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Acts 4:1-9
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Acts 4:1-9
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While Peter and John were speaking to the people, they were confronted by the priests, the captain of the Temple guard, and some of the Sadducees.
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These leaders were very disturbed that Peter and John were teaching the people that through Jesus there is a resurrection of the dead.
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They arrested them and, since it was already evening, put them in jail until morning.
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But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so the number of believers now totaled about 5,000 men, not counting women and children.
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The next day the council of all the rulers and elders and teachers of religious law met in Jerusalem.
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Annas the high priest was there, along with Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and other relatives of the high priest.
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They brought in the two disciples and demanded, “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?”
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers and elders of our people,
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are we being questioned today because we’ve done a good deed for a crippled man? Do you want to know how he was healed?
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[a].
Greek 5,000 adult males.
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