Acts 5:6

Then the young men stepped forward, wrapped up his body, and carried him out and buried him.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — Luke narrates the immediate aftermath of Ananias’s sudden death. The account records the actions of younger men who respond to the event in the upper room.

The words — ἀναστάντες (anastantes) means "having arisen" or "stepped forward," and ἐξενένγκαντες (exenegkantes) means "having carried out." These participles frame the sequence of lifting the corpse and removing it from the house.

The thread — The burial procedure parallels the handling of remains in Leviticus 10:4 and Deuteronomy 21:23, where swift removal and interment are mandated. The wrapping and carrying also echo the preparation of Jesus’s body in John 19:40.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of the immediate, unhesitating obedience required when divine judgment occurs. It leaves the reader to observe how quickly the community enacts burial rites without delay or debate.

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The Greek words

ἀναστάντεςanastantesHaving arisen δὲdethen οἱhoithe νεώτεροιneōteroiyounger [men]συνέστειλανsunesteilancovered αὐτὸνautonhim καὶkaiand ἐξενέγκαντεςexenegkanteshaving carried [him] out ἔθαψαν.ethapsanthey buried [him].

King James Version

And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

Cross-references

John 19:40 So they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in linen cloths with the spices, according to the Jewish burial custom.
Leviticus 10:4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Aaron’s uncle Uzziel, and said to them, “Come here; carry the bodies of your cousins outside the camp, away from the front of the sanctuary.”
Deuteronomy 21:23 you must not leave the body on the tree overnight, but you must be sure to bury him that day, because anyone who is hung on a tree is under God’s curse. You must not defile the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
2 Samuel 18:17 They took Absalom, cast him into a large pit in the forest, and piled a huge mound of stones over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled, each to his home.