Acts 5:28
ContextNETBible | saying, “We gave 1 you strict orders 2 not to teach in this name. 3 Look, 4 you have filled Jerusalem 5 with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood 6 on us!” |
XREF | 1Ki 18:17,18; 1Ki 21:20; 1Ki 22:8; Jer 26:15; Jer 38:4; Am 7:10; Mt 21:44; Mt 23:35,36; Mt 27:25; Ac 2:23-36; Ac 3:15; Ac 4:10,11; Ac 4:18-21; Ac 5:40; Ac 7:52; 1Th 2:15,16 |
NET © Notes |
1 tc ‡ The majority of 2 tn Grk “We commanded you with a commandment” (a Semitic idiom that is emphatic). 3 sn The name (i.e., person) of Jesus is the constant issue of debate. 4 tn Grk “And behold.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences, καί (kai) has not been translated here. 5 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4. 6 sn To bring this man’s blood on us is an idiom meaning “you intend to make us guilty of this man’s death.” |