Acts 5:17

This roused the High Priest. He and all his party--the sect of the Sadducees--were filled with angry jealousy

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

16The inhabitants, too, of the towns in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem came in crowds, bringing sick persons and some who were harassed by foul spirits, and they were cured, one and all.

18and laid hands upon the Apostles, and put them into the public jail.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:18For he knew that it was from envious hatred that Jesus had been brought before him.

John 12:10The High Priests, however, consulted together to put Lazarus also to death,

Acts 4:1While they were saying this to the people, the Priests, the Commander of the Temple Guard, and the Sadducees came upon 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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