Acts 4:13

Verse 13. Boldness. This word properly denotes openness or confidence in speaking. It stands opposed to hesitancy, and to equivocation in declaring our sentiments. Here it means that, in spite of danger and opposition, they avowed their doctrines without any attempt to conceal or disguise them. Peter and John. It was they only who had been concerned in the healing of the lame man, Ac 3:1. And perceived. When they knew that they were unlearned. This might have been ascertained either by report or by the manner of their speaking. Unlearned. This word properly denotes those who were not acquainted with letters, or who had not had the benefit of an education. Ignorant men--idiwtai--.