New Living Translation
Acts 5:33
33When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them.
Acts 5:33 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- New International Version (NIV)When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When they heard this, they were furious and plotted to kill them.
Context of Acts 5:33
31Then God put him in the place of honor at his right hand as Prince and Savior. He did this so the people of Israel would repent of their sins and be forgiven. 32We are witnesses of these things and so is the Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey him.” When they heard this, the high council was furious and decided to kill them. 34But one member, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, who was an expert in religious law and respected by all the people, stood up and ordered that the men be sent outside the council chamber for a while. 35Then he said to his colleagues, “Men of Israel, take care what you are planning to do to these men!
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οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες διεπρίοντο καὶ ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς.¶Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Acts 5:33
- Acts 2:37Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?”
- Acts 7:54The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen’s accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage.
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!”
- Luke 4:28When they heard this, the people in the synagogue were furious.
- Luke 6:11At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him.
- Luke 11:50“As a result, this generation will be held responsible for the murder of all God’s prophets from the creation of the world—
- Luke 19:45Then Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people selling animals for sacrifices.
- Luke 20:19The teachers of religious law and the leading priests wanted to arrest Jesus immediately because they realized he was telling the story against them—they were the wicked farmers. But they were afraid of the people’s reaction.
- Acts 9:23After a while some of the Jews plotted together to kill him.
- Genesis 4:5but he did not accept Cain and his gift. This made Cain very angry, and he looked dejected.
- Psalms 37:12The wicked plot against the godly; they snarl at them in defiance.
- Psalms 64:2Hide me from the plots of this evil mob, from this gang of wrongdoers.
- Matthew 10:21“A brother will betray his brother to death, a father will betray his own child, and children will rebel against their parents and cause them to be killed.
- Matthew 23:34“Therefore, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers of religious law. But you will kill some by crucifixion, and you will flog others with whips in your synagogues, chasing them from city to city.
- Matthew 24:9“Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.
- John 15:20Do you remember what I told you? ‘A slave is not greater than the master.’ Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.
Commentaries on Acts 5:33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33They were cut to the heart - , Literally, they were sawn through, from through, and , to saw. They were stung to the heart, not with compunction nor remorse, but with spite, malice, and revenge: for, having the murder of Christ thus brought home to their consciences, in the first feelings of their malice and revenge, they thought of destroying the persons who had witnessed their nefarious conduct.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33When they heard that - That which the apostle Peter had said, to wit, that they were guilty of murder; that Jesus was raised up; and that he still lived as the Messiah. They were cut to the heart - The word used here properly denotes “to cut with a saw”; and as applied to the “mind,” it means to be agitated with “rage” and “indignation,” as if wrath should seize upon the mind as a saw does upon wood, and tear it violently, or agitate it severely. When…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-33Verses 26-33 Many will do an evil thing with daring, yet cannot bear to hear of it afterward, or to have it charged upon them. We cannot expect to be redeemed and healed by Christ, unless we give up ourselves to be ruled by him. Faith takes the Saviour in all his offices, who came, not to save us in our sins, but to save us from our sins. Had Christ been exalted to give dominion to Israel, the chief priests would have welcomed him. But repentance and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40God once again stopped the plans of the Jewish leaders to silence the apostles. This time, he did so through the advice of Gamaliel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 32-3332-33. we are his witnesses ... and the Holy Ghost--They as competent human witnesses to facts, and the Holy Ghost as attesting them by undeniable miracles.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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