Acts 4:23 — Meaning and Application

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“And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.”

Acts 4:23

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So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all {men} glorified God for that which was done.

For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed.

And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.

And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou {art} God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?

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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 4:2

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

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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