Acts 5:33 - Exposition

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.