Acts 4:8

Then Simon Cephas was filled with the Holy Spirit, and said to them: Ye rulers of the people, and Elders of the house of Israel, hear ye.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7And when they had set them in the midst, they interrogated them: By what power or what name, have ye done this?

9If we are judged by you this day, respecting the good deed done to the infirm man, by what means he was healed;

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Cross References

Luke 12:11And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, before chiefs and men in authority, be not anxious how ye shall make defence, or what ye shall say;

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

Acts 4:5And the next day, the rulers and the Elders and the Scribes assembled;

Acts 7:55And he, as he was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, looked towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at 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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