Acts 5:17

Then the chiefe Priest rose vp, and all they that were with him (which was the sect of the Sadduces) and were full of indignation,

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In The King James Version

Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation,

In Context

16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about vnto Hierusalem, bringing sicke folkes, and them which were vexed with vncleane spirits, who were all healed.

18And laide hands on the Apostles, and put them in the common prison.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:12And Saul was afrayd of Dauid, because the Lord was with him, and was departed from Saul.

Psalms 2:1Why doe the heathen rage, and the people murmure in vaine?

Proverbs 27:4Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?

Matthew 27:18(For he knewe well, that for enuie they had deliuered him.

John 12:10The hie Priestes therefore consulted, that they might put Lazarus to death also,

Acts 4:1And as they spake vnto the people, the Priestes and the Captaine of the Temple, and the Sadduces came vpon them,

Matthew Henry on Acts 5:13-17

The Progress of the Gospel. 12 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. 13 And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) 15 Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of… Read the whole commentary →

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