“Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.”
They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead — the disturbance (diachoō, greatly troubled, vexed, irritated) is provoked by two things: (1) the apostles' public teaching (didaskō, teach), and (2) the proclamation of resurrection (anistēmi nekroi, resurrection of the dead) through/in Jesus. The resurrection was theologically unacceptable to Sadducean thought and politically dangerous (suggesting a power beyond Rome's control).
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