Acts 5:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Acts 5:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 he...
Acts 5:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 borro...
Acts 5:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 5:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 o...
Acts 5:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 5:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

When they heard that , they were cut to the heart , and took counsel to slay them. They were cut to the heart - Διεπριοντο, Literally, they were sawn through, from δια through, and πριω, to saw. Th...
Acts 5:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Acts 5:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 х dieprionto ( G1...
Acts 5:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 t...
Acts 5:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 t...
Acts 5:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 t...
Acts 5:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 terribl...
Acts 5:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 c...
Acts 5:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 h...
Acts 5:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 th...
Acts 5:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 , nam...
Acts 5:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 certain...
Acts 5:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seizing of the Apostles; The Examination of the Apostles; The Advice of Gamaliel. 26 Then went the captain with the officers...
Acts 5:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 g...
Acts 5:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Acts 5:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 Acts 1...
Acts 5:33 - Scofield Reference Notes

cut Compare ( Acts 2:37 ). The Gospel when preached in the power of the Spirit convicts or enrages.
Acts 5:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Acts 5:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 mor...
Acts 5:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 co...
Acts 5:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Acts 5:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 2:37 ; Acts 22:22 ; Acts 7:54 ; Acts 9:23 ; Genesis 4:5-8 ; John 15:20 ; John 16:2 ; Luke 11:50-54 ; Luke 19:45-48 ; Luke 20:19 ; Luke 4:28 ; Luke 4:29 ; Luke 6:11 ; Matthew 10:21...

Acts 5:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 5:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 5:33 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:33 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 5:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 5:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 5:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 5:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 5:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 5:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 5:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 5:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 5:33 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 5:33 - Scofield Reference Notes

Acts 5:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 5:33 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 5:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 5:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 5:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge