Acts 4:5

The next day, a meeting of the leaders of the people, the elders, and the teachers of the Law was held 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

4Many, however, of those who had heard the apostles’ message became believers in Christ, the number of the men alone amounting to about five thousand.

6There were present Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were of High-Priestly rank.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1At daybreak all the chief priests and the elders of the people consulted together against Jesus, to bring about his death.

Luke 20:1On one of these days, when Jesus was teaching the people in the Temple Courts and telling the good news, the chief priests and the teachers of the Law, joined by the elders, confronted him,

Luke 23:13So Pilate summoned the chief priests, and the leading men, and the people,

Acts 4:8Then, Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, ‘Leaders of the people and elders,

Acts 5:34But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the Law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.

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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