Acts 5:34

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

Key Reflection

When the people heard Peter's declaration that they had killed the Messiah, they were deeply grieved ("cut to the heart"), yet their grief quickly turned into anger and a resolve to eliminate those who spoke against them, illustrating the powerful and often paradoxical impact of truth on human hearts. This moment underscores the tension between genuine remorse and hardened defiance in the face of divine revelation.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 34. Then stood there up one. He rose, as is usual in deliberative assemblies, to speak. In the council. In the sanhedrim, Ac 4:15. A Pharisee. The high priest and those who had been most active in opposing the apostles were Sadducees. The Pharisees were opposed to them particularly on the doctrine in regard to which the apostles were so strenuous, the resurrection of the dead. See Barnes "Mt 3:7". Comp. Ac 23:6. Gamaliel. This name was very common among the Jews. Dr.

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