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Acts 4:1

As Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and the Sadducees came to them,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

In Context

2greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

Matthew 22:16They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, who said to him, “Teacher, we know that yoʋ are true and teach the way of God in truth and defer to no one, for yoʋ do not show partiality.

Matthew 26:3Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the courtyard of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas to be released and for Jesus to be executed.

Luke 22:4He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might deliver Jesus up to them.

John 18:3So Judas took a cohort of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, and they went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:1

In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, I wondered what was become of the scribes and Pharisees, and chief priests, that they did not appear to contradict and oppose them, as they had used to treat Christ himself; surely they were so confounded at first with the pouring out of the Spirit that they were for a time struck dumb! But I find we have not lost them; their forces rally again, and here we have an encounter between them and the apostles; for from the… Read the whole commentary →

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