Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:13
13. The rest The rest besides and hostile to the apostles and their company, such as those who on the former occasion produced the persecution. Durst no man From a sense of guilt and a remembrance of the fate of Ananias. Join… to them Mingle again in their assembly. It was a great triumph not only that the believers dare enter the Porch, but their opposers dare not. The people The same sort of people as in Acts 4:21, deterred the rulers from persecution. Magnified them Acknowledged... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 5:12
12. All Luke now proceeds to give an illustration of the awe of the public toward the apostles. When Peter and John addressed the people on a former occasion in Solomon’s Porch some of the class of opposers present in their assembly went and informed the authorities and brought on a persecution. Since that they had held their meetings in their own room. (Note Acts 5:2.) But now the apostles, not two but all, had again met with one accord in the Porch with the following result. The all ... read more