Acts 4:2
Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.
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3And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.
Cross References
John 11:47Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.
Acts 5:17But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,
Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw such a great number of people, they were full of envy and said evil words against Paul's preaching.
Acts 17:31Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
Acts 24:14But this I will say openly to you, that I do give worship to the God of our fathers after that Way, which to them is not the true religion: but I have belief in all the things which are in the law and in the books of the prophets:
Acts 26:8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
Matthew Henry on Acts 4:2-5
Peter and John Imprisoned. 1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, 2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. 3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. 4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. We have here the interests of the kingdom of heaven successfully… Read the whole commentary →