Acts 4:8

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them: Ye princes of the people and ancients, hear.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

In Context

7And setting them in the midst, they asked: By what power or by what name, have you done this?

9If we this day are examined concerning the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he hath been made whole:

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Cross References

Luke 12:11And when they shall bring you into the synagogues and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, or what you shall say.

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

Acts 4:5And it came to pass on the morrow, that their princes and ancients and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:6-15

Peter and John Examined before the Sanhedrim. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be… Read the whole commentary →

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