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Acts 5:28
“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.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The high priest addresses the arrested apostles during their Sanhedrin interrogation, accusing them of defying previous prohibitions against preaching in Jesus' name.
The words — παρηγγείλαμεν (parēngeilamen) denotes a formal command or charge issued by the authorities, while διδάσκειν (didaskein) specifies the act of teaching that the leaders sought to suppress.
The thread — The high priest’s prior prohibition echoes Acts 4:18, and his accusation regarding responsibility for a man’s blood recalls the crowd’s declaration in Matthew 27:25.
Why it lands — The text records the authorities demanding compliance with their ban before the apostles declare obedience to God, forcing a reader to recognize the explicit choice between institutional command and divine mandate.
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The Greek words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Matthew 27:25 All the people answered, “His blood be on us and on our children!”
- Acts 4:18 Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus.
- Acts 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—
- Acts 4:10 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.
- Jeremiah 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.”
- Matthew 21:44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”
- 1 Thessalonians 2:15 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,
- 1 Kings 18:17 When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, “Is that you, O troubler of Israel?”
- 1 Kings 21:20 When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, “So you have found me out, my enemy.” He replied, “I have found you out because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD.
- 1 Kings 22:8 The king of Israel answered, “There is still one man through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I hate him because he never prophesies anything good for me, but only bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.” “The king should not say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.