Apostelgeschichte 4:2

2 welche es verdroß, daß sie das Volk lehrten und in Jesu die Auferstehung aus den Toten verkündigten.

Apostelgeschichte 4:2 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:2

Being grieved that they taught the people
Any doctrine, and especially that which follows, and which particularly gave uneasiness to the Sadducees, they were exceedingly distressed by it; it pained them to the very heart, and they were filled with wrath and indignation:

and preached through, or in Jesus, the resurrection of the dead;
they not only preached the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead in general, but gave an instance and proof of it in the resurrection of Christ, affirming that he was risen from the dead; and they also preached up the resurrection of the dead in his name, and asserted, that he would be the author of it, and it would be erected by his power: so that their doctrine was equally disagreeable to the Pharisees and Sadducees; to the Sadducees, who denied that there was, or would be any resurrection of the dead; and to the Pharisees, who though they believed it, yet were highly offended that it should be said, that Jesus was risen from the dead; and that the general resurrection of the dead should be attributed to him.

Apostelgeschichte 4:2 In-Context

1 Während sie aber zu dem Volke redeten, kamen die Priester und der Hauptmann des Tempels und die Sadducäer auf sie zu,

2 welche es verdroß, daß sie das Volk lehrten und in Jesu die Auferstehung aus den Toten verkündigten.

3 Und sie legten die Hände an sie und setzten sie in Gewahrsam bis an den Morgen, denn es war schon Abend.

4 Viele aber von denen, welche das Wort gehört hatten, wurden gläubig; und es wurde die Zahl der Männer bei fünftausend.

5 Es geschah aber des folgenden Tages, daß ihre Obersten und Ältesten und Schriftgelehrten sich in Jerusalem versammelten,