Acts 4:2
being vexed that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
3And they laid hands on them, and put them into custody till the next day: for it was now evening.
Cross References
John 11:47Therefore the chief priests and the pharisees held a council and said, What are we doing? for this man worketh many miracles.
Acts 5:17Then the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, (being of the sect of the sadducees,) and were filled with rage:
Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, opposing and reviling him.
Acts 17:31Because He hath fixed a day, in which He will judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom He hath appointed thereto; having given assurance of it to all men, by raising Him from the dead.
Acts 24:14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way, which they call heresy, so do I worship the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law, and the prophets:
Acts 26:8What! is it judged incredible by you, that God should 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 →