When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
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Gill's Exposition
Then stood there up one in the council,.... Or "in the sanhedrim", which the high priest had called together; this phrase is left out in the Syriac version: yet certain it is, that the great council…
Barnes' Notes
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 -…
Adam Clarke
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, but with spite, malice,…
We are not told what it was that the apostles preached to the people; no doubt it was according to the direction of the angel - the words of this life; but what passed between them and the council we…
Cambridge Bible
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, but as…
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