Acts 5:13

“And of the rest durst no man join himself to them, etc.] By the rest are meant, either those that were without the church, and those either the profane and persecuting sort, who durst not come nigh the apostles to touch them, or say one word to them, for fear of being struck dead; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, “and then there was no more any man that durst restrain them”, or go about to hinder them from preaching: or the better sort, such who attended on the word, and were either real believers or hypocrites, who durst not, one nor the other, join themselves to them, because of what happened to Ananias and Sapphira; which not only deterred hypocrites from coming into the church,…”

“of the rest durst no man join himself, &c.--Of the unconverted none ventured, after what had taken place, to profess discipleship; but yet their number continually increased.”

“And of the rest - Different interpretations have been given of this expression. Lightfoot supposes that by “the rest” are meant the remainder of the 120 disciples of whom Ananias had been one; and that they feared to put themselves on an equality with the apostles. But this interpretation seems to be far-fetched. Kuinoel supposes that by “the rest” are meant those who had not already joined with the apostles, whether Christians or Jews, and that they were deterred by the fate of Ananias. Pricaeus, Morus, Rosenmueller, Schleusner, and others, suppose that by “the rest” are meant the “rich” men, or the people of authority and influence among the Jews, of whom Ananias was one, and that they…”

“None of the rest - No formalists or hypocrites, durst join themselves - In an outward show only, like Ananias and Sapphira. Acts 5:14”

“5:13 no one else dared to join them: Perhaps the high standards of belief or what had happened to Ananias and Sapphira (5:11) were daunting to the crowds. • though all the people had high regard for them: Christians were markedly different from the unbelievers around them.”

“of: Act 5:5; Num 17:12, Num 17:13, Num 24:8-10; Sa1 16:4, Sa1 16:5; Kg1 17:18; Isa 33:14; Luk 12:1, Luk 12:2; Luk 14:26-35; Joh 9:22, Joh 12:42, Joh 19:38; Pe2 2:20-22 but: Act 2:47, Act 4:21, Act 19:17; Luk 19:37, Luk 19:38, Luk 19:48 Acts 5:14”