Acts 4:8

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “You rulers of the people and elders of Israel,

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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

In Context

7When they had stood Peter and John in the middle of them, they inquired, “By what power, or in what name, have you done this?”

9if we are examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

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Cross References

Luke 12:11When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don’t be anxious how or what you will answer or what you will say;

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

Acts 4:5In the morning, their rulers, elders, and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem.

Acts 7:55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:6-15

Peter and John Examined before the Sanhedrim. 5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be… Read the whole commentary →

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