Acts 4:5 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 4:5

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;

KJV

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

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Commentary

3 voices

Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts (1107)

Besides other injustices toward the apostles, they (the rulers, elders, scribes, and chief priests of the Jews) did not even observe the requirements of the law. Pay attention at least to the multitude of chief priests, whereas according to the law there should be one, …

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The disciples being kept in custody all night: that their rulers, and elders, and Scribes; that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with the Scribes, and elders of the people, made up the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of seventy one persons, so they are called in Mat 26:3.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Their rulers - The rulers of the Jews; doubtless the members of the Sanhedrin, or Great Council of the nation. Compare Act 4:15. See the notes on Mat 2:4; Mat 5:22. The expression their rulers looks as if this book was written for the Gentiles, or Luke would have said our rulers. Elders - Presbyters, or those who were chosen from among the people to sit in the Sanhedrin. It is probable that the rulers were those who held also some other office, but were also authorized to sit in the Great Council.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἐγένετο	Egeneto	It came to pass	G1096 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
αὔριον	aurion	next day	G839 →
συναχθῆναι	sunachthēnai	assembling	G4863 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	their	G846 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
ἄρχοντας	archontas	rulers	G758 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
πρεσβυτέρους	presbuterous	elders	G4245 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τοὺς	tous	<the>	G3588 →
γραμματεῖς	grammateis	scribes	G1122 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
leads to
- Psalms 36:4
  Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
- Isaiah 32:7
  The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
- Psalms 7:14–16
  Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- Hosea 7:6–7
  For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Proverbs 6:12–19
  A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Through
Acts 5:34
But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was honored by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and ordered that the men be put outside for a short time.
leads to
- Acts 22:3
  “I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I am just…
Through
Acts 4:8
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of the people!
leads to
- Luke 12:11–12
  When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
Through
Acts 6:12
So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,
leads to
- Proverbs 15:18
  A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

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