Acts 4:5

On the next day, the rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4But many who heard the word believed, and the number of men who believed came to about five thousand.

6along with Annas the high priest, Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and all who were members of the high-priestly family.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:1Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death.

Luke 20:1One day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and preaching the gospel, the priests and the scribes came with the elders

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

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

Acts 5:34but a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was held in honor by all the people, stood up in the Sanhedrin and gave orders to put the apostles outside 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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