Acts 4:2
being grieved because they were teaching the people and preaching the resurrection of the dead through Jesus;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3and they laid hands on them and put them in prison till the morrow; for it was already evening.
Cross References
John 11:47Then the chief priests and Pharisees assembled the Sanhedrin, and continued to say, What are we doing? because this man is doing many miracles.
Acts 5:17And the high priest and all those being with him, being the sect of the Sadducees, were filled with rage,
Acts 13:45And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the word spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Acts 17:31as He has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; giving faith to all, having raised Him from the dead.
Acts 24:14But I confess this to you, that according to the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of our fathers, believing all things which have been written in the law and in the prophets:
Acts 26:8Why is it judged by you incredible, if God shall raise 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 →