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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

使徒聽完了，就在黎明的時候，進到殿裡去施教。大祭司和他的同黨來到了，就召齊了公議會，就是以色列人的眾長老，派人到監牢去帶使徒出來。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
使 徒 听 了 这 话 ， 天 将 亮 的 时 候 就 进 殿 里 去 教 训 人 。 大 祭 司 和 他 的 同 人 来 了 ， 叫 齐 公 会 的 人 ， 和 以 色 列 族 的 众 长 老 ， 就 差 人 到 监 里 去 ， 要 把 使 徒 提 出 来 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ The high priest and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees) became very jealous. ¹⁸ They took the apostles and put them in jail. ¹⁹ But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the jail and led the apostles outside. The angel said, ²⁰ "Go stand in the Temple and tell the people everything about this new life." ²¹ When the apostles heard this, they obeyed and went into the Temple early in the morning and continued teaching. When the high priest and his friends arrived, they called a meeting of the leaders and all the important elders. They sent some men to the jail to bring the apostles to them. ²² But, upon arriving, the officers could not find the apostles. So they went back and reported to the leaders. ²³ They said, "The jail was closed and locked, and the guards were standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors, the jail was empty!" ²⁴ Hearing this, the captain of the Temple guards and the leading priests were confused and wondered what was happening. ²⁵ Then someone came and told them, "Listen! The men you put in jail are standing in the Temple teaching the people."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

entered: Acts 5:25, Luke 21:37, Luke 21:38, John 8:2

But: Acts 5:17, Acts 5:24, Acts 4:5, Acts 4:6, Acts 22:2, Acts 22:3, Acts 22:15, Luke 22:66, John 18:35

senate: Psalms 105:22

sent: Acts 4:7, Acts 12:18, Acts 12:19

Reciprocal: Psalms 58:1 - O congregation Jeremiah 26:2 - Stand Hosea 9:15 - all Matthew 27:1 - the morning John 7:45 - the officers John 11:47 - gathered Acts 5:42 - daily Acts 22:5 - and all Acts 22:30 - commanded 2 Timothy 2:25 - if

Cross-References

Luke 3:37
Lamech was the son of Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch. Enoch was the son of Jared. Jared was the son of Mahalalel. Mahalalel was the son of Kenan.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when they heard that,.... Or "his word", as the Arabic version supplies; that is, the word of the angel, the orders enjoined them by him, to go to the temple, and there preach the Gospel; this clause is left out in the Syriac version:

they entered into the temple early in the morning; they were obedient to the command of the angel, believing him to be a messenger of God, who declared his will, which they readily complied with, and were indeed eager of doing it; and therefore early in the morning, as soon as ever the temple doors were opened, and there were any people got together, they went in:

and taught; as the Ethiopic version adds, "the people, this word of life"; the doctrine or doctrines of the Gospel which the angel had bid them teach:

but the high priest came, and they that were with him: as before, to the place where the sanhedrim used to meet; either the chamber Gazith, or the shops, or some other place in Jerusalem;

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and called the council together; the sanhedrim, consisting of seventy one, which usually met at the time of the morning daily sacrifice; perhaps on this occasion they might be called together sooner, and everyone of them summoned to attend; for otherwise it was not necessary that every particular member should be present, but when there was any business of importance which required it, they were all gathered together o:

and all the senate of the children of Israel; or the elders, as the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Arabic versions read, the rest of the elders of the city, besides those of the great sanhedrim. Dr. Lightfoot thinks, that the two other sanhedrim, or courts of judicature in Jerusalem, which consisted of twenty three persons apiece, are designed; and who, as he rightly observes from Maimonides p, sat the one in the gate of the court, the other in the gate of the mountain of the house; so that all the courts in Jerusalem were called together at this time; and if they all met, they made up a hundred and seventeen men:

and sent to the prison to have them brought; that is, "the apostles", as the Syriac version reads. The sense is, that the high priest, and those that were with him at the same time that they convened all the courts of judicature in Jerusalem together, sent their officers to the prison, to fetch the apostles; or else the sanhedrim, and senate of Israel being met, they ordered their officers to go to the common jail, and bring the apostles before them, to be examined, tried, and judged by them.

o Maimon. Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 2. sect. 1, 2. p Maimon. Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 1. sect. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Early in the morning - Greek: at the break of day. Compare Luke 24:1; John 8:2.

Called the council together - The Sanhedrin, or the Great Council of the nation. This was clearly for the purpose of “trying” the apostles for disregarding their commandments.

And all the senate - Greek: “eldership.” Probably these were not a part of the Sanhedrin, but were people of age and experience, who in Acts 4:8; Acts 25:15, are called “elders of the Jews,” and who were present for the sake of counsel Canal advice in a case of emergency.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 5:21. Called the council together — συνεδριον The sanhedrin, all the senate; την γερουσιαν, the elders, or what we would call the aldermen. How these differed from the πρεσβυτεριον, presbytery, if they did differ, is not now known.