Bible Strands
Acts 4:2
greatly disturbed that they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priests, temple captain, and Sadducees confront Peter and John while they address the crowd. This occurs in the late afternoon as the apostles finish their public proclamation.
The words — διαπονούμενοι (diaponoumenoi) translates literally as "being distressed" or "greatly disturbed." It records the Sadducees' immediate reaction to the apostles' teaching.
The thread — The Sadducees' opposition to resurrection teaching parallels the philosophical debates in Acts 17:18 and Paul's later confession before Felix in Acts 24:14. It also connects to the apostolic instruction on the dead in 1 Thessalonians 4:13.
Why it lands — The text states that resurrection proclamation directly challenges established religious authority. It requires readers to account for the institutional cost of publicly affirming Jesus as the source of life after death.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
Cross-references
- Acts 17:18 Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 24:14 I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13 Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
- 1 Corinthians 15:12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- John 11:47 Then the chief priests and Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we to do? This man is performing many signs.
- Acts 3:15 You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of this fact.
- Acts 10:40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—
- Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 17:31 For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
- Acts 24:21 unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”