But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.
Acts 4:2 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) and were greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that Jesus had been raised from the dead. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead. American Standard Version (1901) being sore troubled because they taught the people, and proclaimed in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Common English Bible They were incensed that the apostles were teaching the people and announcing that the resurrection of the dead was happening because of Jesus. Catholic Public Domain Version being grieved that they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached in Jesus the resurrection from the dead: |
But when the Jews saw the large crowds [gathered to hear the Gospel] they became very jealous and took sharp issue with the things Paul said, and [even] spoke against them.
Also certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers approached him for discussion. Some asked, “What will this know-it-all have to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating [a belief in] some different gods.” [They said this] because he was proclaiming Jesus and the resurrection [of the dead].
About that time a large disturbance arose [in Ephesus] concerning “the Way.”
However, this one point, which I made when I stood among them [could have been objectionable]: I shouted, ‘The reason I am being charged before you today is [my preaching of] the resurrection of the dead.’”
namely, that the Christ must suffer and be the first to rise from the dead [i.e., never to die again] and then proclaim the light [of the Gospel] to the [Jewish] people and to the Gentiles.”
So, why should you [Jews] consider it incredible for God to raise the dead?
[Then, at the hands of the Roman authorities] you killed the Prince of [never ending] life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we [apostles] were [reliable] witnesses of it.
But the head priest and the Jewish sect of the Sadducees became very jealous,
But if the Spirit of God, who raised up Jesus from the dead, lives in your hearts, [then] that One [i.e., God] who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead, will restore life to your mortal bodies also, through [the power of] God’s Spirit who lives in your hearts.
But each one [is raised up] in his own turn: Christ as the first fruits [See verse 20]; then those who are Christ’s [i.e., believers], when He returns.