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They agreed with him. When they had called the apostles to them, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
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A Compromised Verdict
Commentators explain that the Sanhedrin only partially followed Gamaliel's advice. While they spared the apostles' lives, they couldn't let them go unpunished. To save face and assert their authority, they had the apostles beaten. This decision was a compromise, likely influenced by the Sadducees' anger, even as the Pharisees' counsel prevented the death penalty.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And to him they agreed. In Greek, they were persuaded by him, or they trusted him. They agreed only as far as their desi…
To him they agreed (επεισθησαν αυτω). First aorist passive indicative of πειθω, to persuade, the passive to be persuaded by, to li…
19th Century
Anglican
And to him they agreed.—The Sadducees, as was their custom, would probably have preferred a more violent course, but the …
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Gamaliel’s wise counsel here prevailed to some extent among his Sanhedrin colleagues and held back the worst of Sadducean intentions, though it did…
16th Century
Protestant
Having beaten them, they commanded. He says that Gamaliel’s counsel was allowed; yet the apostles are beaten and forbidden to preach. From…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And to him they agreed They were convinced and persuaded by his reasonings, approved of his advice, and agreed to fo…
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The Lord still has all hearts in His hands, and sometimes directs the prudence of the worldly wise, so as to restrain the persecutors. Common sense…
