Acts 4:5
There was held in Jerusalem, next morning, a meeting of their rulers, the elders and scribes,
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 27:1And when the morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, how they might put him to death.
Luke 20:1On one of the days while he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the gospel, there came up the priest and the Scribes with the elders.
Luke 23:13So Pilate called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people,
Acts 4:8Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, answered them.
Acts 5:34but Gamaliel, a Pharisee, a teacher of the law, and held in honor by all the people, rose from his seat, and ordered the apostles to be put 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 →