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Selected Verse: Acts 5:28 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 5:28 |
Strong Concordance |
Saying [3004], Did [3853] not [3756] we straitly [3852] command [3853] you [5213] that ye should [1321] not [3361] teach [1321] in [1909] this [5129] name [3686]? and [2532], behold [2400], ye have filled [4137] Jerusalem [2419] with your [5216] doctrine [1322], and [2532] intend [1014] to bring [1863] this [5127] man's [444] blood [129] upon [1909] us [2248]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| intend to bring this man's blood upon us--They avoid naming Him whom Peter gloried in holding up [BENGEL]. In speaking thus, they seem to betray a disagreeable recollection of their own recent imprecation, His blood be upon us," &c. (Mat 27:25), and of the traitor's words as he threw down the money, "I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood" (Mat 27:4). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Straitly command you - Did we not command you with a "threat?" Act 4:17-18, Act 4:21.
In this name - In the name of Jesus.
Ye have filled Jerusalem - This, though not so desired, was an honorable tribute to the zeal and fidelity of the apostles. When Chastens are arraigned or persecuted, it is well if the only charge which their enemies can bring against them is that they have been distinguished for zeal and success in propagating their religion. See Pe1 4:16, "If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glory God on this behalf"; also Act 5:13-15.
Intend to bring this man's blood upon us - To bring "one's blood" upon another is a phrase signifying to hold or to prove him guilty of murdering the innocent. The expression here charges them with desiring to prove that they had put Jesus to death when he was innocent; to convince "the people" of this, and thus to enrage them against the Sanhedrin; and also to prove that they were guilty, and were exposed to the divine vengeance for having put the Messiah to death. Compare Act 2:23, Act 2:36; Act 3:15; Act 7:52. That the apostles "did" intend to charge them with being guilty of murder is clear; but it is observable that on "this occasion" they had said no thing of this, and it is further observable that they did not charge it on them "except in their presence." See the places just referred to. They took no pains to spread this among the people, "except as the people were accessory to the crime of the rulers," Act 2:23, Act 2:36. Their consciences were not at ease, and the remembrance of the death of Jesus would occur to them at once at the sight of the apostles. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Did not
The best texts omit οὐ, not, and the question.
We straitly charged
So Rev. (παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγείλαμεν). Lit., we charged you with a charge. See on Luk 22:15, with desire I have desired.
Intend (βούλεσθε)
Or ye want. See on willing, Mat 1:19.
This man's
The phrase is remarkable as furnishing the first instance of that avoidance of the name of Christ which makes the Talmud, in the very same terms, refer to him most frequently as Peloni=, "so and so." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Did not we strictly command you, not to teach? - See the poor cunning of the enemies of the Gospel. They make laws and interdicts at their pleasure, which those who obey God cannot but break; and then take occasion thereby to censure and punish the innocent, as guilty. Ye would bring the blood of this man upon us - An artful and invidious word. The apostles did not desire to accuse any man. They simply declared the naked truth. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Did not we straitly command you - Ου παραγγελιᾳ παρηγγειλαμεν, With commanding did we not command you; a Hebraism - another proof of the accuracy and fidelity of St. Luke, who seems always to give every man's speech as he delivered it; not the substance, but the very words. See Act 4:17.
Not teach in this name? - That is, of Jesus as the Christ or Messiah. His saving name, and the doctrines connected with it, were the only theme and substance of their discourses.
Intend to bring this men's blood upon us - You speak in such a way of him to the people as to persuade them that we have crucified an innocent man; and that we must on that account fall victims to the Divine vengeance, or to the fury of the people, whom, by your teaching, you are exciting to sedition against us. |
4 Saying [3004], I have sinned [264] in that I have betrayed [3860] the innocent [121] blood [129]. And [1161] they said [2036], What [5101] is that to [4314] us [2248]? see [3700] thou [4771] to that.
25 Then [2532] answered [611] all [3956] the people [2992], and said [2036], His [846] blood [129] be on [1909] us [2248], and [2532] on [1909] our [2257] children [5043].
36 Therefore [3767] let [1097] all [3956] the house [3624] of Israel [2474] know [1097] assuredly [806], that [3754] God [2316] hath made [4160] that same [5126] Jesus [2424], whom [3739] ye [5210] have crucified [4717], both [2532] Lord [2962] and [2532] Christ [5547].
23 Him [5126], being delivered [1560] by the determinate [3724] counsel [1012] and [2532] foreknowledge [4268] of God [2316], ye have taken [2983], and by [1223] wicked [459] hands [5495] have crucified [4362] and slain [337]:
52 Which [5101] of the prophets [4396] have [1377] not [3756] your [5216] fathers [3962] persecuted [1377]? and [2532] they have slain [615] them which [3588] shewed before [4293] of [4012] the coming [1660] of the Just One [1342]; of whom [3739] ye [5210] have been [1096] now [3568] the betrayers [4273] and [2532] murderers [5406]:
15 And [1161] killed [615] the Prince [747] of life [2222], whom [3739] God [2316] hath raised [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498]; whereof [3739] we [2249] are [2070] witnesses [3144].
36 Therefore [3767] let [1097] all [3956] the house [3624] of Israel [2474] know [1097] assuredly [806], that [3754] God [2316] hath made [4160] that same [5126] Jesus [2424], whom [3739] ye [5210] have crucified [4717], both [2532] Lord [2962] and [2532] Christ [5547].
23 Him [5126], being delivered [1560] by the determinate [3724] counsel [1012] and [2532] foreknowledge [4268] of God [2316], ye have taken [2983], and by [1223] wicked [459] hands [5495] have crucified [4362] and slain [337]:
13 And [1161] of the rest [3062] durst [5111] no man [3762] join himself [2853] to them [846]: but [235] the people [2992] magnified [3170] them [846].
14 And [1161] believers [4100] were [4369] the more [3123] added [4369] to the Lord [2962], multitudes [4128] both [5037] of men [435] and [2532] women [1135].)
15 Insomuch [5620] that they brought forth [1627] the sick [772] into [2596] the streets [4113], and [2532] laid [5087] them on [1909] beds [2825] and [2532] couches [2895], that [2443] at the least [2579] the shadow [4639] of Peter [4074] passing by [2064] might overshadow [1982] some [5100] of them [846].
16 Yet [1161] if [1487] any man suffer as [5613] a Christian [5546], let him [153] not [3361] be ashamed [153]; but [1161] let him glorify [1392] God [2316] on [1722] this [5129] behalf [3313].
21 So [1161] when they had further threatened them [4324], they let [630] them [846] go [630], finding [2147] nothing [3367] how [4459] they might punish [2849] them [846], because [1223] of the people [2992]: for [3754] all [3956] men glorified [1392] God [2316] for [1909] that which was done [1096].
17 But [235] that [3363] it spread [1268] no [3363] further [1909] [4119] among [1519] the people [2992], let us straitly [547] threaten [546] them [846], that they speak [2980] henceforth [3371] to no [3367] man [444] in [1909] this [5129] name [3686].
18 And [2532] they called [2564] them [846], and commanded [3853] them [846] not [3361] to speak [5350] at all [2527] nor [3366] teach [1321] in [1909] the name [3686] of Jesus [2424].
19 Then [1161] Joseph [2501] her [846] husband [435], being [5607] a just [1342] man, and [2532] not [3361] willing [2309] to make [3856] her [846] a publick example [3856], was minded [1014] to put [630] her [846] away [630] privily [2977].
15 And [2532] he said [2036] unto [4314] them [846], With desire [1939] I have desired [1937] to eat [5315] this [5124] passover [3957] with [3326] you [5216] before [4253] I [3165] suffer [3958]:
17 But [235] that [3363] it spread [1268] no [3363] further [1909] [4119] among [1519] the people [2992], let us straitly [547] threaten [546] them [846], that they speak [2980] henceforth [3371] to no [3367] man [444] in [1909] this [5129] name [3686].