Acts 5:28
26 At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.
27 They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.
“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
29 But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
- KJV
- Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.
- WEB
- saying, “Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us.”
- ASV
- saying, We strictly charged you not to teach in this name: and behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man`s blood upon us.
- DARBY
- saying, We strictly enjoined you not to teach in this name: and lo, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and purpose to bring upon us the blood of this man.
- BLB
- saying, “By a charge we commanded you⁺ not to teach in this name, and behold, you⁺ have filled Jerusalem with your⁺ teaching, and you⁺ intend to bring upon us the blood of this man.”
- ÅB
- Vi befalte dere strengt at dere ikke skulle lære i dette navn, og nå har dere fylt Jerusalem med deres lære og vil føre dette menneskes blod over oss!
- OTB
- “Vi ga dere strenge ordre om ikke å undervise i dette navnet,” sa han. “Likevel har dere fylt Jerusalem med deres undervisning og har til hensikt å bringe denne mannens blod over oss.”
- B1930
- Vi bød eder strengt at I ikke skulde lære i dette navn, og nu har I fylt Jerusalem med eders lære og vil føre dette menneskes blod over oss!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 27:25
All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
Read in contextActs 7:52
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
Read in contextActs 4:18–21
Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
Read in contextActs 4:10–11
then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
Read in contextJeremiah 26:15
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
Read in context1 Thessalonians 2:15–16
who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,
Read in contextMatthew 21:44
He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
Read in contextAmos 7:10
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
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