Sanballat and Tobiah were two men that heard about what I was doing. They were very upset and angry that someone had come to help the people of Israel. Sanballat was from Horon and Tobiah is an Ammonite official.
Acts 4:2 - Easy To Read Version They were upset because of what Peter and John were teaching the people. By telling people about Jesus, the two apostles {\cf2\super [65]} were teaching that people will rise from death. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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: |
Sanballat and Tobiah were two men that heard about what I was doing. They were very upset and angry that someone had come to help the people of Israel. Sanballat was from Horon and Tobiah is an Ammonite official.
The Jews saw all these people there. So the Jews became very jealous. They said some very bad things and argued against the words that Paul said.
Some of the Epicurean and some of the Stoic philosophers {\cf2\super [353]} argued with him.
But during that time, there was some bad trouble in Ephesus. This trouble was about the Way \{of Jesus\}. This is how it all happened:
I did say one thing when I stood before them: I said, ‘You are judging me today because I believe that people will rise from death!’”
They said that the Christ {\cf2\super [499]} would die and be the first to rise from death. Moses and the prophets said that the Christ would bring light to the Jewish people and to the non-Jewish people.”
Why do you people think it is impossible for God to raise people from death?
And so you killed the One that gives life! But God raised him from death. We are witnesses of this—we saw this with our own eyes.
The high priest {\cf2\super [89]} and all his friends (a group called the Sadducees {\cf2\super [90]})became very jealous.
God raised Jesus from death. And if God’s Spirit is living in you, then he will also give life to your bodies that die. God is the One who raised Christ from death. And he will give life to your bodies through his Spirit that lives in you.
But every man will be raised to life in the right order. Christ was first to be raised. Then when Christ comes again, the people who belong to Christ will be raised to life.