Acts 5:33

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When they heard this, they were infuriated and wanted to kill them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

¶Οἱ δὲ ἀκούσαντες, διεπρίοντο, καὶ ἐβουλεύοντο ἀνελεῖν αὐτούς.

Transliteration

They de having akousantes, dieprionto, and ebouleqonto to anelein them.

Grammar Details

• *de*: postpositive conjunction - but/and
• *akousantes*: aorist, active, participle, nominative, masculine, plural - having heard
• *dieprionto*: imperfect, passive, indicative, 3rd plural - were cut to the heart
• *ebouleqonto*: imperfect, middle, indicative, 3rd plural - were taking counsel
• *anelein*: aorist, active, infinitive - to kill/destroy

Word Meanings

• *dieprionto*: were cut to the heart/were furious/were infuriated
• *ebouleqonto*: were taking counsel/were planning/were considering
• *anelein*: to kill/to put to death/to do away with

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  When they heard that, they were furious and took counsel to kill them.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  When they hearde yt they clave asunder: and sought meanes to slee them.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Wha they herde that, it wente thorow the hertes of them, and they thoughte to slaye them.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Now when they heard it, they brast for anger, and consulted to slay them.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  When they hearde that, they claue asunder, and sought meanes to slea the.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  When they heard [that], they were cut [to the heart], and took counsel to slay them.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they having heard, were cut `to the heart', and were taking counsel to slay them,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

  But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them.

Referenced Verses

• Acts 2:37 : 37 When they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, 'Brothers, what shall we do?'
• Acts 7:54 : 54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
• Acts 9:23 : 23 After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.
• Acts 22:22 : 22 They listened to him until this statement. Then they raised their voices, shouting, 'Rid the earth of this man! He should not be allowed to live!'
• Gen 4:5-8 : 5 But He did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his face was downcast. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain, 'Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?' 7 'If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.' 8 Cain said to his brother Abel, 'Let’s go out to the field.' While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
• Ps 37:12-15 : 12 The wicked person plots against the righteous and gnashes his teeth at him. 13 The Lord laughs at him because He sees that his day is coming. 14 The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to bring down the poor and the needy, to slaughter those whose ways are upright. 15 But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
• Ps 37:32-33 : 32 The wicked person lies in wait for the righteous and seeks to kill him. 33 The LORD will not leave him in the hands of the wicked or condemn him when he is judged.
• Ps 64:2-8 : 2 Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; protect my life from the fear of the enemy. 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness. 4 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like bitter arrows. 5 They shoot from hiding places at the innocent; they shoot suddenly, without fear. 6 They encourage each other in evil plans; they talk about hiding snares and say, 'Who will see them?' 7 They devise unjust schemes, saying, 'We have perfected a cunning plan!'; truly the inward mind and heart of man are deep. 8 But God will shoot them with an arrow; suddenly, they will be struck down.
• Matt 10:21 : 21 Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise up against their parents and have them put to death.
• Matt 10:25 : 25 It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his household!
• Matt 23:34-35 : 34 Therefore, look, I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town, 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
• Matt 24:9 : 9 'Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.'
• Luke 4:28-29 : 28 All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29 They got up, drove Him out of the town, and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff.
• Luke 6:11 : 11 But they were filled with rage and began discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• Luke 11:50-54 : 50 So that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation— 51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation. 52 Woe to you experts in the law! You have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering. 53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things, 54 lying in wait to catch Him in something He might say, to accuse Him.
• Luke 19:45-48 : 45 Then he entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling and buying there. 46 He told them, 'It is written: My house will be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of robbers!'. 47 Every day he was teaching in the temple. The chief priests, the scribes, and the leaders of the people were seeking to destroy him. 48 But they could not find a way to do it, because all the people were clinging to him, listening to what he said.
• Luke 20:19 : 19 The chief priests and the scribes sought to arrest him right then, but they feared the people because they knew he had spoken this parable against them.
• John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I spoke to you: A servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
• John 16:2 : 2 They will ban you from the synagogue. But the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.