Acts 4:5

Now it came to pass on the next day, that their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.

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

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people plotted against Jesus, so as to put Him to death.

Luke 20:1Now it came to pass on one of those days, as He taught the people in the temple and preached the gospel, that the priests and the scribes, together with the elders, confronted Him,

Luke 23:13And Pilate, having called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

Acts 4:8Then Peter, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders of Israel:

Acts 5:34Then someone in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, and commanded them to put the apostles outside for a short time.

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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