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Acts 4:3 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. "
Acts 4:3
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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,
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.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,
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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,"
Acts 4:2
"Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead."
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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