Acts 5:17
Further Trouble for the Apostles
17 Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees ▼ ), ▼▼ This is a parenthetical note by the author.
and they were filled with jealousy. ▼▼ Filled with jealousy. In Acts, the term “jealousy” (ζήλος, zēlos) occurs only here and in Acts 13:45. It is a key term in Judaism for religiously motivated rage (1 Macc 2:24; 1QH 14:13–15; m. Sanhedrin 9:5). It was a zeal motivated by a desire to maintain the purity of the faith.
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