Acts Chapter 5 verse 38 Holy Bible
And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will be overthrown:
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And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:
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And now I say to you, Withdraw from these men and let them alone, for if this counsel or this work have its origin from men, it will be destroyed;
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And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
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Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.
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and now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 38. - Be overthrown for come to nought, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(38) Refrain from these men.--The advice implies something like a suppressed conviction not bold enough to utter itself. Gamaliel takes his place in the class, at all times numerous, of waiters upon Providence, who are neutral till a cause is successful, and then come forward with a tardy sympathy, but who, above all, shrink from committing themselves while there seems any possibility of failure. In 1Thessalonians 2:13, St. Paul seems almost to contrast the readiness of his disciples in receiving his gospel, not as "of man," but as "of God," with the timid caution of his Master. As a prudential dilemma, the argument was forcible enough. Resistance was either needless or it was hopeless. If needless, it was a waste of energy; if hopeless, it involved a fatal risk besides that of mere failure. We may legitimately think of the fiery disciple as listening impatiently to this temporising counsel, and as stirred by it to greater vehemence.It will come to nought.--Better, it will be overthrown, so as to preserve the emphasis of the repetition of the same verb in the next clause of the dilemma.
