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Acts 5:28

We straitly charged (Paraggeliai parhggeilamen). Like the Hebrew idiom (common in the LXX), though found in Greek, with charging (instrumental case) we charged (cf. same idiom in Luke 22:15). Somewhat like the cognate accusative. The command referred to occurs in Acts 4:17-18 and the refusal of Peter and John in Acts 4:20.

To bring upon us (epagagein ef hmav). Note repetition of epi. Second aorist active infinitive of epagw, old verb, but in the N.T. only here and II Peter 2:1, II Peter 2:5. The Sanhedrin gladly took the blood of Christ on their heads and their children to Pilate (Matthew 27:25). Paul tried to save the Jews (Acts 18:6; Acts 22:20). "

This man" (tou anqrwpou toutou). Contemptuous slur and refusal to call the name of Jesus as in the Talmud later.

Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 5:28:

1 Thessalonians 4:2
2 Peter 2:5

 

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