Translations
KJVPrimary
King James VersionSaying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.
F.O.G.Secondary
The F.O.Gsaying, "Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And yet — look — you have filled Yerushalayim with your teaching, and you are bent on bringing this man's blood upon us."
F.O.G.M.
F.O.G Message"Didn't we give you strict orders not to teach in this name? And yet you have filled all Jerusalem with your teaching, and you seem determined to hold us responsible for this man's blood."
BSB
Berean Standard Bible“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”
Footnotes
παραγγελίᾳ παρηγγείλαμεν (parangelia parēngeilamen) — "strictly commanded" — a Semitic-style cognate intensifier using both the noun and verb of the same root, equivalent to the Hebrew infinitive absolute construction. It means something like "we commanded you with a command" — the strongest possible way to express a binding prohibition. Both versions attempt to render this forcefulness with "strictly."
