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NASB | Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Acts 5:34 But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law [of Moses], highly esteemed by all the people, stood up in the Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) and ordered that the men be taken outside for a little while. |
Subject: Performance or Preaching? |
Bible Note: Dear Hank, My daughter's friend has a pet Kabuto-mushi (Giant Stag Beetle), do you think you could get someone to lay hands on it? (But, watch those fingers! :-) I'll go one better. I went to a meeting that was claiming to teach on the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The speaker came out and said that he had just cast several demons out of himself while looking in a mirror. He 'laid hands' on the mirror, and saw them depart, so he was 'clean enough' to preach about the Holy Spirit. We did not stay for refreshments. Welcome back, dear friend and colleague! In Christ Jesus, charis |