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Acts 5:17

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Further Trouble for the Apostles

5:17Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees35),36 and they were filled with jealousy.37

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Footnotes

  1. 35 See the note on Sadducees in .
  2. 36 This is a parenthetical note by the author.
  3. 37 Filled with jealousy. In Acts, the term “jealousy” (ζήλος, zēlos) occurs only here and in Acts 13:45. It is a key term in Judaism for religiously motivated rage (1 Macc 2:24; 14:13–15; Sanhedrin 9:5). It was a zeal motivated by a desire to maintain the purity of the faith.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the high priest and all his associates, who were members of the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then the high priest rose up. He and all who were with him, who belonged to the party of the Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

NLTNew Living Translation

The high priest and his officials, who were Sadducees, were filled with jealousy.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Now the high priest rose up and all those who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.

KJV 1900King 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,