Acts 4:2
greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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3So they arrested them and took them into custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
Cross References
John 11:47So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a meeting of the Sanhedrin and said, “What are we going to do? For this man is doing many signs.
Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, along with all who were with him (that is, the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy.
Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what Paul was saying, opposing him and slandering him.
Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness by a man he has appointed. He has provided assurance of this to everyone by raising this man from the dead.”
Acts 24:14But I confess this to yoʋ, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, I serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is written throughout the Law and in the Prophets,
Acts 26:8Why is it deemed unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?
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 →