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Acts 5:17
Then the high priest and all his associates, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy. They went out
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The high priest and his Sadducean associates react to the widespread healings reported in Acts 5:16. Their response occurs immediately before they move to arrest the apostles in Acts 5:18.
The words — Ἀναστὰς (Anastas) literally means "having risen up," and ἀρχιερεὺς (archiereus) identifies the chief religious authority. These terms frame the sudden, authoritative movement of the priestly leadership.
The thread — The text records jealousy as a recurring biblical pattern, appearing in Acts 13:45, Acts 7:9, and Acts 17:5. In each instance, opposition arises when divine favor shifts toward others.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition that institutional power often reacts defensively to uncontrolled grace. It requires the reader to examine their own response when established authority is challenged.
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The Greek words
King James Version
Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,
Cross-references
- Acts 13:45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 7:9 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
- Acts 17:5 The Jews, however, became jealous. So they brought in some troublemakers from the marketplace, formed a mob, and sent the city into an uproar. They raided Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas, hoping to bring them out to the people.
- 1 Peter 2:1 Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.
- 1 Samuel 18:12 So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.
- Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Psalms 2:1 Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Proverbs 14:30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.
- Proverbs 27:4 Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?
- Ecclesiastes 4:4 I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.