أعمال الرسل ٤:١٩
تأمّل عميق بلغةٍ واضحة على هذه الآية. اقرأ الأصحاح
فَأَجَابَهُمْ بُطْرُسُ وَيُوحَنَّا وَقَالاَ:«إِنْ كَانَ حَقًّا أَمَامَ اللهِ أَنْ نَسْمَعَ لَكُمْ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ اللهِ، فَاحْكُمُوا.
التفاسير
مقتطفات جُمعت من تفاسير منشورة لترسيخ القراءة.
PETER AND JOHN BEFORE THE SAMHEDRIM. (Act 4:1-13) the captain--of the Levitical guard. of the temple--annoyed at the disturbance created around it. and the Sadducees--who "say that there is no resurrection" (Act 23:8), irritated at the apostles "preaching through (rather, 'in') Jesus the resurrection from the dead"; for the resurrection of Christ, if a fact, effectually overthrew the Sadducean doctrine.
افتح المصدر ↗In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, I wondered what was become of the scribes and Pharisees, and chief priests, that they did not appear to contradict and oppose them, as they had used to treat Christ himself; surely they were so confounded at first with the pouring out of the Spirit that they were for a time struck dumb! But I find we have not lost them; their forces rally again, and here we have an encounter between them and the apostles; for from the beginning the gospel met with opposition. Here, I. Peter and John are taken up, upon a warrant from the priests, and committed to jail (Act 4:1-4). II. They are examined by a committee of the great sanhedrim (Act 4:5-7). III. They bravely avow what they have done, and preach Christ to their persecutors (Act 4:8-12). IV. Their persecutors, being unable to answer them, enjoin them silence, threatening them if they go on to preach the gospel, and so dismiss them (Act 4:13-22). V. They apply to God by prayer, for the further operations of that grace which they had already experienced (Act 4:23-30). VI. God owns them, both outwardly and inwardly, by manifest tokens of his presence with them (Act 4:31-33). VII. The believers had their hearts knit together in holy love, and enlarged their charity to the poor, and the church flourished more than ever, to the glory of Christ (Act 4:33-37).
افتح المصدر ↗4:19-20 The apostles stated a principle that can guide God’s people in dealing with hostile authorities (see also 5:40; cp. 1 Sam 15:22; Jer 7:23; Luke 20:20-26; Rom 13:1-7). Jesus had predicted that his disciples would encounter hostility and persecution (Luke 21:12-19).
افتح المصدر ↗الشواهد المتقابلة
مقاطع أخرى يربطها المجتمع بهذا المقطع أكثر من غيرها. انقر لتقرأها.
فَأَجَابَ بُطْرُسُ وَالرُّسُلُ وَقَالُوا:«يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُطَاعَ اللهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنَ النَّاسِ.
وَلكِنَّ الْقَابِلَتَيْنِ خَافَتَا اللهَ وَلَمْ تَفْعَلاَ كَمَا كَلَّمَهُمَا مَلِكُ مِصْرَ، بَلِ اسْتَحْيَتَا الأَوْلاَدَ.
أَقُولُ كَمَا لِلْحُكَمَاءِ: احْكُمُوا أَنْتُمْ فِي مَا أَقُولُ.
لأَنَّ هذَا حَسَنٌ وَمَقْبُولٌ لَدَى مُخَلِّصِنَا اللهِ،
فَقَالَ مِيخَا: «حَيٌّ هُوَ الرَّبُّ، إِنَّ مَا يَقُولُهُ لِيَ الرَّبُّ بِهِ أَتَكَلَّمُ».
لاَ تَحْكُمُوا حَسَبَ الظَّاهِرِ بَلِ احْكُمُوا حُكْمًا عَادِلاً».
قَالُوا لَهُ:«لِقَيْصَرَ». فَقَالَ لَهُمْ:«أَعْطُوا إِذًا مَا لِقَيْصَرَ لِقَيْصَرَ وَمَا ِللهِ ِللهِ».
أَفْرَايِمُ مَظْلُومٌ مَسْحُوقُ الْقَضَاءِ، لأَنَّهُ ارْتَضَى أَنْ يَمْضِيَ وَرَاءَ الْوَصِيَّةِ.
وَإِلاَّ فَلِْيَكُنْ مَعْلُومًا لَكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، أَنَّنَا لاَ نَعْبُدُ آلِهَتَكَ وَلاَ نَسْجُدُ لِتِمْثَالِ الذَّهَبِ الَّذِي نَصَبْتَهُ».
فَفَعَلَ رِجَالُ مَدِينَتِهِ، الشُّيُوخُ وَالأَشْرَافُ السَّاكِنُونَ فِي مَدِينَتِهِ، كَمَا أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِمْ إِيزَابَلُ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي الرَّسَائِلِ الَّتِي أَرْسَلَتْهَا إِلَيْهِمْ.