Acts 4:5

So the next day an assembly of their rulers, both elders and scribes, occurred 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

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

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

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1When early morning came, all the chief priests and elders plotted against Jesus to kill Him.

Luke 20:1Now it happened on one of those days, as He was teaching and evangelizing the people in the temple, that the priests and scribes came to Him with the elders

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

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

Acts 5:34But someone in the council stood up (a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law respected by all the people) and commanded to put the Apostles out for a bit.

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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