Acts 5
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Acts 5:38-41

38And so in the presentG3568 caseG3568, I sayG3004 to you, stayG868 awayG868 from theseG3778 menG444 and leaveG863 them aloneG863, for ifG1437 the sourceG1537 of thisG3778 planG1012 orG2228 1movementG2041 2is menG444, it will be overthrownG2647; 39but ifG1487 the sourceG1537 is GodG2316, you will not be ableG1410 to overthrowG2647 them; orG3379 elseG3379 you may evenG2532 be foundG2147 3fightingG2314 againstG2314 GodG2314.”

40They followedG3982 his adviceG3982; and after callingG4341 the apostlesG652 in, they 4floggedG1194 them and orderedG3853 them not to 5speakG2980 in the nameG3686 of JesusG2424, and then releasedG630 them. 41SoG3767 they wentG4198 onG4198 their wayG4198 from the presenceG4383 of the 67CouncilG4892, 8rejoicingG5463 that they had been consideredG2661 worthyG2661 to sufferG818 shameG818 9for His nameG3686.

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Notes

  1. 1. Acts 5:38 Lit work ↩
  2. 2. Acts 5:38 Mark 11:30 ↩
  3. 3. Acts 5:39 Prov 21:30; Acts 11:17 ↩
  4. 4. Acts 5:40 Matt 10:17 ↩
  5. 5. Acts 5:40 Lit be speaking ↩
  6. 6. Acts 5:41 Or Sanhedrin ↩
  7. 7. Acts 5:41 Acts 5:21 ↩
  8. 8. Acts 5:41 1 Pet 4:14, 16 ↩
  9. 9. Acts 5:41 John 15:21 ↩

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