Acts 5:17-18

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Acts 5:17 sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.
2. Acts 5:17 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
3. Acts 5:17 sn 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; 1QH 14:13-15; m. Sanhedrin 9:5). It was a zeal motivated by a desire to maintain the purity of the faith.
4. Acts 5:18 tn Grk “jealousy, and they.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but a new sentence has been started here in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5. Acts 5:18 tn Or “they arrested.”