The Apostles Arrested and Freed

17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of (A)the Sadducees), and filled with (B)jealousy

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(A)But the Jews[a] (B)were jealous, and taking (C)some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 17:5 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13

45 (A)But (B)when the Jews[a] saw the crowds, they were filled with (C)jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, (D)reviling him.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 13:45 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 50

“And the patriarchs, (A)jealous of Joseph, (B)sold him into Egypt; but (C)God was with him

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A Living Stone and a Holy People

(A)So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.

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10 (A)So the chief priests made plans to put Lazarus to death as well,

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47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees (A)gathered (B)the council and said, (C)“What are we to do? For this man performs many signs. 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and (D)the Romans will come and take away both our (E)place and our nation.” 49 But one of them, (F)Caiaphas, (G)who was high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all.

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18 For he knew that it was out (A)of envy that they had delivered him up.

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Then I saw that all toil and all skill in work come from a man's envy of his neighbor. This also is (A)vanity[a] and a striving after wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 4:4 The Hebrew term hebel can refer to a “vapor” or “mere breath”; also verses 7, 8, 16 (see note on 1:2)

Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,
    but who can stand before (A)jealousy?

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30 A tranquil[a] heart gives (A)life to the flesh,
    but (B)envy[b] makes (C)the bones rot.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:30 Or healing
  2. Proverbs 14:30 Or jealousy

The Reign of the Lord's Anointed

(A)Why do (B)the nations rage[a]
    and the peoples plot in vain?
The kings of the earth set themselves,
    and the rulers take counsel together,
    against the Lord and against his (C)Anointed, saying,
“Let us (D)burst their bonds apart
    and cast away their cords from us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 2:1 Or nations noisily assemble

Surely vexation kills the fool,
    and jealousy slays the simple.

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