Acts 4:5

5 And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at 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 ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

4 But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

5 And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

6 and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

7 and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?