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Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
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Conviction vs. Fury
Commentators highlight the extreme nature of the council's rage. The Greek for "cut to the heart" literally means "sawn through." Scholars contrast this with Acts 2:37, where the crowd was "pricked" and led to repentance. This shows how the same truth can either lead to salvation or, in the face of hardened hearts, provoke a furious, animal-like rage.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They were cut to the heart. They were exceedingly enraged and indignant. The whole course of the speech had been such as to excite their a…
When they heard (ακουοντες). Present active participle of ακουω, while hearing.
They were cut to the heart
19th Century
Anglican
They were cut to the heart.—Literally, were sawn through and through. (See Note on Acts 5:33.) The word describe…
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16th Century
Protestant
When they heard. The beginning of the action had in it some semblance of judgment, but finally the judges cannot restrain their fury. Firs…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When they heard these things How that Abraham, the father of them, was called before he was circumcised, or the law …
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