Acts 5:40

And having called together the Moshiachʼs Shluchim and having flogged them, they warned them not to speak in the shem of Yehoshua, and they released them.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

In Context

39But if it is from Hashem, you are not able to overthrow them — in that case you may even be found to be fighting keneged (against, opposing) Hashem. And they were persuaded by Rabban Gamli'el. + 5:39 2C 13:12; Prov 21:30; Isa 46:10

41Therefore Moshiachʼs Shluchim were going rejoicing from the presence of the Sanhedrin, that they were considered worthy to suffer shame for ha-Shem (the Name).

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:10Which say to the seers, See not; 1 and to the prophets, 1 Prophesy not unto us nekhochot (right things), 1 speak unto us chalakot (smooth things), 1 prophesy machatallot (deceits, illusions); 1

Micah 2:6Preach ye not, they preach; 1 but if they + 2:6 Hashem ʼs nevi'im do not preach concerning these things, 1 kellimot (disgraces, reproaches) will not be turned back. + 2:6 Ezek 3:18 1

Matthew 23:34For this reason hinei! I send to you Neviim and Chachamim and Sofrim, some of whom you will kill and some you will make talui al haetz + 23:34 Dt 21:23 (being hanged on the Tree) and some you will subject to the shot (whip) in your shuls, and you will drive them out from city to city,

Luke 20:10And in season he sent to the koremim (vine keepers) an eved (servant) that from the pri of the kerem they will give to him. But the koremim (vine keepers) sent the eved away empty, having beaten him.

Acts 4:17But lest it may be spread further among the Am Yisroel, let us warn them no longer to speak to any man b'shem hazeh (in this name).

2 Corinthians 11:24By Yehudim chamash pe'amim I had the arba'im lashes minus one! + 11:24 Dt 25:3

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:27-42

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. 29… Read the whole commentary →

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