Acts 5:17

Further Trouble for the Apostles

5:17 Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees ¹ ), ²  and they were filled with jealousy. ³ 

Acts 23:7

23:7 When he said this, ⁴  an argument ⁵  began ⁶  between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.

[5:17]  ¹ sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.

[5:17]  ² sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.

[5:17]  ³ sn Filled with jealousy. In Acts, the term “jealousy” (ζήλος, zhlos) 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.

[23:7]  ⁴ tn The participle εἰπόντος (eiponto") has been translated temporally.

[23:7]  ⁵ tn Or “a dispute” (BDAG 940 s.v. στάσις 3).

[23:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “there came about an argument.” This has been simplified to “an argument began”