“When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them.”
When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death - the 'furious' (dieprionto, gnashing their teeth) reaction is visceral; they are literally cut to the heart by the apostles' boldness. The desire to 'put them to death' (aphenxanto touto anethasanto, wanted to execute them) shows escalation from arrest to capital punishment. The Sanhedrin sees the apostolic testimony as intolerable blasphemy.
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