Acts 4:2 — Meaning and Application

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“Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.”

Acts 4:2

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And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, {captain: or, ruler}

Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

And they laid hands on them, and put {them} in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

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Acts 4:1

"And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, {captain: or, ruler}"

Acts 4:3

"And they laid hands on them, and put {them} in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide."

Acts 4:4

"Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand."

Acts 4:5

"And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,"

Acts 4:6

"And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem."

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