Acts Chapter 5 verse 33 Holy Bible
But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and minded to slay them.
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But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.
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But they, when they heard [these things], were cut to the heart, and took counsel to kill them.
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When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.
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But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and determined to kill them.
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And they having heard, were cut `to the heart', and were taking counsel to slay them,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 33. - But they, when they heard this, for when they heard that, they, A.V.; were minded for took counsel, A.V. and T.R. (ἐβούλοντο for ἐβουλεύοντο, as also Acts 15:39). The word for were cut to the heart (διέπριοντο) is found only here and in Acts 7:54, where the full phrase is given. It means literally, in the active voice, "to saw asunder," and is so used by the LXX. in 1 Chronicles 20:2. In Hebrews 11:37 it is the simple verb πρίω which is used; πρίω and several of its compounds are surgical terms.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(33) They were cut to the heart.--The strict meaning of the verb describes the action of a saw, as in Hebrews 11:37. Used figuratively, it seems to imply a more lacerating pain than the "pricked to the heart" of Acts 2:37, leading not to repentance but to hatred. The persons spoken of are principally the high priest and his Sadducean followers (Acts 5:17).
