Acts 4:1-8

Peter and John Arrested

1 As they were speaking to the people, the priests and 1the captain of the temple guard and 2the Sadducees 3came up to them,
2 being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming 4in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
3 And they laid hands on them and 5put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening.
4 But many of those who had heard the message believed; and 6the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
5 On the next day, their 7rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem;
6 and 8Annas the high priest was there, and 9Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent.
7 When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?"
8 Then Peter, 10filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "11Rulers and elders of the people,

Cross References 11

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Or "in the case of"
  • [b]. Lit "word"
  • [c]. Or "having" just "been filled"
  • [d]. Lit "Rulers of the people and elders"
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