Footnotes

1. Acts 5:17 sn See the note on Sadducees in 4:1.
2. Acts 5:17 sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.
3. Acts 5:17 sn 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.