanhedrin, Act 4:15. A Pharisee - The high priest and those who had been most active in…
Adam Clarke
A Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law - "This," says Dr. Lightfoot, "was Rabban Gamaliel the first; commonly, by way of distinction, called Rabban Gamaliel the elder. He was president of the…
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we…
Cambridge Bible
Then stood there up one in the council Better, But there stood up, &c. See note on Act 5:5.
a Pharisee, named Gamaliel It may very well be believed that some small sympathy towards the Christian…
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