Acts 4:5

And it happened on the next day that their leaders and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

In Context

4But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand.

6including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family.

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:10Listen to the Word of the Lord, you leaders of the people of Sodom. Listen closely to the law of our God, O people of Gomorrah.

Matthew 27:1Then, when morning arrived, all the leaders of the priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so that they might deliver him to death.

Luke 20:1And it happened that, on one of the days when he was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the Gospel, the leaders of the priests, and the scribes, gathered together with the elders,

Luke 23:13And Pilate, calling together the leaders of the priests, and the magistrates, and the people,

Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, listen.

Acts 5:34But someone in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law honored by all the people, rose up and ordered the men to be put outside briefly.

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 →

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