Acts 4:1
And as they spoke to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees approached them,
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Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath?
Matthew 22:16And they send out their disciples to him, with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that thou are true, and teach the way of God in truth, and it is not a concern to thee about a man, for thou look not to the personage of men.
Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests, and the scholars, and the elders of the people, assembled together to the courtyard of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas,
Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
Luke 22:4And having departed, he conversed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them.
John 18:3Judas therefore having received the band and subordinates from the chief priests and the Pharisees, comes there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:1
In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, I wondered what was become of the scribes and Pharisees, and chief priests, that they did not appear to contradict and oppose them, as they had used to treat Christ himself; surely they were so confounded at first with the pouring out of the Spirit that they were for a time struck dumb! But I find we have not lost them; their forces rally again, and here we have an encounter between them and the apostles; for from the… Read the whole commentary →