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 (G1282)] signifies 'were cut through,' but the sense is rightly given in our version.
And took counsel to slay them. How different this feeling, and the effect of it, from that 'pricking of the heart,' which drew from the first converts on the day of Pentecost the cry, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?" The words used in the two places are strikingly different. (See Acts 2:37.)