Acts 5:17

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

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In Context

16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

Psalms 2:1Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?

Proverbs 27:4Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy?

Matthew 27:18For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.

John 12:10But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;

Acts 4:1And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:13-17

The Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of… Read the whole commentary →

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