while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
30. Grant unto thy servants. Seeing that one miracle had stinged the enemy so sore how is it that these holy men do desire to have new miracles done daily? Therefore we gather that hence which I have already touched, that they make so great account of the glory of God, that in comparison of this, they set light by all other things.
No sooner were they freed than they returned to their own company, unswollen by the honor shown them, unafraid of threats. Christ's followers do best in company, provided it be their own company, seeking the public good rather than private comfort.
AI summary
Commenting on Acts 4:23-31
By stretching forth thine hand to heal,.... That is, by exerting his power in healing sicknesses, diseases, and lameness, as in the above instance, by the hands of the apostles; which, as it would be contrary to the schemes of the Jewish sanhedrim, and would confirm the doctrines of the Gospel; so it would animate the preachers of the word to preach it with more...