Acts 4:1

And while they spake to the people, the priests and the magistrates of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them,

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In The King James Version

And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

In Context

2and sorrowed, that they taught the people, and told in Jesus the again-rising from death [or and told by Jesus (the) again-rising from (the) dead]. (and were vexed, that they taught the people, and told them about the resurrection from the dead through Jesus.)

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Cross References

Matthew 3:7But he saw many of the Pharisees and of (the) Sadducees coming to his baptism, and said to them, Generation of adders (or Children of snakes), who showed to you to flee from the wrath that is to come?

Matthew 22:16And they send to him their disciples, with (the) Herodians, and said, Master, we know, that thou art soothfast, and thou teachest in truth the way of God, and thou chargest [or care (st)] not of (or for) any man (’s opinion), for thou beholdest not the person of men.

Matthew 26:3Then the princes of (the) priests, and the elder men of the people were gathered into the hall of the prince of (the) priests, that was said Caiaphas, (Then the high priests, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the hall of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas,)

Matthew 27:20Forsooth the princes of (the) priests, and the elder men counselled the people, (or But the high priests, and the elders counselled the people), that they should ask (for) Barabbas, but (that) they should (seek to) destroy Jesus.

Luke 22:4And he went, and spake with the princes of (the) priests, (or And he went, and spoke with the high priests), and with the magistrates, how he should betray him to them.

John 18:3Therefore when Judas had taken a company of knights, and ministers of the bishops, and of the Pharisees, he came thither with lanterns, and brands, and armours [or arms]. (And so when Judas had taken a company of soldiers, and servants, or officers, from the high priests, and from the Pharisees, he came there with lanterns, and torches, and weapons.)

Matthew Henry on Acts 4:1

In going over the last two chapters, where we met with so many good things that the apostles did, I wondered what was become of the scribes and Pharisees, and chief priests, that they did not appear to contradict and oppose them, as they had used to treat Christ himself; surely they were so confounded at first with the pouring out of the Spirit that they were for a time struck dumb! But I find we have not lost them; their forces rally again, and here we have an encounter between them and the apostles; for from the… Read the whole commentary →

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