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Acts 5:35

Acts 5:35
And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For before these days rose up Theudas,..... There is one of this name Josephus (d) speaks of, who set up for a prophet, and drew a large number of people after him; pretending, that if they would…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

What ye intend to do - Τι μελλετε πρασσειν, What ye are about to do: they had already intended to destroy them; and they were now about to do it.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Acts 5:26-42

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Ye men of Israel It has been remarked upon the frequent occurrence of this and similar formulæ in the introduction of speeches in the Acts, that they are evidence that the speeches themselves are the…

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