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Acts 4:1-6

1 And while they were talking to the people, the priests and the captain of the Temple and the Sadducees came up to them,

1 The priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to Peter and John while they were speaking to the people.

2 Being greatly troubled because they were teaching the people and preaching Jesus as an example of the coming back from the dead.

2 They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.

3 And they took them and put them in prison till the morning, for it was now evening.

3 They seized Peter and John and, because it was evening, they put them in jail until the next day.

4 But a number of those who gave hearing to the word had faith; and they were now about five thousand.

4 But many who heard the message believed; so the number of men who believed grew to about five thousand.

5 And on the day after, the rulers and those in authority and the scribes came together in Jerusalem;

5 The next day the rulers, the elders and the teachers of the law met in Jerusalem.

6 And Annas, the high priest, was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all the relations of the high priest.

6 Annas the high priest was there, and so were Caiaphas, John, Alexander and others of the high priest’s family.

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