Vincent's Word Studies in the NT
Acts 5:33
They were cut to the heart [δ ι ε π ρ ι ο ν τ ο]. Only here and ch. 7 54. The verb means, originally, to saw asunder. A strong figure for exasperation.
To slay. See on Luke 23:32.
They were cut to the heart [δ ι ε π ρ ι ο ν τ ο]. Only here and ch. 7 54. The verb means, originally, to saw asunder. A strong figure for exasperation.
To slay. See on Luke 23:32.
ACTS 5:33 evbou,lonto {B} A majority of the Committee interpreted the context as favoring evbou,lonto (which occurs 13 times elsewhere in Acts), for the members of the Sanhedrin, being enraged, were...
Verse 33. _THEY WERE CUT_ TO THE HEART] διεπριοντο, Literally, _they were sawn through_, from δια _through_, and πριω, _to_ _saw_. They were stung to the heart, not with _compunction_ nor _remorse_,...
WHEN 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 - Th...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5:1)._ 2. Signs and wonders by the Apostles (Acts 5:11). 3. The second arrest of the Apostles and their Deliverance (Acts 5:17). 4. Before the Council ...
A HOSTILE ENCOUNTER WITH THE JEWISH AUTHORITIES. This account closely resembles that in ch. 4; the imprisonment is at the hands of the same men, extends over one night, and Peter's two declarations (A...
When they heard this they were torn with vexation and planned to destroy them. But a certain Pharisee called Gamaliel stood up in the Sanhedrin, a teacher of the law held in honour by all the people,...
TROUBLE IN THE CHURCH (Acts 5:1-11)...
WHEN, &C.. Now they having heard. CUT TO THE HEART. Greek. _diapriomai._ Only here and Acts 7:54. TOOK COUNSELS. were consulting. Greek. _bouleuo._ SLAY. Greek. _anaireo._ See note on Acts 2:23....
Effect of the Apostles" defence. Counsel of Gamaliel. Release and subsequent conduct of the Twelve 33. _When they heard that, they were cut to the heart_ There is no Greek here for _to the hearty_, bu...
EFFECT OF THE APOSTLES’ DEFENCE. COUNSEL OF GAMALIEL. RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT CONDUCT OF THE TWELVE...
ΔΙΕΠΡΊΟΝΤΟ. The active voice of this verb is used (LXX. 1 Chronicles 20:3) in its literal sense of ‘to saw asunder,’ the passive generally in the figurative sense of the rending of the heart. In Acts...
_TRUTH CUTS TO THE HEART ACTS 5:33-42:_ Even those that will not receive truth may be cut to the heart by truth. When the accusers of the apostles heard the resurrection message they wanted to kill th...
ΆΚΟΎΣΑΝΤΕΣ _aor. act. part., см._ Acts 5:5. Part, в роли subet. ΔΙΕΠΡΊΟΝΤΟ _impf. ind. pass. от_ ΔΙΑΠΡΊΩ (G1282) распиливать; здесь _pass._ быть задетым, быть в ярости (BAGD). Inch. _impf._ ΈΒΟΎΛΟΝΤΟ...
THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART,— The word Διεπριοντο expresses the action of those, who, through rage, grate with their teeth, as it were with a saw; from the word πριω, which signifies _to cut with a saw...
ON SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 5:21 a Acts 5:21 And when they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak, and taught. ACTS 5:21 A As the sun broke over the eastern horizon of the hills of Jud...
33. The Sanhedrim had been astonished at the boldness of Peter and John on their former trial, but had contented themselves with severe threatenings. Now, both their commands and their threats, having...
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. WHEN THEY HEARD THAT, THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART. The word used here and in Acts 7:54 [ dieprionto (G1282)] signifi...
14 The fear of the drawn sword in the King's hand will repress evil and rebellion. The prayer of the disciples, after the threats of the Sanhedrin, seems to have been abundantly answered. Not only was...
THE APOSTLES AGAIN IMPRISONED 1-16. The sin of Ananias and Sapphira was not keeping back part of the price, which they had a perfect right to do (Acts 5:4), but pretending that the money which they of...
Second imprisonment of Peter and John. Speech of Gamaliel. 17. The Sadducees] see on Matthew 3:7; Acts 4:1....
WERE CUT] lit. 'were sawn asunder.' Took counsel] RV 'were minded.'...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 5 ANANIAS AND SAPPHIRA, 5:1-11 V1 But there was a man whose name was Ananias. He and his wife, Sapphira, sold a building and some land. The bui...
THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART. — The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lacerating pain than the “pricked to the he...
διεπρίοντο : lit [184], were sawn asunder (in heart), _dissecabantur_, Vulgate (_cf._ use of _findo_ in Persius and Plautus), _cf._ Acts 7:54 (Luke 2:35), Euseb., _H. E._, v., i., 6 (see Grimm, _sub v...
FOLLY OF FIGHTING AGAINST GOD Acts 5:27-42 The high priest and his party could not forget the imprecation of Matthew 27:25. It haunted them. Compare Peter's description of the Cross as _the tree_ wit...
Here we have a terrible story. The account of Ananias and Sapphira stands in vivid contrast to that of Barnabas. The sin was dishonest dealing with the Holy Spirit. The judgment was swift and terrible...
Gamaliel's Counsel Peter's words accusing the council of murdering Jesus enraged them to the point of being prepared to murder the apostles as well. But they could take no such action without the sup...
When they heard [that], they (l) were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay them. (l) This shows that they were in a most vehement rage, and tremendously disquieted in mind, for it is a borrow...
_They were cut to the heart; [5] exasperated to fury and madness, and were for killing them. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Dissecabantur. _Greek: dieprionto; which Arias Montanus translates furebant._...
DIVINE INTERVENTION 33-42. Now they reach a grand culmination. The Preachers in charge and the official board are signally defeated, _“cut through,”_ so they are counseling to kill the apostles. They...
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and were filled with indignation, (18) And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the co...
First of all we see man in an entirely new place man risen from among the dead and ascending to heaven. The risen ascended man, Christ Jesus, is the new starting-point of the dealings of God. The firs...
33._They were cut in sunder. _The priests ought to have been thoroughly moved, though they had had hearts of iron, but they burst. (280) Whence we gather that no reasons can prevail with the reprobate...
Alas! evil shews itself there also (Chapter 5). If the mighty Spirit of God is there, the flesh also is there. There are some who wished to have the credit of devotedness which the Holy Ghost produces...
WHEN THEY HEARD THAT,.... This defence of the apostles, in which they still insisted upon it, that they had been the crucifiers of Christ, and yet that he was raised from the dead, and exalted in heav...
When they heard _that_, they were cut _to the heart_, and took counsel to slay them. Ver. 33. _They were cut to the heart_] They were so vexed as if they had been cut with a saw, διεπριοντο; or the g...
_When they heard that_ When the high-priest and the Sadducees heard this courageous testimony, and faithful remonstrance; _they were cut to the heart_ Greek, διεπριοντο, _they were sawn asunder_, name...
CUT TO THE HEART; enraged, filled with wrath. Chap Acts 7:54. When the exhibition of truth torments men, it is evident that they must experience a great change, or their torment will be eternal; for J...
The counsel of Gamaliel:...
WHEN THEY HEARD THAT, THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART, AND TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY THEM....
Where God is working, however, the opposition of Satan soon becomes apparent. The evil begins (as evil always does) in an underhand manner, but is quickly exposed by God. Ananias and Sapphira certainl...
WHEN THEY HEARD _THIS,_ THEY WERE FURIOUS AND PLOTTED TO KILL THEM. 1. This sermon did not go over well with the Jewish leaders. 2. They are now ready - not to threaten, not to arrest - but to kill...
But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them. 'CUT TO THE HEART'-'The verb, originally, to saw asunder.. strong figure for exasperation.' (Vincent p. 471) -(Acts 7:...
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 ourselv...
OLBGrk; THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART; they grinned with their teeth, visibly showing the rage and fury that was within them, by which they were as sawn and divided asunder; malice and rage being a grie...
33. The Sanhedrim had been astonished at the boldness of Peter and John on their former trial, but had contented themselves with severe threatenings. Now, both their commands and their threats, having...
Acts 5:33 When G1161 heard G191 (G5660) furious G1282 (G5712) and G2532 plotted G1011 (G5711) kill...
‘But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.' The result of Peter's words was anguish and fury. They were ‘cut to the heart', with that strange mixture of guilt and...
THE THIRD ARREST AND SECOND APPEARANCE BEFORE THE SANHEDRIN (5:26-40). Having previously receive their official warning not to preach in the name of Jesus the second appearance before the tribunal was...
Acts 5:33. THEY WERE CUT TO THE HEART. Literally, ‘they were cut asunder as with a saw' (so the Vulgate, _dissecabantur)._ TOOK COUNSEL TO SLAY THEM. To carry out such a sentence, the sanction of the...
WERE CUT TO THE HEART (διεπριοντο). Imperfect passive of διαπριω old verb (δια, πριω), to saw in two (δια), to cut in two (to the heart). Here it is rage that cuts into their hearts, not conviction...
CUT Compare (Acts 2:37). The Gospel when preached in the power of the Spirit convicts or enrages....
CONTENTS: Sin and death of Ananias and Sapphira. The second persecution and answer of apostles to their persecutors. Warning of Gamaliel. Apostles beaten. CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, Ananias, Sapph...
Acts 5:3. _Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost._ These words not only indicate that Ananias was a minister of the word, but that he for once had yielded his heart to th...
THEY WERE SO FURIOUS. Their response to the Good News is to try to kill those who bring it!...
_When they heard that they were cut to the heart._ CUT TO THE HEART The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lace...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 5:33. CUT TO THE HEART.—Lit. _sawn asunder_, torn in pieces, _sc_. in their hearts. Compare Acts 7:54—a much stronger expression than that used in Acts 4:2 or...
EXPOSITION ACTS 5:1 ANANIAS (Ἀνανίας) In Nehemiah 3:23 the Hebrew name היָנְנַעֲ (God covers or protects) is thus rendered in the LXX. But the name occurs nowhere else. The very common name היָנְנ...
Chapter 5, the book of Acts. At the end of the fourth chapter we have the second mention of the early pure communism that was practiced in the first church. Where those who had possessions sold them,...
Acts 2:37; Acts 22:22; Acts 7:54; Acts 9:23; Genesis 4:5;...