Acts 5:33

When they heard these things, they were tormented, and thought to slay them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

In Context

32And we be witnesses of these words, and the Holy Ghost (or as is the Holy Spirit), whom God gave to all obeying to him.

34But a man rose in the council, a Pharisee, Gamaliel by name, a doctor of the law, a worshipful man to all the people, and (he) commanded the men to be put withoutforth for a while. (But a man stood up in the Council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, a man honoured by all the people, and he commanded the men to be put outside for a while.)

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Cross References

Psalms 37:12A sinner shall ambush the rightful man; and he shall gnash with his teeth on him. (A sinner shall attack a righteous man; and he shall gnash on him with his teeth.)

Psalms 64:2Thou hast defended me from the covent of evil-doers; from the multitude of them that work wickedness. (Thou hast protected me from the plots of the evil-doers; yea, from the many who do evil.)

Matthew 10:25it is enough to the disciple, that he be as his master, and to the servant as his lord, (or it is enough for the student, that he be like his teacher, and for the servant, that he be like his lord). If they have called the husbandman, [or the father of the household], Beelzebub, (then) how much more his household members?

Matthew 24:9Then men shall betake you into tribulation, and shall slay you, and ye shall be in hate [or in hatred] to all folks for my name. (Then men shall deliver you unto trials and troubles, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations and all the peoples, for my name’s sake.)

Luke 6:11And they were full-filled with unwisdom [or Soothly they were filled with unwisdom], and spake together, what they should do of Jesus (or what they would do about Jesus).

Luke 19:45And he entered into the temple, and began to cast out men selling therein and buying, (And he entered into the Temple, and began to throw out the men who were there buying and selling,)

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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