Acts 4:5

Peter and John on Trial Before the Sanhedrin

5 And it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes came together in Jerusalem,

Acts 4:5 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 4:5

And it came to pass on the morrow
The disciples being kept in custody all night:

that their rulers, and elders, and Scribes;
that is, their ecclesiastical rulers; the chief priests, who, with the Scribes, and elders of the people, made up the great council at Jerusalem, consisting of seventy one persons, so they are called in ( Matthew 26:3 Matthew 26:57 ) ( 27:1 ) ( Mark 14:53 ) ( 15:1 ) .

Acts 4:5 In-Context

3 And they laid hands on them and put [them] in custody until the next day, because it was already evening.

4 But many of those who listened to the message believed, and the number of the men was approximately five thousand.

5 And it happened that on the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes came together in Jerusalem,

6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all those who were from the high priest's family.

7 And they made them stand in [their] midst [and] began to ask, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"