Acts 5:20

The angel instructed the apostles to go (Gr. poreuesthe) and stand their ground (stathentes). They were to resist the opposition of the Sanhedrin. They were to continue addressing "the people," the Jews, with the full message that they had been heralding. They were not to back down or trim their words. The message of "this life" is a synonym for the message of salvation (cf. Acts 4:12; Acts 13:26). [Note: Longenecker, p. 319.] The Greek words zoe ("life") and soteria ("salvation") both translate the same Hebrew word, hayyah.