Acts 5:33

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.

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

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But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them.

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

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;

What does Acts 5:33 mean?

Acts 5:33 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), ἀκούω (akouo), διαπρίω (diaprio).

Greek interlinear

Whenδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

they

heardἀκούωakouo/ak-oo'-o/G191a primary verb; to hear (in various senses):--give (in the) audience (of), come (to the ears), (shall) hear(-er, -ken), be noised, be reported, understand.

that,

they

were

cutδιαπρίωdiaprio/dee-ap-ree'-o/G1282from 1223 and the base of 4249; to saw asunder, i.e. (figuratively) to exasperate:--cut (to the heart).

the

heart,

andκαίkai/kahee/G2532apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words:--and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.

took

counselβουλεύωbouleuo/bool-yoo'-o/G1011from 1012; to advise, i.e. (reflexively) deliberate, or (by implication) resolve:--consult, take counsel, determine, be minded, purpose.

slayἀναιρέωanaireo/an-ahee-reh'-o/G337from 303 and (the active of) 138; to take up, i.e. adopt; by implication, to take away (violently), i.e. abolish, murder:--put to death, kill, slay, take away, take up.

them.αὐτόςautos/ow-tos'/G846from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

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Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.

Matthew 1:2

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What does Acts 5:33 say?

Acts 5:33 (King James Version) reads: "When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them."

Is Acts 5:33 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 5:33 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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