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Acts 5:33
When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Council members hear the apostles’ testimony and react with immediate rage. This moment occurs during their trial, directly preceding Gamaliel’s intervention.
The words — The Greek διεπρίοντο (dieprionto) literally means "they felt cut up," describing their intense physical rage. They also ἐβούλοντο (eboulonto) "were desiring" to execute (ἀνελεῖν, anelein) the apostles.
The thread — The text records this reaction alongside the Sanhedrin's rage at Stephen in Acts 7:54 and the synagogue crowd's anger in Luke 4:28. It stands in direct contrast to the convicted listeners' pierced hearts in Acts 2:37.
Why it lands — The narrative states that religious authorities chose lethal hostility over repentance when confronted with divine witness. It requires the reader to examine whether their own response to that same witness aligns with the apostles or the Council.
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The Greek words
King James Version
When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
Cross-references
- Acts 7:54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
- Luke 4:28 On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
- Acts 2:37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
- Matthew 24:9 Then they will deliver you over to be persecuted and killed, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name.
- John 16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
- Genesis 4:5 but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Psalms 37:12 The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- Matthew 10:21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
- Matthew 10:25 It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!
- Matthew 23:34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.