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And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sad'ducees came upon them,
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annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
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And they arrested them and put them in custody until the morrow, for it was already evening.
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But many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
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On the morrow their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem,
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with Annas the high priest and Ca'iaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
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And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, "By what power or by what name did you do this?"
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Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers of the people and elders,