Acts 5:33
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts 5:33 in other translations
| BSB | When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death. |
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| WEB | But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them. |
| ASV | But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were minded to slay them. |
| YLT | And they having heard, were cut to the heart, and were taking counsel to slay them, |
| DARBY | But they, when they heard these things, were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them. |
| BBE | But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death. |
| Webster | When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. |
What does Acts 5:33 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 5:32-33
32-33. 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.
Barnes' Notes
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. It is commonly used in connexion with the heart; and means that the heart is violently agitated, and rent with rage. See Acts 7:54. It is not used elsewhere in the New Testament. The reasons why they were thus indignant were, doubtless,
(1.) because the apostles had disregarded their command;
(2.) because they charged them with murder;
(3.) because they affirmed the doctrine of the resurrection of Jesus, and thus tended to overthrow the sect of the Sadducees. The effect of the doctrines of the gospel is, often, to make men enraged.
Took counsel. The word rendered took counsel denotes, commonly, to will; then, to deliberate; and, sometimes, to decree, or to determine. It doubtless implies here that their minds were made up to do it; but probably the formal decree was not passed to put them to death.
(c) "they were cut" Acts 7:54 (+) "slay" "Kill"
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 5:26-33
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…
Acts 5:33 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 5:33
- Acts 7:54
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
- Luke 4:28-29
And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
- Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do?
- John 16:2
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
- Matthew 24:9
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.
- Psalms 37:12-15
The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
- Matthew 23:34-35
Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Matthew 10:21
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
- Genesis 4:5-8
But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
- Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
- Luke 11:50-54
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: …
- Acts 22:22
And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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Context
- Acts 5:32
And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
- Acts 5:33
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
- Acts 5:34
Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space;
Acts 5:33 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ellos, oyendo esto, regañaban, y consultaban matarlos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais eux, ayant entendu ces choses, frémissaient de rage, et tenaient conseil pour les faire mourir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Sie aber wurden, als sie es hörten, durchbohrt und ratschlagten, sie umzubringen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hæc cum audissent, dissecabantur, et cogitabant interficere illos. |